As the world demands more meat, milk and eggs, experts worry that heavy use of the medicine in livestock will cause a sharp increase in antibiotic-resistant infections.
If you sometimes feel as if you are sleep-walking through your day, it could be possible that your work and body clocks are fighting each other. Read on to learn great words like metabolism and circadian rhythm. These words will help you to talk about your body’s sleeping and waking cycles.
U.S. scientists have built a small, wearable addition to shoes that makes walking easier.
In the Safaliba-speaking community of Ghana, children are beginning to read and write in their home language, Safaliba. A team of researchers and teachers believe this early education helps when the children begin learning in English.
United States officials are working toward separate trade agreements with the European Union and Japan. At the same time, Congress is considering trade promotion authority that would require a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ vote on trade agreements. The legislation would leave trade negotiations to the president.
Sea pirate attacks are increasing again, especially off the coasts of Indonesia and Vietnam.
Throughout the US, researchers, farmers, professional cooks and seed producers are working to develop and grow tastier fruits and vegetables. We talk with a vegetable breeder who has been working to create a better carrot for 35 years.
Can a verb act like a noun? That’s the big question for this edition of Everyday Grammar. What is the difference between “I like to run” and “I like running?” Learn all about how to use gerunds and infinitives.
One billion teenagers and young adults around the world risk losing their hearing by listening to loud music. This is according to the World Health Organization. The U.N. agency is asking young people to turn down the volume to prevent losing their hearing.
Finding weakness in large structures, such as bridges and airplanes, can be the difference between life and death. Scientists in Britain say they have found a new way of looking inside metal parts to identify areas of weakness before they fail.
A Polish company has developed a robot that helps therapists. The robot tells therapists about their patients progress and can choose the best exercises to help rehabilitate people with injuries that affect movement.
Cameroon says militant attacks have displaced at least 100,000 people, including at least 33,000 school children. The government, however, has rejected calls by parliament to declare emergency rule in the affected areas.
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