2024-09-06 ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue,’ by Edgar Allen Poe, Part Four
We present the fourth of five parts of the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” by Edgar Allen Poe. The story was originally adapted and recorded by VOA…
2024-09-06 How to Summarize
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Yutaro in Japan about how to summarize what you hear or read. Question Dear Teacher, I enjoy listening…
2024-09-05 Japan Considers Four-day Work Weeks
Japan is a nation so hardworking that the Japanese language has a term for working oneself to death. Now, the government is trying to deal with a labor shortage. One…
2024-09-05 Scientists Question if Melting Ice in Antarctica Will Continue to Increase
Increasing amounts of ice have been melting on the continent of Antarctica over the past ten years. Now, scientists are wondering if the increase in melting is temporary or if…
2024-09-05 Bob Dylan Teaches You about Questions, Count Nouns
Nobel prize winner Bob Dylan is considered to be one of the best American songwriters. The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind The answer is blowin’ in the…
2024-09-04 Women in Chad Seek Right to Own, Control Land
When Milla Nemoudji divorced her husband following years of physical abuse, she found herself without a way to earn a living. The 28-year-old lived in a village in southern Chad.…
2024-09-04 Employers Use Wearable Devices to Measure Workers’ Temperature
On a hot summer day, workers recently worked to remove asbestos and hazardous waste at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. It is a former nuclear center that the government…
2024-09-04 Tech Tip: How to Make Your Smartphone Last Longer
Many people are now holding onto their smartphones longer than in the past. This is true for several reasons. The cost of phones has been rising for years. And device…
2024-09-03 Why Is Polio Still a Problem?
Polio was driven out of much of the world more than 30 years ago after a series of successful vaccination campaigns. But the viral disease is still spreading in a…
2024-09-03 Ukraine’s Children Celebrate First Day of School, But Missiles Still Fly
Schoolchildren in the southern Ukrainian city Zaporizhzhia celebrated the traditional first day of school on Sunday. The ceremonies began just hours after warnings of Russian air raids sounded through the…
2024-09-03 US Schools Use Money, Fun, Support to Get Students to Class
Flerentin Jean-Baptiste missed school so often that he had to repeat his first year at Medford High School near Boston. Jean-Baptiste said, at school, “You do the same thing every…