The United States government has given its permission for people to consume genetically modified cotton. The Reuters news agency says the governments approval could lead to a new food product: a kind of cottonseed, filled with protein. The geneticall...
And now its time for Words and Their Stories! Each week, we tell the story of English language words and expressions. On our program today, we will talk about seasons. In some places, there are four: winter, spring, summer and autumn. Many areas in E...
Imagine you are about to complete high school and are thinking about attending a college or university. After doing some research, you find a school you would like to attend, but have questions about the admissions process. So you go to the schools w...
North Korean state media recently showed pictures of leader Kim Jong Un riding a white horse on the countrys highest mountain. The photographs were posted by the Korean Central News Agency, or KCNA. It suggested this means Kim is considering a major...
This month, members of South Africas parliament will debate something on many peoples minds: health care. They will decide the future of the National Health Insurance bill. The bills sponsors say their aim is to provide health care to all South Afric...
Evo Morales, Bolivias first indigenous president, is seeking a fourth term in elections on Sunday. Some people in the South American nation have had enough of Morales. They have created memes that show him fighting forest fires with a childs water gu...
Georgia Museum Devoted to Bigfoot A wooden building stands next to a highway in the mountains of northern Georgia. Once it was a restaurant. Now it serves a less ordinary purpose. Welcome to Expedition: Bigfoot! The Sasquatch Museum. Bigfoot or Sasqu...
In 1830, only a few miles away from what is now the great city of Cincinnati, Ohio, lay a huge and almost endless forest. The area had a few settlements established by people of the frontier. Many of them had already left the area for settlements fur...
This week we answer a question from Ngan. Question: Ngan writes, What is the difference between how do you feel? and how are you? Answer: Dear Ngan, Thank you for writing us. The answer to your question depends on who is asking it, and also, who is a...
Cows Try 'Floating Farm' in Rotterdam On a recent day, Dutch businesswoman Minke van Wingerden looked on as one of her 32 cows stops at an automated milking station on an unusual farm. The milking station is set up on a raised structure above a water...
