2024-02-06 King Charles’ Cancer Was Caught Early
King Charles’ cancer was caught early, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday. Sunak added that the nation is hopeful the king can make a full recovery. Buckingham Palace officials…
2024-02-06 US Schools Use Surveillance to Catch Students Vaping
Schools around the United States are installing sensors and cameras to identify possible use of vaping devices. Some administrators are also ordering serious punishments for use of the devices on…
2024-02-05 Taylor Swift, Women Win Big at Grammy Music Awards
American pop singer and songwriter Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for Midnights” on Sunday at the Grammy Awards. She has now won that award four times, breaking the…
2024-02-05 Russian Cosmonaut Sets Record for Time in Space
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos says cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has broken the world record for total time spent in space. Kononenko passed the record Sunday after spending more than 878 days…
2024-02-05 Damage atop Damage: ‘Atmospheric River’ Storms Strike California Again
In California, the second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers on Monday caused heavy rains and mudslides, flooded roadways and cut electric power. Atmospheric rivers are long and wide areas, like a…
2024-02-05 South America Dengue Increase Brings Vaccination Drive
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. During the southern hemisphere summer, South America is experiencing a sharp increase in cases of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease…
2024-02-04 Japan’s Cafés Where People Can Pet Pigs
In Japan’s big cities, small restaurants that serve coffee, called cafés, are known for starting trends. First there were pet cafés, then cat cafés. The latest trend in Japan is…
2024-02-04 Part-time Detectives Find Problems in Medical, Scientific Research
A major cancer hospital and research center recently announced it is asking for withdrawals or corrections to at least 37 research papers. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston is taking action…
2024-02-04 Research Suggests Bright Lights Confuse Insects
Many people have long believed that bright lights draw, or attract, flying insects. But that is not exactly what is going on, a new study suggests. Researchers believe that artificial…
2024-02-04 NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ends Service after ‘History-making’ Mission
NASA’s experimental helicopter, Ingenuity, has officially ended its service on Mars after what the U.S. space agency called a “history-making” mission. Ingenuity arrived on Mars with NASA’s Perseverance explorer, or…