Engineers at Hyperloop recently took a significant step toward proving their new vacuum-tube-based transportation system may in fact be the future… and not just hype. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
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Netflix Still Piling Up Viewers — and Big Programming Bills
Netflix is pulling in new viewers and award nominations in droves, but the online video service still faces a long-term problem: Its acclaimed programming line-up is costing far more money …
your ads here!US Makes Lower Trade Deficit Top Priority in NAFTA Talks
The United States on Monday launched the first salvo in the renegotiation of the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), saying its top priority for the talks was shrinking …
your ads here!Hearing is Believing: Speech May be a Clue to Mental Decline
Your speech may, um, help reveal if you’re uh … developing thinking problems. More pauses, filler words and other verbal changes might be an early sign of mental decline, which …
your ads here!Two Iranians Charged in US for Hacking, Selling Weapons Software
Two Iranian nationals have been charged in the United States in an alleged scheme to steal and resell software to Iran, including a program to design bullets and warheads. According …
your ads here!Afghan Girls Robotics Team Competes after Visa Obstacles
Their team shirts didn’t say “Afghanistan” and their name badges were handwritten, not typed, suggesting the last-minute nature of their entry into the United States. But the Afghan girls competing …
your ads here!Research Tries ‘Shock and Kill’ to Eliminate HIV
Researchers working on a one-two punch to eliminate HIV say their first punch has landed and they can start working on the second, though plenty of work will be needed …
your ads here!Chinese Overfishing Threatens West African Economies
Foreign fishing vessels, many from China, prowl the waters off West Africa every day. They capture millions of fish — catches that used to go to local boats. The fish …
your ads here!Walt Disney Opens Iconic American Amusement Park on This Day in 1955
Walt Disney was already a well-known creative genius — the creator of Mickey Mouse and the 1938 feature-length cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — when he had an idea to …
your ads here!Communicating With Our Microbes
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution says humans evolved as a separate species. But modern science knows that we, together with all other creatures, have always lived in a symbiosis with …
your ads here!US to Add 15K Temporary Worker Visas
The United States needs more foreign workers to keep some American businesses from floundering, according to a decision announced by U.S. officials Monday. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said …
your ads here!1 in 10 Babies Received No Vaccinations in 2016
Nearly one in 10 infants worldwide, or 12.9 million, received no vaccinations in 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. Those infants missed the critical first dose of the …
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Walt Disney pursues dream of Disneyland despite investor doubts and a chaotic opening day in 1955 …
your ads here!EU Agrees to Allow in More Ukraine Exports for 3 Years
EU foreign ministers approved on Monday measures to allow Ukraine to export more industrial and agricultural products free of tariffs to the bloc in recognition of reforms undertaken by Kyiv …
your ads here!VR Learning the Wave of the Future
Thanks to Hollywood special effects, it’s possible to create a world of superheroes or galaxies far, far away. But that technology is also slowly making its way into the classroom …
your ads here!Famed Director Heads Effort to Preserve African Cinema
American filmmaker Martin Scorsese is backing an international effort to preserve African movies, hoping to protect the work of some of Africa’s most influential directors. Arzouma Kompaore reports. …
your ads here!Park Wins US Women’s Open
After weeks of uncertainty, the U.S. Women’s Open stopped being about President Donald Trump, his course and his views toward women and it turned out to be what the USGA …
your ads here!India’s Low-paid Garment Workers Seek $7.6M Compensation
On a sweltering summer morning in the southern Indian city of Chennai, a dozen garment workers crowd into a small courtroom for the latest hearing in a protracted battle over …
your ads here!Oscar-winning Actor Martin Landau Dead at 89
Martin Landau, the chameleon-like actor who gained fame as the crafty master of disguise in the 1960s TV show “Mission: Impossible,” then capped a long and versatile career with an …
your ads here!Burns Sees Vietnam War as Virus, Documentary as Vaccination
Filmmaker Ken Burns views the Vietnam War as a virus that infected Americans with an array of chronic illnesses — alienation, a lack of civil discourse, mistrust of government and …
your ads here!George A. Romero, Father of the Zombie Film, Dead at 77
George Romero, whose classic “Night of the Living Dead” and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devouring undead spawn countless imitators, remakes and …
your ads here!With Engines Whirring, Electric Car Racing Comes to Brooklyn
The roar of the engine was replaced by a furious whirring as the future of motorsports came to Brooklyn. Formula E took over part of the waterfront neighborhood of Red …
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