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– Manuscript – Welcome to the Voice of America's News Words. For the very first time, a crew from the American space agency, NASA, saw the spacecraft that will take them to the moon. Robust The astronauts' visit to the Orion spacecraft was in preparation for the Artemis II mission in late 2024. Commander Reid Wiseman described the spacecraft as robust. Robust … [Read more...] about Robust (News Words)

– Manuscript – Welcome to the Voice of America's News Words. Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist who helped develop early artificial intelligence, left his job at Google with a message. Supersede Hinton spoke of the risk caused by computers that may soon supersede human intelligence. He said they will have learned from us by "reading" all the books and stories … [Read more...] about Supersede (News Words)

– Manuscript – Welcome to the Voice of America’s News Words. The National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo is Japan's second oldest museum. Crowdfunding The building holds about five million objects from dinosaur bones to stuffed bears. The museum's request for more money was turned down by the Japanese government. So, the head of the museum announced a … [Read more...] about Crowdfunding (News Words)

– Manuscript – Welcome to the Voice of America's News Words. Brazilian Police recently rescued four Nigerian migrants on a ship in Brazil's port of Vitoria. Stowaway The men survived fourteen days on the cargo ship by hiding on a large piece of steel. After 10 days, they had no food. A shelter worker in Brazil said this was the most dangerous case of stowaways he … [Read more...] about Stowaway (News Words)

– Manuscript – Welcome to the Voice of America's News Words. The military in Niger overthrew the country's democratically elected president in late July. Intervene Leaders of the military overthrow announced they will prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason. A group of West African economic leaders say they have a standby military force that could … [Read more...] about Intervene (News Words)