If you do someone a good turn today, dont expect a thank you. Cheers, ta or even wicked is the more likely response（响应,回应）, if a survey is to be believed. Research among computer users suggests that the traditional expression(表达) of g...
The Man in the Moon has become the latest victim of contraction（缩小 ） in the housing market. Astronomers（天文学家） reporting on Thursday in the US journal Science said they had found previous undetected landforms（地貌,地形） whi...
She may be known for her playful giggles and killer looks, but now movie star Cameron Diaz has become the most dangerous celebrity(名人) on the Internet. Diaz, 37, is top of the list of the most dangerous celebrities to search for online, above sec...
Israeli start-up firm Tawkon has developed software to measure mobile telephone handset radiation(辐射) aimed at helping users reduce exposure（曝光） to emissions without giving up their phones. Tawkon's (pronounced talk-on) application is alr...
Country-dwellers often say the constant(不变的) noise, traffic and crowds of the city would drive them mad. Well, they might be right, according to the latest research. City residents are more likely to develop mental illnesses such as schizophren...
Scientists think it will be possible to record people's dreams and then interpret them, according to a new report. They claim to have developed a system which allows them to record higher level brain activity. Dr Moran Cerf told the journal Nature: W...
Ghosts and goblins are more than Halloween decorations or costumes for many Americans who confessed they believe in the supernatural(超自然的，不可思议的) and returning from the grave. Thirty-seven percent of 2,100 adults questioned in a Zo...
Just as adults have a hard time putting down their iPhones, so the device is now the Toy of Choice for many 1-, 2- and 3-year-olds. Its a phenomenon(奇迹) that is attracting the attention of some childhood development specialists. Natasha Sykes, a...
Workers at a district council（议会） in eastern England must now clock off（打卡） and back on if they take a cigarette break. Staff at Breckland Council in the eastern English county of Norfolk will no longer be paid for time spent smoking...
You're in the job you always wanted and you're doing well, even making more money than your husband. But beware（当心）. Women who become the chief breadwinners（养家糊口的人） in their domestic partnerships are more likely to pay the pri...
Feeling stressed and in need of a vacation? You are not alone but more than half of Americans do not take all their vacation days, even though they think they need a holiday more this year than last. And nearly a third of workers who do take a break...
Some days the opposite(相反的) sex seems so different, you can almost believe that they come from another planet（行星）. Indeed, the theory that we are all hard-wired by our gender has proved so popular that a book on the subject, Men Are Fro...
New York, Las Vegas or Los Angeles may seem like more likely choices but Austin（奥斯丁 ）, Texas has been named the sexiest city in the United States in a magazine survey. Dallas, Houston and San Antonio also scored high marks in the ranking by...
Avatar star Zoe Saldana, who played a sexy blue alien in the 3D extravaganza(巨制), made People magazine's annual best-dressed list on Wednesday, alongside Glee actress Lea Michele and Prince William's girlfriend. Singers Gwen Stefani and Rihanna a...
Life holds many frustrations(挫折) for left-handed people from the everyday items designed for right-handers to folklore（民间传说） saying they are in league with the devil. So perhaps it is the result of dealing with such adversity（逆境）...
