Scientists Find Evidence of Drug-Resistant Form of Malaria Researchers in Uganda have discovered evidence of a drug-resistant form of malaria. Health officials fear the finding could make the top drug used against the disease useless if the resistant...
Singapore Scientists Turn Fruit Leftovers into Bandages Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have found a new way to handle food waste. They are turning unused durian fruit coverings, or husks, into antibacterial bandages...
A donation by a famous writer has helped start an effort, called the United States of Readers, to help poor children read more books. The classroom program is being launched by Scholastic Book Clubs with a donation of $1.5 million from the writer Jam...
The 'Burn Everything' Policy And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Today, we talk about burning and the effects of extreme heat. There is a special word for this. Scorch is a damaged area or mark that is caused by burning. Scor...
American drug-maker Merck said Friday that its experimental pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half among people infected with COVID-19 in a drug trial. 美国制药商默沙东公司周五表示,其实验性药物在一项临床试验中将...
Europe is being hit with very unusual, recovery-related energy increases. This is causing worry that some families will not be able to remain warm this winter. Politicians are also concerned about the effects on elections and the possibility that pri...
Europe is being hit with very unusual, recovery-related energy increases. This is causing worry that some families will not be able to remain warm this winter. Politicians are also concerned about the effects on elections and the possibility that pri...
New York Met Opera Reopens after 18 Month-long COVID Closure We bend, we don't break. We sway! the performers sing in the second act of Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones. That message of survival in dark times was well-received by the thou...
The James Bond film No Time To Die held its world premiere in London on Tuesday. Celebrities and members of the British royal family attended the city's biggest movie event since the start of the pandemic. No Time To Die, the 25th Bond movie, has bee...
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher we answer a question from Tien in Vietnam. Question: Dear VOA, I am writing to ask a question about the difference between drop in and drop by. Thanks in advance. -Tien, Vietnam Answer: Dear Tien, Thank you for writi...
A museum in Denmark gave an artist over $80,000 to create a piece of art for an exhibition about work and money. The Kunsten Museum of Modern Art was surprised when Jens Haaning sent two empty canvases. He said it was art. He called the work Take the...
Pop music star Britney Spears has successfully asked a California court to remove her father from the conservatorship that controls her life and money. 流行歌手布兰妮斯皮尔斯成功要求加州一家法院解除她父亲得以控制她生活和...