Skyscrapers look like their name: They are buildings so high; it appears like they are scraping, or touching the sky. With better technology, architects people who design buildings engineers and builders have been able to build buildings higher and h...
U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the record Monday for the most total time spent in orbit by an American. Commander Whitson, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has been in space a total of 534 days during her career. U.S...
This is Whats Trending Today It has been a much happier spring season at Ohios Cincinnati Zoo than last spring. Last May, zoo officials there shot and killed one of their gorillas, after a young child fell into its cage. Officials feared the animal w...
Frances two non-traditional presidential candidates offer voters a big choice: stay or leave the European Union. Emmanuel Macron is a former economy minister and Marine Le Pen is the leader of the National Front party. The two will face each other in...
Scientists have traveled to the mountains of Oman to find a way to remove carbon dioxide gas from the atmosphere. 科学家们前往阿曼山寻找去除大气中的二氧化碳气体的方法。 The geologists hope to find an effective and low-cost...
VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about a vice president. John Tyler was William Henry Harrisons partner on the ticket in the 1840 election; he was the Tyler of the campaign slogan Tippecanoe and Tyler, too. But...
Bangkok, Thailand, is known for having some of the best street food in the world. But officials have announced plans to ban food vendors in an effort to clean up the city. An assistant to Bangkoks governor told The Nation newspaper the move is meant...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to raise taxes on cigarettes to persuade people to stop smoking. 纽约市市长比尔德布拉西奥（Bill de Blasio）希望通过提高香烟税鼓励人们戒烟。 He would raise the current $10.50 minim...
Welcome to another edition of Words to the Wise! Languages, as you all know, are always changing. Last month, we learned about some new words that the American dictionary Merriam-Webster added to its online dictionary. They included conversational wo...
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Almost every American has seen or heard of the movie Forrest Gump. The film is a touching story about the life of a man who faces many challenges. One of the most famous quotes from Forrest Gump is...
Detail: Horace Poolaw (Kiowa), posing for a photo during his work as an arts and crafts supervisor. Old Town Anadarko, Oklahoma, ca. 1940. 45ACOT6 ? 2014 Estate of Horace Poolaw. For more than 50 years, photographer Horace Poolaw captured the lives o...
This is Whats Trending Today. Earlier this year, many tennis fans were talking about the Australian Open finals. American tennis stars and sisters Serena and Venus Williams played each other in a so-called Grand Slam final for the first time since 20...
Zimbabwe wants small business to be able to get credit to start or grow a business. If the countrys Parliament approves a bill proposed last week, business owners will be able to use cows, cars, machines and other movable property to secure loans. In...
Opponents of the Venezuelan government have promised to continue street protests aimed at forcing out President Nicolas Maduro. The opposition warning came a day after at least two people were killed and hundreds arrested in Venezuelas largest anti-g...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. From Asia to Europe to North America, poor air quality is making people sick and, in some cases, killing them at an early age. Air pollution causes six million premature deaths every yea...
