2015-03-10 Solar Powered Plane Starts World Tour
A Swiss airplane powered only by energy from the sun left from Abu Dhabi early on March 9. Its creators…
2015-03-15 Iran’s Next Step in Building a ‘Halal’ Internet
For years, officials in Iran have talked about building what they call a “Halal Internet” – an Internet for Iranians…
2015-03-10 Is Apple Watch Getting Closer to Our Hearts?
Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, showed off their newest device, the Apple Watch. Mr. Cook said it is the…
2015-03-09 Iran, US Increase Cyberattacks Despite Nuclear Talks
A newly published report says Iran and the United States have increased cyberattacks, even as their top diplomats are working…
2015-02-25 Dogs Can Recognize How You Feel
So you think you know your dog. But how well does your dog know you? She probably recognizes you when…
2015-02-24 Nine Ways to Protect Yourself from Hackers Online
An increase in cyber-attacks and identity theft make the Internet seem like a scary place these days. The hacking of…
2015-02-23 Will Synthetic Vaccine Stop Polio?
More than fifty years ago, researchers developed an oral vaccine against the deadly virus, polio. The vaccine, taken by mouth,…
2015-02-23 Mobile App Seeks to Preserve African Folktales
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. For hundreds of years, Africans have preserved their history through storytelling.…
2015-02-22 Farmers Use Creative Methods to Grow Crops
Many areas of cropland in Bangladesh are becoming unfit for farming. The land is becoming salty. It is a big…
2015-02-19 Animal Weapons Offer Lessons for Human Arms Race
When animals fight for mates, food and territory, they use the weapons they were born with: teeth and claws, horns…
2015-02-18 Hawaii Prepares for Possible Tsunami
Scientists say rising temperatures on Earth’s surface are to blame for rising sea levels. The reality of rising sea levels…
2015-02-16 New Camera Takes Billions of Pictures Every Second
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Imagine a camera that can take one hundred billion pictures a…
2015-02-12 Researchers Remember Discovery of Lucy Skeleton
It has been more than 40 years since the discovery of the early human skeleton named Lucy. The old bones…
2015-02-04 Solar-Powered Plane to Fly Around the World
The makers and pilots of a solar-powered plane will try to fly it around the world beginning next month. The…
2015-02-01 NASA Spacecraft, Dawn, Close to Reaching a ‘Dwarf Planet’
An American spacecraft is moving closer to a dwarf planet called Ceres. The American space agency’s Dawn spacecraft is set…