Weve all heard the stories about job interviews gone wrong, like the eager young applicant who brought a sandwich to the interview, because, after all, it was lunch time. But a candidates first impression begins long before the interview. It starts w...
Think back to your most productive workday in the past week. Now ask yourself: On that afternoon, what did you have for lunch? 回想一下你在过去一周里最有效率的那个工作日，再问问自己：那天的午饭你吃了些什么呢？...
Hop compound boosts brain function - but you'd need to drink 3,500 PINTS a day 啤酒能让你更聪明吗?啤酒花中所含的化学物质能刺激大脑功能-前提是每天喝3500品脱。 Beer, or at least one of its ingredients, could boost br...
Heartbeat recognition could soon be used to unlock doors, start cars and even pay for your shopping thanks to new, wearable software currently under development. The Nymi is a lightweight, wearable wristband which authenticates a users identity throu...
You know how it goes: youre trying to talk to your grandchildren, but theyre constantly checking their beeping phones. Im listening . . . they insist. Except you know only too well theyre not. At home, over dinner, you want to catch up with your husb...
美国29岁脑癌患者布列塔尼梅纳德服药结束了自己的生命，她选择按照自己的意愿过完剩下的日子，死亡权倡导组织Compassion Choices周日宣布。 在发现自己的治疗无法挽救自己的生命时，梅纳德...
Tom Cruise has made it his personal mission to make any thrilling action scene look possible, by doing it all himself. And in the fifth installment of Mission Impossible, the 52-year-old actor wasn't going to let someone else step in when he went 5,0...
Drinking more than three glasses of milk a day may not protect bones against breaking - and may even lead to higher rates of death, say researchers. A new study suggests certain types of sugars found in milk may increase inflammation and oxidative st...
A New Zealand woman, who had no vision since she was 11, had her sight restored one night when she hit her head on a coffee table. 新西兰一名女子11岁时因生病失明。但某天她不慎将头撞在咖啡桌子后竟奇迹般地恢复了视力...
A 26-year-old Australian man who risked his life by diving into shark-infested waters to climb onto a rotting whale carcass has confessed that even his parents think he is an idiot. 一名26岁的澳大利亚男子为了爬上一条鲸类浮尸，冒着...
Mom and Dad taught us some basic etiquette rules to follow at the table: keep your mouth closed while chewing, don't talk with your mouth full and keep your elbows off the table. Although that last one may no longer be very important, the others stil...
Living beneath a roof that weighs more than the average cruise ship may make some people a little nervous. 要是让一些人住在房顶比一般游轮还重的屋子里恐怕会感到些许紧张。 But it is commonplace for the villagers of Monsan...
前两日，国家主席习近平在加强互联互通伙伴关系东道主伙伴对话会、亚太经合组织工商领导人峰会开幕式上发表了讲话。在这些讲话中，习大大妙语连珠，古诗文、大白话交相呼应；通俗的...
Rural post boxes are being fitted with electronic tags to deter criminals from stealing them to sell for ?5,000 or more. 英国乡村地区的邮筒近日被装上电子标签，以遏制罪犯偷盗邮筒并将其以5000英镑或更多的价钱卖掉。...
Nowadays, air conditioning and electric fans help people beat the summer heat. But in ancient times, without such appliances, how did people find relief? Some cultural items collected at the Palace Museum in Beijing can help us figure out how Qing Dy...
