Most wild mushrooms collected in Germany in recent years still showed radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. But the country's food safety agency says most samples did not contain radiation levels above legal limits. In 1986,...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new rule sharply limiting some gasses used in household machines. 美国国家环境保护局宣布了一项新规定，严格限制家用机器使用的一些气体。 The rule aims t...
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. 欢迎收听VOA慢速英语《词汇掌故》节目。 On this program we explore words and expressions in the English language. 在本期节目中，我们来探索一下英语词汇和短语...
Indonesian officials are seeking to protect a small environment on Java island that is home to an endangered population of gibbons. Also known as the silvery gibbon, the primate is only found on Java, Indonesia's most populous island. The animals hel...
Supercars Try to Make Electric Transition Car makers like Porsche, Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz are known for their fast and light supercars. Most are powered by gasoline engines. The companies want to create electric versions of their famous cars befor...
A Chilean Tree Gives Hope for New Vaccines Quillay trees are rare evergreens found mainly in the South American country of Chile. And they are increasingly important to producing new vaccines. The native Mapuche people have long used them to make soa...
Pierre Escudie has a vineyard in southwest France. He has put solar panels over his plants to both produce electricity and protect his fruit. 皮埃尔埃斯库迪在法国西南部拥有一座葡萄庄园。他在他的作物上方安装了太阳能电...
Market Grows for Products Made With Recycled Carbon Diamonds, sunglasses and sports clothing can be made using carbon dioxide, or CO2, one of the major gases causing the Earth's atmosphere to warm. Young technology companies making such manufacturing...
A Chinese scientist has shared some details about moon rock samples the country brought to Earth late last year. The samples were collected by China's unmanned Chang'e 5 spacecraft, which launched to the moon on November 23, 2020. It returned to Eart...
Nigeria depends heavily on money from its oil exports. But businesswoman Ifedolapo Runsewe has identified another local resource that brings in money: used car tires. Last year, Runsewe set up the Freetown Waste Management Recycle factory in Ibadan,...
Ukrainians Discover Jews Hiding Place during Holocaust Diggers in Lviv, Ukraine, have uncovered new underground hiding places where Jews fled from Nazi German forces during World War II. Under Lviv's stone streets are the sewers where some Jews hid....
If a machine could make water out of air but cost a lot of money, would you buy it? In very dry parts of California, some homeowners are doing just that. The air-to-water system works like an air conditioner by using coils to cool air. It then collec...
Activists: Native People Are Best Caretakers of the Amazon Area Environmental activists say protecting native people and their right to ancestral lands is critical to saving the rainforest in Brazil. The activists argue that the Amazon natives are it...
People face cold, hunger and danger when they flee their countries. 当人们逃离自己的国家时，他们会面临寒冷、饥饿和危险。 They risk their lives to escape conditions such as poverty and war. 他们冒着生命危险逃离贫困和...
Scientists Work to Solve Caribbean Seaweed Mystery Ten years ago, scientists were shocked when a huge amount of seaweed appeared in tropical waters in the Atlantic Ocean. The area where it was found usually lacks the nutrients to feed such growth. Ye...
