2024-06-18 What Is Juneteenth in the US?
Today is Juneteenth in the United States. The holiday is over 150 years old but it is still unknown to many people. It marks the end of official slavery in…
2024-06-18 UN: 1000 Days since Afghan Girls Banned from Secondary Education
The United Nations children’s agency recently noted that one thousand days have passed since Afghan officials banned girls from attending secondary schools. Catherine Russell is the executive director of UNICEF.…
2024-06-17 Research Explores How Space Travel Affects Human Body
Childhood cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux and three other American civilians went to space in 2021. They travelled in a mission called Inspiration4 for the private company SpaceX. The four-member crew…
2024-06-17 Study: Past COVID Infection Could Protect Against Colds
A new study suggests that people infected with COVID-19 in the past may receive protection against some kinds of common colds. COVID-19 is one of several coronaviruses known to affect…
2024-06-17 Improve Your Mindset, Improve Your Health
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Prince Bhojwani never thought of himself as a negative person. But three trips to the hospital in one month…
2024-06-16 Olympic Athletes Turn to Diabetes Technology in Medal Chase
Medical device companies Abbott and Dexcom make small devices that attach to the skin and monitor the amount of glucose, or sugar, in the blood. These devices were first made…
2024-06-16 Chinese Company Develops Robots with Facial Expressions
Engineers at the Chinese company Ex-Robots are developing human-like robots at a factory in China’s northeastern coastal city of Dalian. Their goal is to increase the ability of the company’s…
2024-06-16 Small Stars Might Offer Best Environment for Earth-like Planets
Stars about the size of our sun are not the most common ones in the Milky Way Galaxy. Much smaller stars are far more common. Of all the stars in…
2024-06-15 African Elephants Call, Answer to Individual Names
African elephants call each other by and answer to individual names, a new study finds. Such communication is rare in the animal world. African elephants are among the largest animals…
2024-06-15 4,000-year-old Building Discovered in Greece
Greek officials recently announced the discovery of a 4,000-year-old-stone building on the island of Crete. The historical find could block progress on a big airport project. Greece’s Culture Ministry said…
2024-06-15 Poorly-paid Healthcare Workers Leaving Africa
Cameroon has one of the world’s lowest amounts of health care workers per capita. About a third of trained doctors who completed medical school last year left the West African…