According to the Time of September 19, WedLock, as it's coyly named, is a new type of casualty insurance that gives the unhappily married policyholder a payout after he or she is unhitched。 After John Logan watched his wealth follow his marriage do...
The rage in the luxury world these days is 'back to basics.' Wealthy consumers don't want flash and sizzle, they want authenticity, low-key practicality and craftsmanship. Conspicuous consumption is dead, we hear. No one wants to be pay to be noticed...
At 10, Grace Morgan is a young fashionista and takes pains to dress in the latest styles. But her mom, Amy, works part-time and her husband was recently laid off, leaving little room in the family budget for designer-brand clothes. So Grace didn't as...
A new poll has revealed that wearing glasses ages people by at least three years. On average, glasses-wearers were put at 3.3 years older than they actually were in the survey of 4,000 people commissioned by the London Vision Clinic。 Those who wear...
You can do more than get by with a little help from your friends they might just save your life.A study has found that those surrounded by family and friends are 50 per cent less likely to die early than those with no social life.Socially-connected p...
The UKs Daily Mail reported on September 22 that eight pupils from King's School in Grantham, Lincolnshire, are considered as clever as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking after they sat the Mensa test。 Thirty pupils had scores high enough to be ad...
Always Buying Sneakers? Its the Sign of a Leader爱买运动鞋的人具有领导潜质吗Got a passion for buying sneakers? It could be a good sign, with a poll finding that people who buy three pairs of sneakers or more year are far more likely to...
A 35-year-old man, who shot himself near Harvard University a week ago, has left behind a 1905-page suicide note, an online document he had been working on for the last five years。 Mitchell Heisman shot himself at Harvard Yard on September 18. His...
According to the Washington Post of September 26, Japan's government has been paying more attention to the nations fertility rate, which influences the country's economic development。 The coastal region of Fukui has Japan's biggest share of dual-in...
Stuck in the hospital? Go ahead, drop an expletive or two it might make you feel better, according to a new study。 Swearing can provide an emotional catharsis and even a bonding opportunity between doctors and patients in hospitals, according to th...
Once, pretty much everywhere, beating your wife and children was regarded as a father's duty, homosexuality was a hanging offense, and waterboarding was approved. Through the middle of the 19th century, the US and other nations in the Americas condon...
In recent weeks and months, Shanghai residents have been receiving an unusual present in their mailboxes. The elongated blue packages contain a small self-help manual and a dinky little measuring tape - surely just the thing discerning citizens of Ch...
Whistling while you work may not win you many friends - but it could help you do your job better. A leading psychologist claims whistling or singing helps distract the mind from trying too hard and prevents mental overload. 动画片《白雪公主》里...
荷兰一名历史系的学生最近在查阅档案时发现了世界上最古老的股票，是由荷兰东印度公司在1606年9月9日发行的。股票上的信息显示，其持有人为彼得?哈尔门松，是荷兰恩克森市的居民，163...
If you want to boost your childs results at school, you could do a lot worse than ensuring that they do plenty of exercise. Scientists have already shown that physical activity can make you brainier. But a team in America has used scans to show that...
