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…
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…