The Netflix experiment began with movie-watchers choosing a characters morning cereal. Soon, Netflix may be letting viewers choose everything from the best on-screen romance to the safest path to escape a killer. The worlds largest online streaming s...
Instagram Denies Spying on User Conversations The head of Instagram said this week that the social networking service was not spying on conversations among Instagram users. Some people have accused the company of listening to their microphones in ord...
College Music Program Finds Long-Lost Funk Recordings In the summer of 2005, Drexel Universitys Music Industry program got a strange phone call. The caller was the owner of a storage center in Philadelphia. He asked if the school would like music stu...
Doctor Heideggers Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne We present the short story Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. That very unusual man, old Doctor Heidegger, once invited four friends to meet...
This week we answer a question we received in an email from Mohamad: Question: Could you explain more about the meaning of the word alternative? Thank you. Answer: Dear Mohamad: In general, the word alternative can be used to describe a choice betwee...
U.S. President Donald Trump says his North Korea policy is doing great. South Korean President Moon Jae-in says talks with North Korea are making progress. Yet the Norths government seems to disagree about the direction of nuclear talks with South Ko...
Meat-loving Brazil Also Looks for Plant-Based Foods Brazilians generally love to eat beef. The country is known for its all-you-can-eat steak restaurants. It is a leader in meatpacking. In fact, there are more cows than people in Brazil. But now, Bra...
US Air Quality Dropping After Years of Improvement New data shows that air quality across the United States is dropping after many years of improvement. Over the last two years, the U.S. had more polluted air days than just a few years earlier, offic...
US Supreme Court Makes Two Important Rulings on Elections The United States Supreme Court issued two rulings Thursday that will affect how Americans elect public officials for some time. In one ruling, a majority of justices said federal courts canno...
As a general rule, the English language aims to avoid repetition. Thats why, on Everyday Grammar, we talk about ways to shorten sentences in spoken English and in some forms of writing. Shortened speech helps us avoid restating what we, or others, ha...
Olympic Committee Promises Changes to Way Cities, Countries Are Chosen The International Olympic Committee is promising changes to how the Olympic Games are awarded. 国际奥委会承诺将改革奥运会主办城市的产生机制。 This week, the...
Apollo Astronauts Celebrate 50 Years Since First Moon Landing The American space agency NASA is organizing several events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 the mission that first put a man on the moon. 美国宇航局正在组织几项活动...
Electric vehicles currently make up a small percentage of overall car sales worldwide. But 2018 saw a big jump in international sales. And the market is expected to grow quickly in coming years. JATO Dynamics researches cars and other vehicles. The c...
Image of Father-Daughter Drowning Calls Attention to Migrants Risks The bodies of a man and his 2-year-old daughter lay face down in the water along the bank of the Rio Grande, the river that runs between Mexico and the United States. The young girls...
Mexican painter Frida Kahlos self-portraits made her world famous. She and her husband, the painter Diego Rivera, revolutionized Mexican art in the first half of the 20th century. But no one had a recording of her voice. Until now, maybe. The Nationa...
