2015-02-01 Mobile Computer Lab Helps Thousands in Nairobi Slum
Kawangware is one of the fastest-growing slums in Nairobi, Kenya. It is also the poorest. Most of the 300,000 people…
2015-01-29 NASA Keeping Watch on the Earth’s Health
The past year has been the busiest 12-month period for the American space agency in more than 10 years. The…
2015-01-26 3-D Printing Adds New Dimension to Heart Surgery
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Researchers are now using three-dimensional, or 3D printing to create models…
2015-01-19 High-Tech Material Cools Buildings by Sending Heat Into Space
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new material that can…
2015-01-12 Tiny Needles Offer Potential New Treatment for Two Major Eye Diseases
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness around the world.…
2015-01-05 US Students Built Robot to Uncover Submerged Unexploded Mines
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Many teachers believe that hands-on experiences is the best way to…
2015-01-11 Internet-Connected Refrigerators and Stoves?
The Consumer Electronics Show is held yearly in the western American city of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is one of…
2015-01-04 Expert: High Costs Prevent Automated Airplane Tracking
It’s been 10 months since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared. Despite search efforts that stretched from the South China Sea…
2014-12-30 3-D Printed Model Heart Guides Surgeons, Saves Lives
Researchers are now using three-dimensional, or 3D printing to create models of the human heart to help heart specialists. The…
2014-12-29 New Skateboard Defies Gravity
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Can you imagine riding around the streets of your hometown on…
2014-12-22 US Politicians Squabble Over Proposed New Internet Rules
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Another political fight is taking shape in Washington, D.C. At issue:…
2014-12-17 Dinosaurs Live Again at an American Museum
Many millions of years ago, the last dinosaurs lived in what is now the American West. Now, scientists studying dinosaur…
2014-12-19 Low-Cost Incubator May Save More Babies
Premature birth is the biggest killer of children worldwide. About one million babies around the world die of problems that…
2014-12-15 Filipino Fishermen Using Fiberglass to Build New Boats
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Last year, a typhoon seriously damaged Leyte Island in the Philippines.…
2014-12-13 Scientists Warn of Threat to Coastal Reefs
American scientists are warning of a threat to the world’s coral and rocky reefs. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…