2024-01-05 Rappaccini’s Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Part Two
Today, we complete the story “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Kay Gallant with the second…
2024-01-05 What Does Slender Mean?
Hi there! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Nirmala about the meaning of the word…
2024-01-04 Plane Crash in Tokyo Raises Design Concerns
Investigators are studying what went wrong when a Japanese coast guard aircraft and a passenger jet crashed into each other…
2024-01-04 Forest Service Moving Trees to Save Them
Some important tree species native to the northwestern states in the U.S. are no longer growing well because of climate…
2024-01-04 American Teenager Becomes First Human to Beat Video Game Tetris
A 13-year-old American boy has become the first person ever to beat the popular video game Tetris. The young gamer,…
2024-01-04 Personification, Adjectives in ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’
Many Americans have returned to work or school as the holiday season comes to an end. Some traveled far to…
2024-01-03 Record Half-million Migrants Crossed Dangerous Darien Gap Last Year
A record 520,000 migrants crossed the difficult and dangerous Darien Gap wilderness area between Colombia and Panama in 2023. Panamanian…
2024-01-03 Displaced Afghans Cross Borders to Survive
The desert in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan is filled with hundreds of thousands of people. Some live in tents.…
2024-01-03 Japanese Experiment Breaks Record for Internet Traffic Speed
Japanese researchers say they have broken the world speed record for sending internet data. The recent experiment involved sending data…
2024-01-03 Lancashire Heeler: Small Dog with Big Smile
It is a small dog with a big “smile.” And it is ready to compete with 200 other kinds of…
2024-01-02 Woman, Cat Help Others through Therapy
Every day Juanita Mengel, a 67-year-old woman from the state of Ohio, wakes up and puts on her manufactured leg.…