Yemeni Boy Fights Malnutrition as Famine Strikes Nation Four months ago, 10-year-old Hassan Merzam Muhammad of Yemen was so malnourished he was unable to walk. His father had to carry him into a medical center. A photographer with Reuters news agency...
American researchers say they have created the first full-size human heart model using 3D printing technology. The model was made with a specially developed 3D printer that uses biomaterials to produce a structure and tissues similar to a real human...
UN Calls on Humanity to End War on Nature 2020 has been an extreme year for hurricanes, wildfires and heat waves around the world. New reports from United Nations agencies list this year's record-breaking weather and the burning of fossil fuels as ca...
Governments and officials around the world are hoping COVID-19 vaccines can create herd immunity to protect large populations. 世界各地的政府和官员都希望新冠疫苗能够产生群体免疫，以保护大量人口。 Some experts predict...
A Park for Hummingbirds Provides Peace for Busy Colombians Living in a city can be stressful. But some people in Bogota, Colombia have found a place to help ease stress and get a peaceful break from busy life. The place is a protected park, or sanctu...
International mining officials say the coronavirus crisis has led to increased automation in the industry. The changes are likely to lead to lower costs and smaller, cleaner mines where more can be done with fewer people, the officials said. Industry...
Turkey and Brazil are among the countries hard hit with coronavirus infections. Both are moving forward with plans to use an unproven COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech. 土耳其和巴西是新冠病毒感染最严重的国家之一...
Recently, someone asked us, Can you please tell me who is the highest authority or is the most respected resource regarding writing rules? There are several excellent sources on writing rules. However, the rules are different for different fields, su...
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. There are many ways to get people to do what you want. You can threaten them with punishment. You can also entice others with a reward. In other words, they will get something in return for...
Singapore's government has approved the sale of a laboratory-grown chicken meat. The American company that invented the product, Eat Just, says it is the first time lab-grown meat has received such approval anywhere in the world. 新加坡政府已经批...
A court-appointed committee has not yet found the parents of 628 children separated at the United States-Mexico border since 2017. 一个由法院指定的委员会仍未找到2017年在美墨边境走散的628名儿童的父母。 They were separate...
It is not surprising that people have turned to TikTok for 60 seconds of relief in a year marked by the COVID-19 health crisis and social and political unrest. This week, the social media app shared its list of top 100 videos in America. The videos i...
The Pandemic Is Changing Hollywood Forever More than 100 years ago, the New York Times published a story titled No New Movies' Till Influenza Ends. The story described the spread of the Spanish Flu across the United States. Today, as another pandemic...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte We present The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte. Here is Jim Tedder. John Oakhurst was a gambler. He had lived in the small western town of Poker Flat for only a short time. He had defeated many people at...
China recently landed its third spacecraft on the moon and says the explorer vehicle successfully collected material from the lunar surface. 中国最近在月球上着陆了第三艘航天飞行器，并表示该探险器成功从月球表面采集到...
