The New York Philharmonic made the historic decision this week to cancel its entire performance season. The president of the famed symphony orchestra Deborah Borda said on Tuesday that it had lost a combined $30 million in ticket sales for this seaso...
The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne Our story today is called The Birthmark. It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. A long time ago, there lived a skillful scientist who had experienced a spiritual reaction more...
Finland Uses Dogs to Find Coronavirus Infections Finland has deployed dogs trained to smell the coronavirus at the country's main international airport. 芬兰在该国主要国际机场部署了经过训练可嗅到冠状病毒的嗅探犬。 A tria...
Three Scientists Win Nobel Physics Prize for Black Hole Research Three scientists have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for their discoveries related to massive objects called black holes. 三位科学家因为研究超大质量物体黑洞的研究...
Republican Party activists are urging supporters across the United States to closely watch early voting sites and ballot drop boxes in the weeks before elections next month. 共和党积极分子正督促美国各地的支持者在下个月大选的前...
Tasmanian Devils Return to Australia Mainland after 3,000 Years Tasmanian devils have been returned to the Australian mainland 3,000 years after the animals died off there. The mainland population is believed to have been partly killed off by a group...
This Monday is Columbus Day in the United States. The celebration of the holiday, observed on the second Monday of October, is now somewhat different from ones in the past. The U.S. government established Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934 to...
Calls to Reduce Seal Population in US Northeast In the Northeastern United States, some Americans are debating what to do about an animal that almost died off the grey seal. The grey seal population has grown so much in recent years that critics are...
The world has changed in many ways since the coronavirus pandemic struck. Now, you can add end-of-the-year holiday shopping to the list of time-honored traditions being affected. Many retail businesses are launching the holiday shopping season earlie...
With many students working on computers from home, teachers are learning new ways to teach their classes. I recently spoke with some English teachers about how they are meeting these demands. The teachers seemed to agree on three issues they now face...
