2019-01-03 NASA’s New Horizons Shows Image of Snowman-Like Object
Scientists say images from NASA’s spacecraft New Horizons show a snowman-like object in the cold, icy part of our solar…
2019-01-03 Estonian Government Aims to End Paperwork
Three-day-old Oskar Lunde sleeps in a small bed at an Estonian hospital. Across the room, his father turns on a…
2019-01-01 US Study: Work in Space Does Not Seem to Shorten Astronauts’ Lives
Astronauts traveling in space meet forms of radiation that are uncommon on Earth. Some of this radiation has been shown…
2018-12-31 Big Dinosaur from Italy Got Burial at Sea
Scientists are studying fossils of a large meat-eating dinosaur they describe as interesting, both in life and in death. The…
2018-12-24 Science 2018: Gene Editing, Private Space Travel Top List
Here are some of the most popular science stories on the VOA Learning English website in 2018. Gene-edited babies announced…
2018-12-26 Researchers Ask: What Makes Chickens Happy?
How do you measure a chicken’s happiness? Is it in the way it runs for food? Or by how much…
2018-12-27 Top Technology Stories of 2018
During 2018, we reported on many inventions and new technologies aimed at making machines smarter. We also covered stories on…
2018-12-20 Israeli Company Claims Invention of First ‘Lab Grown’ Steak
An Israeli company says it has produced the world’s first steak “grown” in a laboratory. Researchers from Tel Aviv-based Aleph…
2018-12-17 China Exploring the Many Benefits of Cockroaches
Every day, around 50 tons of food waste arrives at a factory outside of Jinan, China. That is equal to…
2018-12-16 Worrisome Warming of North, South Poles
Recently released studies on climate change paint one of the worst pictures yet of warming in the polar areas. Scientists…
2018-12-13 AI for Fun: Machine Learning Makes Caricature Faces
A team of machine learning developers has created a system for making caricatures of people’s faces. In a caricature, the…
2018-12-11 Can Artificial Intelligence Make Doctors Better?
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology may soon be a useful tool for doctors. It may help them better understand and treat…
2018-12-10 Mysterious Organism Threatens Huge, Mediterranean Clam
A microscopic organism is causing a huge clam of the Mediterranean Sea to disappear and ocean scientists are worried. The…
2018-12-06 First US Face Recognition Terminal Opens at Atlanta Airport
A United States airport has become the first in the nation to permit passengers to use facial recognition technology to…
2018-12-05 Portugal Mourns Fish’s Escape to Cooler Waters
The 24th United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Katowice, Poland. Delegates have gathered to work on a…