Water-poor Jordan on Thursday launched a project using seawater to produce crops with clean energy. Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, which contributed most of …
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Ex-pharma CEO Shkreli Selling One-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Album
Former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli has put the only known copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album he bought for $2 million in 2015 up for sale on eBay. In the …
your ads here!Space Business Booming in Cape Canaveral
After the last space shuttle mission ended, in July 2011, the activity at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, seemed to be waning. NASA’s next launch vehicle was …
your ads here!House of Representatives Passes Bill on Self-Driving Vehicles
U.S. congressmen have approved a bill to deploy self-driving cars and prevent states from blocking them. The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday passed the bill that would allow automakers to …
your ads here!Waste Not: Belgian Startup to Print 3-D Recycled Sunglasses
A Belgium-based start-up is on its way to making the world a bit sunnier, by printing the first 3-D sunglasses out of recycled plastic. The Antwerp-based company w.r.yuma – pronounced …
your ads here!Toronto Film Fest Lineup Will Generate Buzz, and Debates
Few institutions in cinema can match the teeming, overwhelming Toronto International Film Festival as a conversation-starting force. It simply has a lot of movies worth talking about. And this …
your ads here!Study: Treating Insomnia Eases Anxiety, Depression
Treating young people who suffer from insomnia by using online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) could reduce debilitating mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, scientists said Wednesday. In a …
your ads here!Plastic Found in Drinking Water on Five Continents
Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in drinking water on five continents – from Trump Tower in New York to a public tap on the shores of Lake Victoria …
your ads here!‘Hunger Games’ Actor Donald Sutherland to Get Lifetime Oscar
Donald Sutherland, the star of “MASH,” “The Hunger Games” and more than 140 other movies, is to get a lifetime achievement Oscar, along with Belgian director Agnes Varda, Oscar organizers …
your ads here!Sphere Sculpture Has New Home Overlooking 9/11 Memorial
A bronze sphere damaged during the Sept. 11 attacks is now at its permanent home overlooking the rebuilt World Trade Center site. The 25-ton (23-metric ton) Koenig Sphere was …
your ads here!Zac Posen, The Comeback Kid, Featured in New Documentary
Boy wonder, tyrant, genius: Zac Posen has been called that and more. The fashion designer, at 36, has experienced more ups and downs than his years might indicate and …
your ads here!Tech Leaders Prepare to Fight DACA Decision
They took to Twitter, Facebook and their corporate blog posts. They called their congressional representatives, signed letters and pledged to fight. This week, many tech industry leaders geared up for …
your ads here!Facebook: Likely Russia-based Operation Bought Ads During 2016 US Election
Facebook Inc. said on Wednesday it had found that an influence operation likely based in Russia spent $100,000 on ads promoting divisive social and political messages in a two-year-period through …
your ads here!Real-life Indiana Jones Finds Ancient Religious Sites in Turkey
Hollywood’s famous archeologist Indiana Jones has nothing on Mark Fairchild. The film character and the religion professor both teach at a university in Indiana. Like Jones, Fairchild travels to far-off …
your ads here!Biblical Archeologist Searching Ancient Turkish Sites
Like the film character Indiana Jones, Mark Fairchild is a professor at a university in Indiana. He travels to far off places in search of Biblical antiquities and doesn’t like …
your ads here!New Rockets Could Inspire Next Generation
Rockets that will take Americans back to space from U.S. soil for the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 could also launch new careers in …
your ads here!Treadmills Prove Link Between Movement and Health
Peripheral Artery disease is a painful condition caused when cholesterol and other fats build up and clog blood flow in the veins. One of the most effective treatments involves getting …
your ads here!Chinese Investment Welcomed in Small Arkansas Town
One of China’s biggest textile mills is planning its first North American factory in a small town in the southern U.S. state of Arkansas. VOA’s Ping Zhang went to have …
your ads here!40 Years After Launch Voyager 1 Still Sending Data
Forty years ago, as President Carter was spending his first year in office, NASA launched two spacecraft hoping to learn about Jupiter, Saturn and Saturn’s moon Titan. But beyond all …
your ads here!Trump’s Trade Adviser Says Hopes to Reach Trade Deal with S. Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser expressed optimism on Tuesday about reaching agreement on a revised free trade pact with South Korea, days after Trump suggested scrapping the deal …
your ads here!New York Fashion Week Ready for Kickoff
New York Fashion Week, the first in a series of global style weeks during September, is gearing up with designers ready to present their visions for Spring 2018. This season, …
your ads here!Round of NAFTA Talks Ends Amid Resistance Over Mexico Wages
The second round of talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement ended Tuesday amid resistance to discussing Mexico’s low wages and large differences over dispute resolution mechanisms. …
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