2024-03-31 NASA Seeks New Discoveries During Total Solar Eclipse
Scientists plan to closely study next week’s total solar eclipse to learn new things about the sun and our own planet. The eclipse can be seen on April 8 across…
2024-03-30 Debate over Whether Protections Could Have Saved Baltimore Bridge
In 2007, when a 274-meter-long container ship struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, it stood firm. No one died, either on the ship or the road above. The bridge’s supports…
2024-03-30 Scientists Say Bird Flu Is Hurting World’s Seal Population
An ongoing bird flu outbreak has killed tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in several parts of the world. Scientists said the virus’ spread also has caused economic…
2024-03-30 What Are Your ‘True Colors’?
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On today’s show, we talk about colors. Sometimes we talk about our feelings with words describing colors. For example, if…
2024-03-30 Germany Aims to Increase Educational Choices for Its Youth
Many European countries have programs that help place students in careers at a young age. In Germany, some students move into education programs at the age of 10. The goal…
2024-03-29 AI-operated Robots Write Letters for Humans
Humans have been writing by hand for thousands of years. Since ancient times, people have used every tool imaginable to share information, do business, and keep records. But as computers…
2024-03-29 Cherry Trees to Be Removed in Washington Improvement Project
Washington D.C. officials say some of the city’s famous cherry trees will need to be cut down as part of a major improvement project. Up to 1.5 million people are…
2024-03-29 ‘Pigs Is Pigs,’ by Ellis Parker Butler
Our story today is called “Pigs is Pigs.” It was written by Ellis Parker Butler. Mike Flannery, the agent of the Interurban Express Company, leaned over the desk in the…
2024-03-29 Types of Sentences
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from a reader in Burma, also known as Myanmar. Question Dear teacher I am from Burma. I read the…
2024-03-28 Small Living Space Returns as Housing Prices Rise in US
Barbara Peraza-Garcia is from Venezuela. She lives in a single-room apartment in Seattle, Washington with her family. The family includes her partner and their two small children. They do not…
2024-03-28 Study Describes More Details on Asteroid’s Crash with Spacecraft
Scientists say new research confirms results of an earlier study suggesting the crash of a spacecraft into an asteroid changed the shape of the targeted object. The latest research follows…
2024-03-28 Study of ‘Twin’ Stars Suggests Many Planets Might Be Exiles
A new study involving stars that formed together shows how lucky Earth is to be in a normal planetary system. Researchers studied 91 pairs of stars that formed together and…
2024-03-28 Symbols of Easter
Spring has begun in the northern half of the Earth. For Christians, a major springtime holiday is Easter. This year, Easter falls on March 31. In this week’s Everyday Grammar,…