Researchers have identified a new bacterium that feeds on polyurethane, a kind of plastic that is difficult to recycle or destroy. Scientists say the discovery could help reduce a flood of hard-to-recycle plastics that are ending up in the world's la...
The world's busiest land border has fallen quiet. Restrictions meant to contain the spread of the new coronavirus have stopped millions of Mexicans from making daily trips north to the United States. That includes many who work at U.S. businesses. 全球...
It took Viktery Zimmerman only two days to find ways to connect with friends and family. She and her husband are stuck inside their home in Chicago, Illinois, as ordered by the state's stay-at-home measure. There are the FaceTime video calls. There i...
Dismantling Democracy? Virus Used as Excuse On the streets of Belgrade, heavily armed Serbian soldiers walk the streets. The army guards a large complex of buildings that have been turned into a temporary hospital. The buildings are lined with beds r...
More than 82,000 people have volunteered for New York's reserve force of medical workers to help people infected with the new coronavirus. Health officials say the force includes recent retirees, health care workers who can take a break from their no...
Older people remain most at risk of dying from the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19. The majority of people who get COVID-19 have minor or moderate sickness. But majority does not mean all. So, who else should be concerned about contracting severe,...
In Baltimore, Maryland, the news came during Act 1 of Puccini's La Rondine. Johns Hopkins University students were performing their final dress rehearsal of the production at the Peabody Conservatory. Then members of the university community received...
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目时间。 In human history, the spread of infectious diseases to mass numbers of people is not uncommon. Pandemics, historians say, starte...
Jacob Kunthara's wife and three adult children had never seen him without the mustache he wore for 45 years. But the spread of COVID-19 and the restrictions it brought to public life led to a change of face for Kunthara. The family lives in Gilbert,...
Disappearing natural resources like mangrove forests are important to reduce flooding in low-lying coastal areas like southern Florida, scientists say. Mangrove trees grow in coastal wetlands. Unlike other trees, they can grow in salty seawater. Thei...
