2023-04-09 Obesity Increased in US Military during Pandemic
Early COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, long hours on his computer, and increased stress led U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Daniel Murillo to…
2023-04-09 Rising Sea Levels Mean Daily Water Struggle on India Shore
Changing sea levels are affecting freshwater in places like Chellanam, India. In Chellanam, saltwater is moving inland into small bodies…
2023-04-09 Study: Empathy May Have Ancient Roots
A new study suggests that our ability to share other’s feelings, also called empathy, may have very ancient beginnings. The…
2023-04-08 Why Does US Lead the World in Weather Disasters?
The United States gets hit by some of the strongest and most destructive storms on Earth. Examples of extreme weather…
2023-04-08 Small Florida College Worries about Government Involvement
Willem Aspinall is a 19-year-old student at New College of Florida. He grew up near Chicago. He called his school,…
2023-04-08 Andrew Jackson: Loved/Hated
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Andrew Jackson, the seventh president, was unlike the earlier U.S. presidents. His family was…
2023-04-07 Study: Horses Were in American West by Early 1600s
A new study suggests that horses were present in the American West by the early 1600s. That is earlier than…
2023-04-07 Ben Affleck, Matt Damon Working Together Again in ‘Air’
In the early 1980s, Michael Jordan was a great college basketball player at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. No…
2023-04-07 Gauge and Yardstick
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about “gauge” and “yardstick.” Question: Dear teacher， I…
2023-04-06 Hello AInstein! Cyprus Classrooms Create Robot with ChatGPT
High school students and those who help in their education in Cyprus have developed an unusual robot. The robot uses…
2023-04-06 DNA Project Seeks to Learn Histories of Forgotten US Slaves
An organization is using human genetic material to learn about the African roots of 36 American slaves who lived in…