Gene Editing Promises Cures for Genetic Disorders
There’s a good chance that 2017 will go down in the history of medicine as a year when genetic engineering finally started moving from research labs to clinics. Several successful
Read MoreThere’s a good chance that 2017 will go down in the history of medicine as a year when genetic engineering finally started moving from research labs to clinics. Several successful
Read MoreВ українських соціальних мережах шириться хештеґ #Зустрінь_своїх. Ініціатори акції закликають увечері 27 грудня зустріти на військовому аеродромі Борисполя 74 українців, які мають бути звільнені з полону проросійських бойовиків на Донбасі
Read MoreKenneth Branagh is teasing the return of “old friends” in his planned sequel to “Murder on the Orient Express.” Branagh is expected to both direct and reprise his role as
Read MoreStarfish are making a comeback on the U.S. West Coast, four years after a mysterious syndrome killed millions of them. From 2013 to 2014, Sea Star Wasting Syndrome hit sea
Read MoreEight Eastern U.S. states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency, demanding that it order tougher controls on some Midwestern states over air pollution blowing eastward. New York state Attorney General
Read MoreУ Міністерстві освіти і науки України повідомили, що, відповідно до програми освітнього обміну, уряд Угорщини надає стипендії для українських студентів для продовження навчання в Угорщині у 2018-2019 навчальному році. «40
Read MoreAt the age of 5, Maame Biney immigrated to the U.S. from Ghana to live with her father. She was an energetic child, and her father wanted to channel that
Read MoreWhen schoolchildren in Washington, D.C. are asked to say the first thing that comes to mind about Africa, they use words like hot, desert, sand, poverty, hunger, war and Ebola.
Read MoreChina published its first “green development” index on Tuesday, listing regional governments which promote environmentally friendly development, with Beijing coming out top, though it came second-to-last in a survey of
Read MoreWhy do our muscles recover from injury, but lose mass and strength as we age? A new study looked for the answer to why muscle stem cells respond differently to
Read MoreCoastal communities around the world depend on coral reefs for food, storm protection and tourism. But many reefs are suffering under the onslaught of climate change. Scientists are fighting back,
Read MoreAtop a lake covered by thick ice, fishermen in Northeast China cast out the first net for this year’s winter fishing festival. It’s an ancient yearly tradition that these days
Read MoreActress Heather Menzies-Urich, who played one of the singing von Trapp children in the 1965 hit film, “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 68. Her son, actor Ryan
Read MoreThe Somali Football Federation (SFF) has announced plans to host international games beginning next year because of improving security, the head of the body has announced. President of the SFF,
Read MoreThe year 2017 saw amazing advances in some areas of medicine and avoidable setbacks in others. VOA’s Carol Pearson has the highs and the lows in this report. …
Read MoreManagement experts are always coming up with innovative ideas to improve the work environment, inspire employees and raise productivity. Big companies in Germany, like Lufthansa, Siemens, Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen’s
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Read MoreПрезидент України Петро Порошенко виступив з вітальним зверненням до вірян, які святкують Різдво за григоріанським календарем – 25 грудня. «Вперше як державне свято ми відзначаємо Різдво Христове за григоріанським календарем
Read MoreКримські активісти зафіксували на фото перебіг реконструкції, яку проводить російська фірма на території Бахчисарайського історико-культурного заповідника в Ханському палаці. На знімках видно, що конструктивні елементи історичної будівлі демонтовані і знищені.
Read MoreУ Львові 24 грудня вшановують пам’ять багатолітнього в’язня сумління, українського політика, діяча, лідера Народного Руху України В’ячеслава Чорновола. Сьогодні Чорноволові виповнилося б 80 років. Однак його життя трагічно обірвалося 25
Read MoreAmazon’s diligent, computerized know-it-all is the latest technology to enlist in NORAD Tracks Santa, the military-run program that fields phone calls and emails from children around the world eager to
Read MoreFor those interested in experiencing life on the Red Planet, the time has come. There are four operating stations in the world where the environment on Mars is replicated: in
Read MoreQuietly, Bonna Neang Weinstein wept. Her husband, Howard Weinstein, sitting next to her, held her hand, comforting her. “It reminded me of everything and myself,” she said of a December
Read MoreThe Guinea-Bissau Writers Association gathers dozens of people from different backgrounds who share the same goal: to improve the literature of a small West African country with one of the
Read MoreSpectators at the home stadium of Real Madrid saw its team’s hopes to keep La Liga title fade away Saturday as Barcelona rolled to a 3-0 El Clasico victory, opening
Read MoreПредставник ОБСЄ з питань свободи засобів масової інформації Арлем Дезір висловив серйозну стурбованість умовним вироком у справі про вбивство журналіста В’ячеслава Веремія. «Більш ніж три роки після вбивства В’ячеслава Веремія винні в цій жахливій
Read MoreУ Львові на будівлі в’язниці, відомої як тюрма «Бригідка», у суботу відкрили меморіальну таблицю на честь бійців Організації українських націоналістів Василя Біласа і Дмитра Данилишина. Цього дня 85 років тому
Read MoreУ Києві із 22 до 25 грудня триває масштабне прибирання і вивезення снігу, повідомляє Департамент транспортної інфраструктури КМДА. «Прибирання відбуватиметься у дві зміни відповідно до графіку. Перша зміна триватиме з
Read MoreFor millions of Britons, a traditional Christmas Day includes turkey, Brussels sprouts, Christmas pudding, and a special seasonal episode of “Doctor Who.” The global success of the venerable sci-fi series
Read MoreLouisiana officials have chosen a sugar cane farm as the next home for residents of a tiny, shrinking island, a move funded with a 2016 federal grant awarded to help
Read MoreThe sounds of the holidays have a familiar ring in cities across the United States, and in cities in South Korea, Japan, Chile and many European countries. In November and
Read MoreIn the face of a diphtheria outbreak in parts of Indonesia, authorities have embarked on an immunization drive to slow the advance of the dangerous respiratory disease. VOA’s Kevin Enochs
Read MoreMention “the fat one” in the United States in December, and someone might think you were referring cheekily to Santa Claus. But say it in Spain, and it’s a reference
Read MoreNASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker’s
Read MoreA U.S. jury has convicted two former soccer officials from South America on charges of corruption, the first trial verdicts in a U.S. investigation into world soccer’s governing body, FIFA.
Read MoreOne big problem confronts Africa as it tries to predict how its weather patterns will shift in the face of climate change: Almost all the climate models for the continent
Read MoreEvery year around the holidays, there is a spike in the viewership of Christmas movie classics. According to the American Film Institute, Frank Capra’s 1947 heartwarming drama It’s A Wonderful
Read MoreEvery year around the holidays there is a spike in the viewership of Christmas movie classics. According to the American Film Institute, Frank Capra’s 1947 heartwarming drama It’s A Wonderful
Read MoreA nutritional survey of Rohingya refugee children at a camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, found high rates of malnutrition and other debilitating, life-threatening health problems. UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac calls
Read MoreThree opera singers and a classical musician say that world-renowned conductor Charles Dutoit sexually assaulted them — physically restraining them, forcing his body against theirs, sometimes thrusting his tongue into
Read MoreМіністерство інформаційної політики України планує перекласти англійською книжку кримського журналіста Миколи Семени «Кримський репортаж. Хроніки окупації Криму 2014-2016». Про це 21 грудня на презентації книжки в Києві заявив міністр інформаційної
Read MoreGrief-stricken fans braved Seoul’s winter cold on Thursday to bid farewell to Kim Jong-hyun, the lead singer of top South Korean boy band SHINee, who died in hospital in a
Read MoreCities around the United States are getting ready for Christmas. And when it comes to the season’s decorations, New York City stands out for turning Manhattan’s streets into a big,
Read MoreWhile progress has been made against malaria, the mosquito-borne disease kills more than 420,000 people each year, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Now, drug-resistant malaria strains in Southeast Asia could threaten
Read MoreClifford Irving, whose scheme to publish a phony autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes created a sensation in the 1970s and stands as one of the all-time literary hoaxes, died after
Read MoreU.S. deaths from drug overdoses skyrocketed 21 percent last year, and for the second straight year dragged down how long Americans are expected to live. The government figures released Thursday
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