Why Is Life Expectancy Falling in US? Suicides and drug overdoses are two reasons for a continuing decrease in how long Americans are expected to live. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported recently that there were more than 2.8 mil...
How do you measure a chickens happiness? Is it in the way it runs for food? Or by how much time it spends cleaning itself? To find the answers to these questions, researchers in Canada are putting 16 kinds of chickens through a series physical and me...
Woman Reaches Lifelong Goal of College Degree at 84 Many people, some even at a very young age, set the goal of graduating from college. One American woman in Texas waited a long time for her chance to reach that goal. 很多人都设定了上大学的...
Gun-Carrying Teachers Becoming More Common in Arkansas The number of teachers carrying guns in and around schools in the American state of Arkansas is growing. One of those teachers is Dale Cresswell. He works in the Heber Springs School District, ju...
More and More People Want to Migrate A recent study found that more than 750 million people would move permanently to another country if they had the chance. In other words, 15 percent of the worlds population wants to migrate. 最近一项调查发现...
A History of Christmas in America From VOA Learning English, I'm Caty Weaver. Today, Steve Ember and Shirley Griffith present a special program on Christmas traditions in the United States during the first half of the 19th century. During this period...
More Companies Want Employees to Work Less In many industrial countries, people work five eight-hour days or 40 hours a week. But some companies now want their employees to work just four days a week and still pay them for five. 在许多工业国家，...
China Struggles to End its Image as Capital of Art Copies Ma Chunyans hands appear to hold Vincent Van Goghs famous painting The Starry Night. But it is not Van Goghs masterpiece. The 32-year old Chinese artist is holding a $145 reproduction she made...
US Census Decides How Many Lawmakers to Send to Congress The United States Congress is supposed to represent the U.S. population. Yet the number of people who live in the country keeps changing. 美国国会应该代表着美国的人口。然而，居...
Science 2018: Gene Editing, Private Space Travel Top List Here are some of the most popular science stories on the VOA Learning English website in 2018. Gene-edited babies announced A Chinese researcher reported last month that he helped to make the...
Experts Worry About South Koreas Economy Economic experts are concerned about South Koreas economy. The Hyundai Research Institute recently suggested in a report that the economy reached its peak in May 2017. The finding comes at a difficult time for...
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town! Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. This week, we have a special program for the holiday season. It is a show recorded many years ago by Maurice Joyce. He worked as an announcer at the Voice of Ameri...
US Education Secretarys Policy Changes Had Mixed Results in 2018 United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos moved to make several policy changes affecting American higher education in 2018. This included reversals in court, some criticism and a...
Food Colors: Natural or Not? The color of food can send important messages about its quality. Now, many food companies, including McDonalds and Kelloggs, say they will stop adding artificial colors to their products. McDonalds announced in September...
US Allies Worry about Mattis Resignation Traditional allies of the United States are expressing concern about the resignation of U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Mattis will leave the job in February....
