Could Rising Sea Levels Flood Hawaii Famous Beaches? Rising sea levels could flood Hawaiis famous Waikiki Beach and the city streets of Honolulu in the next 15 to 20 years. 海平面上升可能在未来15年到20年内淹没夏威夷著名的威基基...
Sri Lanka: Easter Bombings Answer Attacks in New Zealand The Islamic State group claimed responsibility today for the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka. A top Sri Lankan official also said investigators believed the bombings answered attacks on two mosques...
How Much Money Should be Spent on Historic Buildings? The fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has raised questions about the condition of thousands of other cathedrals and historic structures across Europe. It also raises questions about whether Eu...
Myanmar High Court Rejects Final Appeal of Jailed Journalists Myanmars top court rejected Tuesday the final appeal of two Reuters journalists jailed while working on an investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys. The Supreme Co...
Drug Problems, Crowded Jails in Iraqi City The Iraqi city of Basra is struggling to deal with a growing problem: illegal drugs. The drug problem has led to overcrowded prisons and increased pressure on police to find the drugs and the people who use...
Sri Lanka Declares State of Emergency Sri Lanka is under a state of emergency following bomb attacks at hotels and Christian religious centers in the country Sunday. The attacks killed almost 300 people and wounded hundreds of others. Sunday was East...
Today, a different kind of Words and Their Stories - an examination of the word redaction. This week, United States Attorney General William Barr released the long-awaited report by special counsel Robert Mueller. The report presents the findings of...
The number of women working in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM fields in South Africa has not been very large. But programs aimed at girls there are beginning to change that. TechnoGirl is one example. Over about ten yea...
A new study released by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science aims to define a range of relationships between people and birds across the United States. Those are the words of Justin Schuetz, one of the studys writers. Schuetz is a biolo...
San Francisco to Charge for Driving on Lombard Street Visitors may soon have to pay as much as $10 to drive down the world-famous Lombard Street in San Francisco, California. Lombard Street winds down a hill and is often overrun by tourists. It is kn...
With more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the Unites States, it may seem like students have plenty of access to higher education. But that is not always the case for students from places like central Colorado or western Texas, for example. Fo...
Jordan Peele's Horror Movies Are About Us Jordan Peele is an African American filmmaker. His newest movie, Us, is the second-most popular movie released in 2019 so far. The first movie he directed, Get Out, won an Academy Award in 2018. Critics and m...
Arturo Balbino works as a builder in Texas. On a recent day, he walked into the U.S. consulate in the northern Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez for his visa interview. He was not fearful of the process. He felt good. Balbino, a 33-year-old Mexica...
In todays Ask a Teacher, our reader Hoang asks: Question: What is the proper use of look, watch and see? Answer: Hello, Hoang! You are asking about the differences between three words which describe what we do with our eyes. I can help. The Merriam W...
Scientists Restore Some Activity in Brains from Dead Pigs Scientists say that the brains of animals and humans risk severe damage without blood flow and oxygen. But, researchers say they were able to restore some activity in the brains of pigs that h...
