Famed Museum in Washington Welcomes T. Rex The huge T.rex skeleton bends over a large triceratops lying on his side below. With its mouth open wide, the Tyrannosuarus rex looks ready to kill his prey with a final massive bite to the triceratopss neck...
This week we answer a question we received in an email from Tina. She writes: Question: I just want to know how to use the words borrow and lend in a situation. Is it correct to say, Could you lend me a pen? or Can I borrow your pen? Thank you very m...
'Athenaise' by Kate Chopin Our story today is called Athenaise. It was written by Kate Chopin. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. Athenaise went away one morning to visit her parents, ten miles back on the Bon Dieu River in Louisiana. She did not...
Oakland Second US City to Legalize Magic Mushrooms This week, Oakland, California became the second city in the United States to decriminalize magic mushrooms. Magic mushrooms are unlike other mushrooms. They have hallucinogenic properties, meaning p...
Leah Chase, who died this month, was an American civil rights activist and chef in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her restaurant is well-known. It serves people from all walks of life, from local men and women to famous personalities, such as baseball playe...
Amazon Deforestation Rising Under Brazils Bolsonaro Last month, the Amazon rainforest in Brazil lost trees at the fastest rate in 10 years. And experts blame activity by illegal loggers, who are helped by the easing of environmental protections under...
Climate Change Could Cost Business Almost $1 Trillion More than 200 of the worlds largest companies predict that climate change could cost them a combined total of almost $1 trillion. That is a finding from a report released earlier this week. The re...
Samantha Fish is an American songwriter and blues singer. In her song Somebody's Always Trying, she complains about other, unnamed women. She accuses them of trying to take her boyfriend away from her. Somebody's always trying to get him to change hi...
Apple to Add New Software, Privacy Tool, End iTunes Apple has announced new software and privacy tools as it seeks to expand service offerings to its estimated 1.4 billion device users. 苹果公司宣布推出新的软件和隐私工具，旨在为其...
Gene-edited Babies Debate Continues Six months ago, a Chinese scientist was widely criticized for helping make the first gene-edited babies. Now, new information suggests other people may be interested in doing the same kind of work. William Hurlbut...
Worlds Costliest Medicine Is Gene Treatment Priced at $2 Million U.S. officials have approved the costliest medicine in history a $2.1-million gene therapy that treats a rare childhood disease. 美国官员批准了史上最昂贵的药物一种治疗罕...
Immigrants Play Big Part in Caring for Older Adults, Disabled in US Proposed limits on immigration to the United States may worsen the nations shortage of workers who care for old and disabled people, a new study finds. More than three million immigr...
Dementia: A Growing Worldwide Health Problem From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活报道。 Aging is normal. But dementia is not a normal part of aging. 衰老是正常现象。但痴呆并...
When she was growing up, Camille Roberts always saw science in her future. Her parents are both doctors of chemistry and she wanted to follow their example by going into medical research. It was not just that she enjoyed the idea of making scientific...
Keep Your Identity While Changing Your Accent English learners all over the world have the same question: how can I speak more like a native speaker? A big industry has grown up around helping non-native English speakers change their accent. Accent i...
