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Topic 1 Has Earth Warmed More Than We Thought?Old sponges from deep in the Caribbean Sea are causing some researchers to think human-caused climate change began sooner than scientists have thought.
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Topic 2 Teenage ‘Newton’ Builds Electric Device to Light Gaza TentA 15-year-old boy in Gaza was able to build a device to provide electricity to light the tent he is staying in with his family.
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Topic 3 Women to Take Center Stage at the GrammysThe American music industry holds its highest honors Sunday night in Los Angeles at the 67th Grammy Awards ceremony.
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Topic 4 Study Finds Small Plastic Pieces in Bottled WaterThe average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of very small plastic known as nanoplastics, a recent study says.
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Topic 5 Australian Filmmaker Shows Japanese Single Mothers, Children Face PovertyIn wealthy countries, like Japan, poverty is sometimes considered a taboo subject.
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Topic 6 The Moment that Changed Our LivesThis story is one of the winning entries from the "Teach Us about Ukraine" writing contest sponsored by VOA Learning English and GoGlobal.
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Topic 7 Cooking School Provides Hope for FutureWhen Clarissa Haglid completed culinary school at the Delaware Food Bank last summer, it was the first time she had graduated from anything in her life.
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Topic 8 Study: US Workers Would Take Pay Cuts for Improved Quality of LifeJust over half of U.S. workers would be willing to take a 20 percent pay cut in exchange for a better quality of life, a recent survey found.
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Topic 9 Scientists Map Largest Deep-Sea Coral Reef off US Atlantic CoastScientists have mapped the largest coral reef off America’s Atlantic coast.
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Topic 10 Arctic Vault Gets More SeedsThe Svalbard Global Seed Vault is on an island halfway between Europe and the North Pole.
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Topic 11 South America Dengue Increase Brings Vaccination DriveDuring the southern hemisphere summer, South America is experiencing a sharp increase in cases of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease common in much of Latin America.
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Topic 12 NASA Launches New Satellite to Study Oceans, AtmosphereThe American space agency NASA has launched a new satellite designed to closely study the world’s oceans and atmosphere.
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Topic 13 Wealth Inequality by Race Grew during PandemicA new government report says wealth inequality by race increased in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Topic 14 Costs, Performance Influence Decisions on Electric School BusesThe first electric school buses in the United States began operating about 10 years ago in California.
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Topic 15 Australia to Introduce ‘Right to Disconnect’ Law for WorkersAustralia’s parliament seems likely to pass a new “right to disconnect” bill that the federal government has proposed.
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Topic 16 Locals Worried about Olympic Surfing Event in TahitiThe Summer Olympic Games this year are in Paris, France.
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Topic 17 UN: Famine Is Certain in Gaza without Cease-fireA United Nations official warned Tuesday that the Gaza Strip is at high risk of famine, an extreme lack of food, if the war there does not stop soon.
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Topic 18 Report: Harmful Waste Creation Set to IncreaseThe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report on Wednesday that public waste creation will greatly increase by 2050.
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Topic 19 In Congo, Drilling Leads to Worry over PollutionThe Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.) is looking to expand operations to dig, or drill, for oil.
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Topic 20 Report Estimates 1 Billion People Worldwide Are ObeseA new study estimates more than 1 billion people worldwide are currently living with obesity.
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