The sun is about to spill some of its secrets, maybe even reveal a few hidden truths of the cosmos. And you can get in on the act next week …
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Merck CEO Pulls Out of Trump Panel, Demands Rejection of Bigotry
The chief executive of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies resigned on Monday from a business panel led by Donald Trump, citing a need for leadership countering bigotry in …
your ads here!Guam’s Tourism Popularity Unhurt by North Korea Threats
Tourists haven’t been deterred from visiting the tropical island of Guam even though the U.S. territory has been the target of threats from North Korea during a week of angry …
your ads here!Trump Orders China Trade Investigation
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his trade office Monday to investigate whether China is stealing American intellectual property, but Beijing warned in advance that both countries would end up losers …
your ads here!Lift Off for Africa’s First Airport Brewery
There is a new addition to Africa’s busiest air transport hub, O.R. Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg: the continent’s first airport-based brewery. Airport Craft Brewers is a reflection of South …
your ads here!No More Bongs! Big Ben to Fall Silent for 4 Years of Repairs
The bongs will soon be gone. Big Ben — the huge clock bell of Britain’s Parliament — will fall silent next week as a four-year restoration project gets underway. The …
your ads here!First Walking Polymer Could Be Used in Robots
Synthetic polymers, primarily plastics, are used to make a host of items, from paint to plastic bottles to sunglasses and DVDs. Imagine what could be created with a plastic that …
your ads here!Neo-Nazi Site Moves to Google After GoDaddy Dumps It
Neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer moved its domain registration to Google after hosting firm GoDaddy said it would sever ties with the site that promoted Saturday’s deadly rally in Charlottesville, …
your ads here!Decades After His Death, Elvis Is The King for Impersonators
Four decades since his death, Elvis Presley still reigns as The King — for impersonators. Few artists inspire people all over the world to dress up and perform passionately on …
your ads here!Chinese Newspaper Warns Trump Risks ‘Trade War’
A Chinese state newspaper warned Monday that President Donald Trump “could trigger a trade war” if he goes ahead with plans to launch an investigation into whether China is stealing …
your ads here!Egyptian Artist Creates Portraits Out of Burnt Tobacco
In a small studio littered with empty cigarette packets in Egypt’s second city, Alexandria, Abdelrahman al-Habrouk sits hunched over a sheet of paper making portraits with tobacco. The cigarettes fuel …
your ads here!First American Woman to Conquer K2 Tells VOA Her Story
No American woman climber had sumitted the world’s second largest mountain called, K2, in Pakistan until July 28, 2017 when 52-year old Vanessa O’Brian led a team to the top …
your ads here!Researchers Listening to Bees for Sounds of Trouble
Science has been searching for a definitive reason why domesticated honeybee colonies continue to suddenly die off. But Colony Collapse disorder, as it is called, is still somewhat of a …
your ads here!Are Immigrants Driving the Motor City?
Beside rows of rusting shipping containers, a decorative wrought iron fence surrounds Taquería Mi Pueblo, one of the first family-run Mexican restaurants in southwest Detroit, Michigan. Its owner, Jalisco-native José …
your ads here!Star Tau Ceti Has Two Planets in Habitable Zone
Scientists from U.S. and Britain have found four planets, slightly larger than Earth, orbiting a star visible with a naked eye. Using a technique so sensitive that it can measure …
your ads here!Solar Energy ‘Flower’ Harvests Clean Energy
Some countries depend heavily on fossil fuels for power, including the Philippines. But now a kind of solar energy “flower” is among the clean power alternatives there. The Smartflower can …
your ads here!Citizen Journalists Wage Online War Against ISIS
City of Ghosts is a new documentary that follows an underground group of citizen journalists from IS occupied Raqqa, Syria, risking their lives and using social media to expose the atrocities …
your ads here!Citizen Journalists Wage Online War on ISIS
A new documentary follows an underground group of citizen journalists from ISIS occupied Raqqa Syria, risking their lives to expose the atrocities of the militants against civilians on social media. …
your ads here!Beleaguered Detroit Relying on Immigrants to Revitalize City
Detroit, Michigan, knows hardship and recovery. One of the hardest hit areas in the country during the Great Recession, the Midwestern Rust Belt city has since found an ingredient to …
your ads here!Perseid Meteor Shower Provides Opening Act for Solar Eclipse
The Perseid meteor shower peaks every year about this time as the Earth passes debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet, but this year the annual shower will come about a week …
your ads here!Got Text Neck? Try Pilates
Pilates is a fitness regimen that has been around for nearly 100 years, using controlled movements to build strength and improve flexibility. Now, a pilates class in New York City …
your ads here!Electric Car Worry: Where Can You Charge It?
Around the world, support is growing for electric cars. Automakers are delivering more electric models with longer range and lower prices, such as the Chevrolet Bolt and the Tesla Model …
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