2024-10-14 Scientists Map Fruit Fly Brain to Learn Its Functions
A group of international scientists recently announced they had made a map of the whole “brain” of an adult fruit…
2024-10-14 Some US Cities Use Sheep, Goats to Control Plant Growth
Some American communities and universities have been experimenting with sheep and goats to keep plant growth under control. Along the…
2024-10-14 Study: Pregnancy Changes the Brain
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. When a brain scientist at the University of California,…
2024-10-13 Italian Family Aims to Prove Its Painting Is a Picasso
A family in Italy hopes to prove that a painting found long ago on the island of Capri is the…
2024-10-13 Study: 610 Kinds of Birds Have Disappeared in Past 130,000 Years
New research says that 610 bird species have died off over the past 130,000 years. For instance, the Kaua’i ’ō’ō,…
2024-10-13 Europe Launches Spacecraft to Explore Asteroid Hit by NASA
A European spacecraft has been launched to explore an asteroid struck in an earlier planetary defense mission by the American…
2024-10-11 Atomic Bomb Survivors Group Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings…
2024-10-11 Weather Experts: ‘We Cannot Control Hurricanes’
A series of powerful hurricanes have affected millions of people in the United States in recent weeks. Some people are…
2024-10-11 How to Improve Your Spelling
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Guillermo in Argentina about how to spell words…