SpaceX Falcon Heavy Successfully Launches with 24 Satellites American space company SpaceX has successfully launched its large Falcon Heavy rocket on a flight to deploy 24 satellites. 美国太空探索技术公司SpaceX成功发射了大型猎鹰重型...
Facebook to Enter Financial World with Launch of Cryptocurrency Facebook has announced the launch of its own digital currency in a major new push into the worldwide financial services industry. The new currency will be a cryptocurrency similar to bit...
US Confirms Traveler Photos Stolen in Cyberattack Internet hackers have stolen tens of thousands of pictures of travelers and vehicles collected at the United States border. 网络黑客窃取了在美国边境收集到的数万张游客照片和车辆...
Study: Dogs Evolved to Use Eyes to Connect with Humans Dog lovers are well aware of the ability of a dog to communicate with its eyes. Now, scientific research suggests this ability developed over time as dogs learned to live with humans. 爱狗一族非...
K-pop music is popular in many countries. This popularity has led to a number of young people leaving their home countries and going to South Korea - the center of the K-pop universe. Industry experts estimate there may be up to one million music hop...
The U.S.-based business Amazon is often called a technology company. But many people know the company best for all the products it sells on the internet. 总部位于美国的亚马逊公司通常被称为科技公司，但是很多人知道这家公司...
How Birdwatchers, Others Can Help Migrating Bird Populations The kinds of birds coming through your neighborhood are probably changing, and so is the timing of their migrations. 每年飞过你家附近的鸟类可能一直在变化，它们迁徙的时...
High school biology teacher Kelly Chavis knew smartphones were a problem in her class. But not even the students realized how much of a problem the devices were until Chavis did an in-class experiment. For one class period, students used a whiteboard...
Imagine that you have just arrived at a hotel after a tiring 7-hour overnight flight. At the front desk, the staff person welcomes you, gives you a warm smile, confirms your reservation quickly and hands you your room key. They tell you the complimen...
For College Student Comedians, Laughter Comes with Learning At a comedy night at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, members of the schools Stand-up Comedy club bring lots of laughter to their classmates. They give funny speeches, tell j...
The American television series Seinfeld was famous for its unusual and often strange conversations. These conversations often took place in a diner - a kind of small, informal restaurant. In one program, the character George is sad about where he is...
West Virginia has long been known as an important coal producing state in the eastern United States. But the coal business is slowing. Many mines are closing, leaving their workers without a job. James Scyphers was one of the workers. Today, he is ha...
Iran Shoots Down US Drone, Trump Calls It a 'Big Mistake' Iran shot down a United States military drone on Thursday. The incident comes as tensions between the two countries have increased following American withdrawal from Irans nuclear deal with wo...
Meet America's First Native Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be named U.S. poet laureate, has been ready for such a responsibility for a long time. Ive been an unofficial poetry ambassador -- on the road for poetry for years, Har...
Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. This program explores common expressions in American English. We talk about them a little more in depth. We give you examples on when and how to use them. We also give you a little backstory on...
