Four astronauts arrived at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday to prepare for a trip to the International Space Station (ISS). 4名宇航员周日抵达了佛罗里达州的约翰肯尼迪航天中心，准备前往国际空间站。...
A volunteer team in South Africa is rescuing pangolins from illegal traffickers as the animals face growing threats of extinction. Although many of the pangolins arrive afraid and badly injured, they are the lucky ones. They have a good chance of sur...
The world's largest iceberg is floating toward the island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Scientists fear the iceberg could crash into the island and block major feeding areas for a large population of penguins and seals. The huge ic...
Denmark says it plans to destroy its whole population of minks after the animals apparently spread the new coronavirus to humans. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said government investigators had discovered a mutation in the virus in 12 people in no...
A little luck helped astronomers solve a mystery in space: What causes powerful but super-fast energy signals that move through the universe? Scientists have known about these signals, called fast radio bursts, for about 13 years. And they have seen...
A new study estimates that more than 1 million tons of plastic waste from the United States does not end up where it should. The researchers say the U.S. generated 42 metric tons of plastic waste in 2016 the largest amount of any country in the world...
At the age of 86, agriculture teacher Gerald Bonds has seen plenty of crises during his career. He sees no reason to leave the profession over the coronavirus crisis. Bonds is in his 58th year of teaching at Farmington High School in Farmington, New...
Ghina Ghaliya of Indonesia says a stranger's visit to her house led to a campaign to help students affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Ghaliya remembers when a garbage collector came to her house in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. The man asked if...
Images Can Help You Retain Vocabulary Suppose you are listening to a program in English and hear the word borrow. You have heard this word many times but forget its meaning. So, you look up the equivalent word in your own language. Ahh, yes, now you...
Email is one of the most important ways through which we communicate. It has become part of most everyone's day-to-day life. Writing a good email can mean the difference between someone reading it and writing back, and someone ignoring it all togethe...
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore words and sayings in American English a little deeper. Today we talk about fire. Any kind of fire from a campfire to a lit match gives off smoke. This fact about...
Now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Wind is a powerful force in nature. High wind speeds from tornadoes, hurricanes and other violent storms can cause great destruction. But wind can also be a force for good. It can turn machiner...
A 17-year-old Bangladeshi boy has won this year's International Children's Peace Prize for his work to fight cyberbullying in his country. 孟加拉国一名17岁男孩因为在他的国家里与网络欺凌作斗争而获得了今年的国际儿童和...
As summer nears, the heat of the sun will soon roll into Rio de Janeiro. In a normal year, the warm air would send a message to Dr. Wille Baracho: Carnival is coming. Baracho is a medical doctor who also runs the Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school....
Mary Nafula learned she had cancer a year ago. She survived the cancer treatment, but her hair fell out. The hair loss made the mother of three feel unprotected and weak. Nafula found help at a beauty salon in Nairobi. Women go to salons for haircuts...
