New Warning System Might Have Saved Lives After Indonesian Earthquake Indonesia is recovering from a powerful earthquake and huge ocean waves that struck the island of Sulawesi on Friday. More than 800 people are reported dead. Some experts are wonde...
Green Spaces May Help Reduce Crime, Depression in Poor Areas Keith Green has an unusual interest in empty, unused properties, even while he is on vacation. Recently, Green, an American, was visiting Shanghai, China. He went out for dinner when he dis...
At sundown in Nigeria, children are playing a game called egalagala. The children play near their home. As they play, their mother looks sad. Their two older brothers, Abuna and Dunoma, are missing. They were arrested in 2013 by Nigerian soldiers. Th...
'Free College' Programs May Not Help Neediest Students The idea of free higher education is not a new one in some parts of the world. But the idea has only recently increased in popularity in the United States as the cost of attending colleges and un...
Asking Someone About Their Job Have you ever wanted to ask someone in English about the kind of work they do but were unsure how? Many cultures have ways of doing this. Today on Ask a Teacher, our question comes from Azra in Turkey. Question: Is it p...
Old Grammar Rules You Can Break Like many languages, English is constantly changing. And today it is changing faster than ever. Mobile phones, social media, increased travel and other things have connected the world more closely and changed how we sp...
Ancient Bones Reveal Ancient Diet, Lifestyle Scientists learned recently that fish was the main source of protein for people in southern Scandinavia many thousands of years ago. They also ate other animals that live in the water. The findings come fr...
It is common to see many different kinds of insects while spending time outside in the summer. Some of these tiny creatures do not bother people and can even add beauty to the natural environment. Examples of these are insects like ladybugs, butterfl...
Experimental Treatment Targets Drug-Resistant Bacteria You probably have heard about the Trojan Horse. Tradition says the ancient Greeks used a large wooden horse to trick enemy forces and capture the city of Troy. Now, researchers say a similar plan...
Puerto Rico Students Still Suffer Effects of Hurricane Maria One year has passed since Hurricane Maria struck the United States territory of Puerto Rico. But even before the storm hit, education officials had begun closing schools on Puerto Rico to s...
Does Using Technology in the Classroom Help College Students? Almost anywhere in the world, you are likely to find people doing the same thing at eateries and in other public places, on trains and buses or wherever else you look. More and more people...
By the Way vs. Mind You English phrases can be difficult to remember since the meaning of each individual word may not give any clue as to a phrases meaning. 英语短语可能很难记住，因为各个单词的含义可能无法给出任何关于短语...
Many languages shorten words in everyday speech. In English, we shorten a lot of words. One way we do this is with contractions: two words joined with a special mark called an apostrophe. The apostrophe shows the reader where letters have been remove...
More US Schools Teaching Skills to Recognize False News A growing number of American states are requiring schools to teach students how to judge information on the internet and social media. California is the latest state to pass such a requirement....
Let me call myself, for the present, William Wilson. That is not my real name. That name has already been the cause of the horror of the anger of my family. Have not the winds carried my name, with my loss of honor, to the ends of the earth? Am I not...
