2025-02-04 New Zealand Recognizes a Mountain as a Legal Person
New Zealand’s parliament recently passed a law that gives a mountain all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. The indigenous Māori people of New Zealand consider the mountain…
2025-02-04 Huge Iceberg Could Threaten Penguins in the South Atlantic Ocean
Scientists are worried that a large iceberg heading toward an island in the South Atlantic Ocean could threaten wildlife there. Researchers say the iceberg is the largest in the world.…
2025-02-04 How to Write a Good Email
Email is one of the most important ways through which we communicate. It has become part of most everyone’s day-to-day life. Writing a good email can mean the difference between…
2025-02-03 Scientists Find ‘Chorus Waves’ in Unexpected Part of Space
International researchers recently released a study on bursts of energy in an unexpected area of space. Scientists call the energetic activity “chorus waves” because they are said to move at…
2025-02-03 US Company Gives Over 18,000 Kilograms of Salmon to Food Bank
A New York food bank was offered a large donation of fresh fish last month — but the gift came with a complication. LocalCoho, a New York salmon farm that…
2025-02-03 US Approves Treatment for Severe High Blood Pressure
Michael Garrity had dangerously high blood pressure for many years. And the medicines that doctors gave him could not control it. But a new treatment targeting some nerves on his…
2025-02-02 Researchers: NASA Asteroid Samples Contain ‘Building Blocks’ of Life
Scientists examining material collected from an asteroid say it appears to contain some of the chemical building blocks of life. The American spacecraft OSIRIS-REx collected the samples in 2020 from…
2025-02-02 Conflict Complicates Environmental Problems at the Dead Sea
International visitors to Israel used to visit Ein Gedi, a popular beach on the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is the place on Earth’s surface that is farthest below sea…
2025-02-01 ‘Kitchen-Table’ Is a Type of Politics
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give examples and notes on usage. Today…
2025-02-01 Last Four Monkeys Return to ‘Monkey Farm’ in South Carolina
Officials in the southern U.S. state of South Carolina have recaptured the last of 43 monkeys who escaped from a farm that raises monkeys in early November. The chief executive…
2025-01-31 What is the Best Kind of Yoga for Beginners?
The activity called yoga means different things to different people around the world. The word itself comes from the Sanskrit language and means “union.” For some, yoga is an exercise…