25 Greatest Inventions of the 20th Century: Vacuum cleaners Posted June 18, 2021 Welcome to our countdown of the 20th century’s top inventions, where we look at some of the things we take for granted and show how they changed the world. We …
News Mash-up: Famous People Posted June 17, 2021 Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary, who created Henry Huggins, dies at 104 Beverly Cleary, the cel…
N Korea accuses UN of double standard over missile firings, warns of consequences Posted June 16, 2021 North Korea on March 29 accused the United Nations of a “double standard” over its reaction to the North’s recent missile launches, warning it of a serious
News Mash-up: Ancient Discoveries Posted June 15, 2021 UK researchers say they have found an answer to the mystery of Stonehenge The prehistoric standing stone…
Big Tech vs. the news Posted June 14, 2021 The Australian government is in the middle of a fight with Big Tech companies Google and Facebook over the future of news in Australia. What’s it all about? In two words: adver…
Interview: From bouncer to simultaneous interpreter Part 2 Posted June 13, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Yokoyama chose to conduct this interview entirely in English, saying that he always likes to strike a good balance “inside my head” between Engl…
Interview: From bouncer to simultaneous interpreter Part 1 Posted June 12, 2021 Kaz Yokoyama is one of the shining lights of Japan’s English education world — a self-taught simultaneous interpreter, author and English teacher who has never st…
A Vermont school shut down because of toxic chemicals. Now it’s moved to a Macy’s Posted June 11, 2021 Students who once shopped at a downtown mall in Burlington, Vermont, are now attending high school in a former Macy’s department store. About seven months ago,…
NASA gives all-clear: Earth safe from impact from giant asteroid for 100 years Posted June 10, 2021 Whew, now here’s some good cosmic news: NASA has given Earth the all-clear from destruction by a huge 340-meter-wide asteroid named Apophis — for…
Got an old clunker? France may soon let you trade it in for an electric bicycle Posted June 9, 2021 Owners of aging vehicles in France may soon be able to trade in their clunker for money to buy an electric bicycle. Lawmakers in France’s parl…