In August, a robot will begin placing food and drinks on store shelves in Japan.This is a test that the robots maker hopes will create a wave of automation in retail stores.Automation is the process of using robots or computers, instead of people, fo...
Plenty of acorns -- the fruit of the oak tree -- has led to rising numbers of chipmunks in the Northeast United States. A large supply of acorns on the ground last winter provided food for chipmunks across New England as spring returned. Acorns and o...
US Colleges Have a Mix of Plans for Coronavirus Testing For students going to Colby College in Maine next month, coronavirus testing is expected to be a normal part of campus life. Colby will require all students to take a coronavirus test every othe...
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. The Earth is a big place. The U.S. space agency NASA says the Earth has a diameter of about 12,800 kilometers. And the organization Population Reference Bureau estimates that about 7.5 bill...
Sama al-Diwani and her college sweetheart had big dreams. Her boyfriend, Athir Assem, was planning to open a business in Iraq. She was preparing to go to England, where she would spend a year in training so that she could work as a pharmacist. After...
A 17-year-old boy from Florida and two others were charged Friday with temporarily gaining control of the Twitter accounts of several famous people. The accounts belonged to former President Barack Obama, former Vice President Joe Biden, Tesla founde...
People living in New York City are fearful after facing the worst of the coronavirus health crisis. This fear is fueling a sudden increase in home sales and rentals around the small towns and wooded hills to the city's north. Anil and Joyce Lilly wil...
Some companies in the United States want to know how they can make their workplaces safer. Industry healthcare experts say companies are worried because of information from the world's top public health agency. About two weeks ago, the World Health O...
British scientists say they have solved a mystery involving Stonehenge, the world-famous stone monument in Wiltshire, England. The scientists reported this week that they have identified where many of Stonehenge's large stones, called megaliths, came...
We present the short story Transients in Arcadia, by O. Henry. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State. There is a certain hotel on Broadway that is very pleasant in the summer. Not many people have heard about i...
Using Do in Positive Statements This week, we answer several questions about how to use the verb do. Cem in Turkey wants to know what do means when used before a present tense verb, such as in the statement, You do bring up a good point. Jean-Claude...
