NASA has transformed selfies taken by its Mars rover Curiosity into a stunning self-portrait. Released this week, the photo shows Curiosity in the middle of the dusty, red Martian terrain, with Mount Sharp in the background. The rim of Gale Crater is also visible. A small, self-focusing camera on the …
your ad hereDoctors Warn of Heart Risk From Some Breast Cancer Therapies
Save your life but harm your heart? Health experts are sounding a warning as potential side effects of a growing number of breast cancer treatments come to light. In its first statement on the topic, the American Heart Association on Thursday said women should consider carefully the risks and benefits …
your ad hereAudiobook of Actors Reading Martin Luther King out April 3
Wanda Sykes, Gabourey Sidibe and Danny Glover will be among the readers for an audio edition of speeches and essays by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “The Radical King” is a collection of 23 works by King that go beyond civil rights and emphasize his belief in the redistribution …
your ad hereIce-Sculpting Champion Carves Up Competition
To say winter gets really cold in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in the midwestern, American state of Minnesota is an understatement. On this day, with temperatures hovering at around minus two or three degrees Celsius, it’s enough to make most people run and hide some place …
your ad hereBeyonce Photo Captures Grandmother’s Star-Struck Reaction
A Massachusetts grandmother worried that no one would believe her story of meeting Beyonce before the Grammys — until a picture of her star-struck reaction appeared on the singer’s Instagram page . The picture shows Beyonce and Jay-Z strolling down a hotel hallway past Shrewsbury resident Susan Monaghan, her mouth …
your ad hereSuper Bowl Security Includes Off-Site Screening, More Police
Fans attending the Super Bowl in Minneapolis will have the chance to go through security screening off-site, and out of the elements. NFL Chief Security Officer Cathy Lanier says this is the first time remote satellite checkpoints are being used for a Super Bowl, and she says it’s by far …
your ad here5 Things: What Yellen’s Fed Tenure Will be Remembered For
When Janet Yellen leaves the Federal Reserve this weekend after four years as chair, her legacy will include having shattered a social barrier: She is the first woman to have led the world’s most powerful central bank, a position that carries enormous sway over the global economy. Yellen will …
your ad hereNorth Korean Flag Raised Over Olympic Villages in South Korea
North Korea’s national flag has been raised above the living quarters for the athletes taking part in the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. The flag began flying Thursday over the Olympic villages in the host cities of Pyeongchang and Gangneung, about 230 kilometers east of Seoul, one day after …
your ad hereCourt Reinstates 28 Russians Banned for Alleged Sochi Doping
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld appeals by 28 Russian athletes who were sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee for an alleged doping scheme at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. The CAS said Thursday there was insufficient evidence that the athletes committed doping violations. It annulled the sanctions …
your ad hereWill a Major Sporting Event Help Spread Flu?
American-style football’s championship game, the Super Bowl, is being held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Sunday. It’s the biggest football event of the year. Millions of people will watch it on TV, but up to a million more across the nation are expected to attend Super Bowl-related events in person. With widespread …
your ad hereIce-Carving Champion Competes in Mostly Male-Dominated Art Form
This Sunday, the snow-coated city of Minneapolis, Minnesota hosts Super Bowl 52. Just across the river, you’ll find a historic Winter Carnival that got its start in the 19th Century after a small pox epidemic in Canada played Lady Luck for the City of Saint Paul. Arash Arabasadi reports. …
your ad hereNFL Thursday Night Football Moves to Fox for Five Years
Fox and the NFL have agreed to a five-year deal for Thursday night football games. Those games previously were televised by CBS and NBC, two of the league’s other network partners. Fox announced Wednesday that it will televise 11 games between Weeks 4 and 15, with simulcasts on NFL Network …
your ad hereBrazil’s Health Officials Heading off Yellow Fever Before Carnival
Carnival begins next week in Rio de Janeiro and two million people are expected to pack the streets each day. But the nation is currently in the midst of a yellow fever outbreak and that has health officials worried. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
your ad hereLightweight Brain-Controlled Artificial Hand Being Developed
Scientists and engineers around the world are slowly but steadily improving brain-controlled artificial limbs hoping to make them more affordable to patients. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – EPFL – say their lightweight artificial hand may someday help paraplegic patients be able to feed themselves. VOA’s George …
your ad hereUS Environment Agency Puts Clean-Water Rule on Hold
The Environmental Protection Agency is putting a two-year hold on an Obama-era clean-water rule to give the Trump administration more time to come up with a replacement. The EPA decision, announced Wednesday, came a week after the Supreme Court said the rule, which had been blocked since 2015, could be …
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