On its large campus in the middle of America, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is trying to keep the fast-spreading coronavirus away from its students. The school has one of the highest percentages of Chinese students among U.S. univers...
Americans have been hearing more about brain injuries after an Iranian missile attack on United States forces in Iraq. The missiles targeted an air base were U.S. and coalition troops were deployed. The U.S. Defense Department reports that 50 service...
A school in England for children with autism is finding a new use for virtual reality, or VR headsets. Prior's Court is a school in Berkshire, southern England. The workers at the school are also using high technology to learn more about individual s...
Swarms of locusts have destroyed large areas of farmland and are threatening food security in East Africa. Kenya is reporting its worst locust outbreak in 70 years. Billions of the insects have already destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of plant...
A newly released recording reportedly shows that Iranian officials knew a missile had brought down a Ukrainian passenger airplane last month. The plane crashed shortly after leaving Tehran, killing all 176 people on the jet. Sunday night, a Ukrainian...
European researchers say they have created a process that can produce oxygen from moon dust. The process could provide a major source of oxygen for humans taking part in moon exploration activities in the future. Researchers from the European Space A...
Shortly before Christmas last year, Brazilian piano player Joao Carlos Martins invited his friends to a bar near his home in Sao Paolo. He wanted to show them the best gift he had received in many years: a new pair of gloves. They are not just any gl...
Small US Company Moves to Make All-American Hand Dryer Excel Dryer sells about $40 million worth of electric hand dryers each year. Excel's products can be found in airports, restaurants and public restrooms across the United States. Most of the part...
Drug Developers Take Aim at 'Guided-Missile' Cancer Drugs Companies are testing a record 89 treatments on humans to fight cancer. These treatments combine antibodies from the body's natural defense system with agents that fight cancer. 公司正在测试...
Toyota to Build City of the Future to Test New Technologies Japanese automaker Toyota has announced plans to create a model city of the future to test and develop new technologies. 日本汽车制造商丰田汽车宣布计划建立一个未来城市模...
The Tortoise and the Hare Now, it is time for Words and Their Stories, a weekly program from VOA Learning English. 现在，是时候收看VOA学习英语的每周节目单词及其故事了。 English expressions come from a number of different plac...
Edible Cannabis Use May Carry Unexpected Risks Experts warn there could be unexpected health risks from eating foods containing the drug cannabis. Those risks include accidental overdose, children eating them accidentally and unexpected effects in ol...
欧盟批评伊朗违反核武器 EU Criticizes Iran Over Nuclear Violations Britain, France and Germany are increasing pressure on Iran to end its violations of an international nuclear deal. 英国，法国和德国对伊朗施加越来越大的压力...
Five Tips for Great Language Exchanges Harry Qiu began learning English as a young boy in Shanghai, China. Over the years, he became fluent, and later came to the United States for college. 邱瑞（Harry Qiu）小时候在中国上海学习英语。多...
Record Sales for Sports Utility Vehicles 2019 was a good year for sport utility vehicles, or SUVs. 对于运动型多功能车或SUV来说，2019年是丰收的一年。 Rising demand for SUVs drove record sales for German carmakers such as BMW and M...
