2023-08-07 China Plans New Limits on Children’s Smartphone Use
China has released an early form of new rules that aim to reduce the amount of time children spend on…
2023-08-07 ‘Barbie’ Is Changing the Clothes People Wear
If you walk into a clothing store, you are likely to be hit with an explosion of the color pink.…
2023-08-07 New Data Shows Ocean Waves Getting Bigger, Stronger
An ocean researcher at the University of California, San Diego says waves are getting bigger and stronger since 1970. There…
2023-08-07 US Health Agency Targets Effects of ‘Long COVID’
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is beginning a group of studies aimed at treatments for the condition called…
2023-08-06 To Cut Food Waste, Switzerland Tries Public Refrigerators
A nonprofit group in Geneva, Switzerland is making refrigerators available so restaurant owners and cooks can make food available to…
2023-08-06 Japanese Railway Tests a System to Help Visitors
Japanese railway operator, Seibu, is testing a special help desk for foreigners at one of the company’s busiest train stations.…
2023-08-06 More Companies Seek to Recycle Solar Panels
Many plans designed to deal with climate change depend on the use of clean energy from the sun, or solar…
2023-08-06 AI System Finds First Possibly Dangerous Asteroid
A new artificial intelligence (AI) method has been used to identify an asteroid that could one day present a threat…
2023-08-05 New Rules Aim to Protect Valuable Horseshoe Crabs
New rules aim to protect horseshoe crabs, which are used in medical research, and also to support an endangered bird…
2023-08-05 Benjamin Harrison: Grandson
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Today we are talking about Benjamin Harrison. His family name may sound familiar. That…