This week on English in a Minute, Dan thinks Bob's wife may be a gold digger.

Some cancer doctors and patients want to know if they can enjoy their lives while receiving treatment. The idea is called "the lowest effective dose."

This week on Ask a Teacher, Teacher Sahraoui asks: My student answered a question I asked in a written test as follows: Yes, consumers do adopt new...

The polonaise is a traditional Polish dance that was once banned in the country. Now, the United Nations is honoring the dance. UNESCO stands for the...

A private spacecraft has successfully touched down on the moon, marking the first U.S. lunar landing in more than 50 years. The American space agency...

Researchers from Cuba are working with a Canadian partner to learn more about migratory birds that travel between North America and Cuba each year. M...

American Stories presents "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by the well known American writer Mark Twain. The short story was first p...

VOA Learning English is happy to announce a new addition to our website beginning Monday, February 26: “Teach Us About Ukraine.” It is a series of wi...

In a recent lesson, we asked our readers and listeners to write to us about what is popular in their country. In today’s lesson, we will explore some...

The Supreme Court of Alabama has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. The ruling immediately influenced the way fert...

Luciana de Oliveira considers herself transnational. That means she is more than one nationality. de Oliveira grew up in Brazil, but she moved to the...

On February 20, 1824, British scientist William Buck described the find of a huge jaw and other bones at a rock mine in the village of Stonesfield nea...

A new study found that a majority of retired people who experienced virtual reality (VR) said they liked using the technology. Read and listen to th...

South Korea's biggest hospitals canceled medical procedures and turned away patients seeking emergency care on Wednesday. The moves came after thousan...

For five years, a New York City man lived for free in a famous central New York City hotel. He made use of a little-known housing rule to avoid paying...

The first human patient who received a brain chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered. The patient is able to control a computer mouse usin...

This week's News Word is culprit. Welcome to the Voice of America’s News Words. In the Amazon rainforest, an extreme lack of rainf...

When Clarissa Haglid completed culinary school at the Delaware Food Bank last summer, it was the first time she had graduated from anything in her lif...

The maker of ChatGPT recently announced its next move into generative artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s new text-to-video generat...

Charlotte has spent much of her life in captivity at a non-profit aquarium in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains. She is an ocean animal called a...

Japan’s economy has dropped to the fourth largest in the world. It fell behind Germany after its economy shrank in the last quarter of 2023. Read and...

Everyday Grammar TV: Lesson on Illnesses, Part 2

Many people who find out they have cancer are able to survive the disease because of effective drugs. Although the drugs help keep patients alive, th...

A group of environmental organizations is seeking an official declaration that American horseshoe crabs are endangered. The American horseshoe crab –...