An aid group called Operation Smile has been helping people born with cleft lips and cleft palates for over 30 years. The group, based in the United States, works in countries around the world. In the African nation of Malawi, Operation Smiles medica...
HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Breaks Emmy Record The hit television series Game of Thrones has broken a 25-year record for Emmy nominations. The Television Academy on Tuesday honored the show's eighth and final season with 32 Emmy nominations. 热门电视剧...
Iranian Women Seek Greater Freedom Over Head Coverings Walking in public has become a protest for a young Iranian woman who moves through Tehrans streets without her head covering, or hijab. She is risking arrest. Irans morality police are looking fo...
Poor Sleep Behavior Tied to Many Health Issues People who have repeatedly changing sleep and wake times and get different amounts of sleep each night are more likely to have metabolic health conditions. That is the finding of a new study. 反复更改生...
When educators think of literacy -- the ability to read and write -- they often place more importance on students abilities to read and fully understand a piece of writing. But experts say critical and creative writing skills are equally important. A...
Greeces Acropolis Museum has opened an excavation area under its modern-day building. For the first time, visitors will be able to walk through an ancient Athenian neighborhood that survived from Classical to Byzantine times. The museums base rests o...
New Technology Helps Rescuers Find Missing People Yesenia DAlessandro added a global positioning system, or GPS, recording program to her mobile phone before entering a hard-to-reach Hawaiian forest. She was joining more than 100 volunteers looking f...
UN, European Agencies Launch Plan to Clean Up Space European and United Nations agencies are developing a plan for worldwide action on dealing with waste in outer space, commonly called space junk. The agencies say space junk orbiting the earth must...
Hello and welcome to another episode of Words and Their Stories. On this show we explain common expressions in American English where they come from and how to use them. Today we talk about being overcome with emotion, both good and bad. We have a so...
Imagine that you have just arrived at a hotel after a tiring 7-hour overnight flight. At the front desk, the staff person welcomes you, gives you a warm smile, confirms your reservation quickly and hands you your room key. They tell you the complimen...
