The moon may hold water in more places and in larger amounts than scientists have suggested in the past. The finding is based on two studies published in Nature Astonomy that examined new data from the U.S. space agency NASA. The discovery could be i...
In South Korea, Poorer Students Hit Harder by COVID-19 Restrictions Like many students around the world, children in South Korea are struggling with distance learning because of coronavirus health restrictions. Many are taking online classes from hom...
Educators and officials in Utah have been concerned about the effects of COVID-19-related restrictions and closures on children's education. But activists say the closures are hardest for those who were already struggling in school: local refugees an...
San Francisco lawmakers have approved a law giving people of color the right to take legal action against false accusations. The law is meant to prevent people from calling law enforcement when they see other people, who are different from them, carr...
For Iraq's Yazidis, Return Plan Is Full of Risk The Yazidis of northern Iraq are an ancient religious minority. Islamic State forces brought suffering to the group in a series of targeted attacks six years ago. Now, many Yazidis want peace, security...
Researchers are predicting that the number of non-native species will rise by about 36 percent worldwide by 2050. Non-native, or alien species, are plants or animals that humans have moved around the world to places where they are not naturally found...
COVID Changes Halloween Celebrations From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. October 31 is Halloween, a very popular holiday in the United States. Many people look forward to Halloween all year long. Today the holiday brings i...
Voters in Chile have approved a plan to rewrite the country's constitution. 智利选民已经批准了一项修改该国宪法的方案。 Chileans voted Sunday on a proposal to replace the current constitution. Election officials reported that abou...
Belarus President Refuses to Step Down, Opposition Calls for General Strike The political opposition in Belarus called for a nationwide general strike on Monday. The appeal is the latest in a series of efforts to force Alexander Lukashenko, the count...
James Cook and his wife Samantha Jones started their beekeeping work eight years ago. You have to be a little crazy, Cook said. He and Jones knew the problems their bees face. These include harmful organisms called parasites and insect-killing farm c...
German scientists say they have measured the smallest unit of time ever recorded. Researchers say the unit was measured in zeptoseconds. A zeptosecond is a trillionth of a billionth of a second. The researchers made the discovery while studying how l...
Storage Issues Could Leave 3 Billion without COVID-19 Vaccine The world's most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need to be kept in cold storage to be safe and effective. Health officials have noted progress in equipping developing countries w...
Thousands of aboriginal Australians are expected to join a legal case that lawyers are bringing against the West Australian government. The case seeks payment for what it says are years of unpaid work. Historians have said that, at the time, the offi...
People have been diving down to the Titanic's wreckage for around 35 years. But so far, no one has found human remains, the company that owns rights to the wreckage says. Now the company, RMS Titanic Inc., is planning for a new expedition that is rai...
The women fought with each other inside the vehicle. The driver pulled away from the hold around her neck. Then she turned to hit her attacker. She threw open the door to make her escape, ending the simulated attack. This one is too strong for me, th...
