2024-01-02 Growth Slows, but World’s Population Moves Past 8 Billion to Start 2024
A U.S. government agency says the world’s population grew by about 75 million people in 2023. The U.S. Census Bureau…
2024-01-02 Japanese Rescuers Search for Survivors after Deadly Earthquake
A series of powerful earthquakes in western Japan have left at least 55 people dead and damaged thousands of buildings,…
2024-01-02 Early Childhood Education Programs at Risk
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says “The period from birth to eight years old is one…
2024-01-01 NASA Aims to Put Human-like Robots in Space
The American space agency NASA’s human-like robot Valkyrie looks powerful. It stands 188 centimeters tall and weighs 136 kilograms. Valkyrie…
2024-01-01 Designer Combines Recycled Metal with Lab-grown Gems
For some, a natural diamond, created over billions of years, is what they have always wanted. But an award-winning British…
2024-01-01 How Connected Are You to the World?
Saodat Sadikova is an English teacher in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan. As a young girl, she dreamed of becoming a flight attendant…
2024-01-01 New Treatments for Sickle Cell Remain Out of Reach for Many
United States health officials recently approved two new gene treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD). The treatments provide hope that…
2023-12-31 Mexican ‘Nuns’ Grow Cannabis
Beneath each full moon, a group of women in religious clothing surround a fire near a village in central Mexico.…
2023-12-31 Louisiana’s Creole Culture Extends Far and Wide
Language experts estimate as many as 10,000 people still speak the French-based language Louisiana Creole. In addition, many others in…
2023-12-31 2023 Was Another Big Year for Space Missions
As 2023 comes to a close, we are taking a look back at some of the biggest space stories of…
2023-12-30 Arizona Company Works to Recycle Old Solar Panels
The first generation of solar panels in use on homes and other buildings will soon be too old to work…
2023-12-30 Barack Obama: African-American
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Barack Obama. He first took office in 2009 and…