Teen Discovers Planet on Day Three of Internship Call it luck, but not dumb luck. Just three days into Wolf Cukier's summer internship with the American space agency NASA, he found a new planet. The 17-year-old high school student was tasked with loo...
The little-known word pettifogging was used during a 1905 impeachment trial of a judge. This week, Chief Justice John Roberts used it again during the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump. 1905年在弹劾一名法官的审判期间使用了...
US Drinking Water Contaminated with 'Forever Chemicals' A new report says man-made forever chemicals are more common in U.S. drinking water supplies than earlier estimates suggested. An environmental group reported Wednesday that some of the highest...
The largest swimming pool in Russia's Muslim-majority North Caucasus area has banned all women from using the pool. Rights groups and others criticized the new policy, calling it discrimination. The pool is part of a large sports and spa center near...
The trial to decide whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office began this week. Trump is charged with abusing his power as president, and with obstructing or blocking Congress during its investigation. Lawmakers in the Senate will hear...
Imagine that you work in a university admissions office. You see the applications of two students who have the same test scores. One would be the first in her family to attend college. The other is the child of a graduate of the same university. If y...
The idea of setting up a wealth tax to target the richest Americans has created a lot of debate in the United States. 设立一种针对美国最富有人群的财富税的想法在美国引发了大量争论。 President Donald Trump calls it social...
Smoke from Wildfires Has Long Term Health Effects Increasingly intense wildfires are burning forests across Australia and the western United States. They are fueling concern among locals and health professionals about the long-term health effects of...
While drinking tea with officials at a plantation in southern India, Sharda Krishnan had memories of her childhood. She thought of the farm where, as a girl, she was enslaved. Her only payment was food. Her future seemed hopeless. Now she co-owns a t...
Sexual Assault Remains Major Issue in US Higher Education Few people understand the issue of sexual violence at colleges and universities in the United States better than Faith Ferber. 没有几个人比费思费伯更了解美国校园性暴力这个问...
Vietnam's government is seeking to expand the country's economy by seven percent this year. The goal would be one of Vietnam's highest growth rates yet and could be greater than China's expected economic expansion in 2020. 越南政府正谋求今年取...
Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories, a program from VOA Learning English. Each week, we explore words and expressions in American English. Today's expression comes from the world of animals! The expression is eager beaver. By definition, an ea...
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad appears unlikely to surrender his leadership as promised to government coalition partner Anwar Ibrahim. Mahathir was returned to office in elections in 2018. Several times since he has again said he would ser...
On January 19, The New York Times will endorse a candidate seeking the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party. The Democratic nominee is expected to face U.S. President Donald Trump, the likely nominee of the Republican Party, in national el...
The Irishman is competing against eight other movies for one of the film industry's highest awards: the Oscar for best picture. When that award is announced in February, many people may pay close attention to the special effects teams that make it an...
