Science & Health

Biden administration imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on toxic PFAS 

Health advocates praised the Environmental Protection Agency for not backing away from tough limits it proposed last year

Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed the existence of the 'God particle,' dies at 94

Cameroonian school teaches manufacture of plant-based meat

A government-run school in Cameroon’s capital is teaching students how to manufacture plant-based meat, an innovation which the school’s director hopes will contribute to the fight against climate change. Anne Nzouankeu has more from Yaoundé in this report narrated by Moki Edwin Kindzeka.

Kim Wall grantee to report on climate change, marginalized groups

In covering environmental issues, American reporter Audrey Gray looks at disaster relief for gay and queer communities

Global temperatures hit record high in March for 10th consecutive month 

EU climate monitoring agency says sea surface temperatures last month was also highest on record 

Massive crowds watch total solar eclipse over US

Millions of people in the United States from Texas to Maine looked to the sky to witness a rare total solar eclipse. VOA’s Kane Farabaugh attended a viewing event hosted by NASA and Purdue University at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and has more.

Anti-polio gains threatened by returning migrants, 200,000 unvaccinated children in Afghanistan

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the last two nations where the crippling polio virus is still found

Huge crowds await total solar eclipse in North America

Forecasters warn clouds may spoil the view

Mass bleaching detected on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Half of surveyed reefs reported to have high or very high levels of coral bleaching

Despite Google Earth, people still buy globes. What’s the appeal?

London globemaker Peter Bellerby says his company sells about 600 a year at a cost of about $1,600 to upward of six figures each

In much of Africa, abortion is legal but not advertised

Women says finding reliable information on the procedure can be difficult

Melting glaciers, drying sea highlight Central Asia’s water woes

The region's two primary rivers have diminished by a third, with the Aral Sea shrinking by 90%. Afghanistan’s new canal could further deplete water