New figures released by HM Revenue and Customs reveal those in the top 1 per cent of earners pay a quarter of all income tax. A quarter of all of Britain's income tax revenues this year will be paid by just one per cent of earners, according to offic...
David Cameron and Nick Clegg enjoy happier times at the beginning of the coalition. The elusivesecret of happiness could be as simple as remembering the good times and forgetting the regrets, a new university study reported yesterday. For people who...
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. 知足是人生在世最大的幸事。 Joseph Addison, American writer 美国作家艾迪生. J. A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth....
Once upon a time, there is a Health and leprosy patient, the disease nearly 40 years, has been lying on the roadside, he said, referring to such people to have the magic of the pool edge. But he lay there nearly 40 years. Still not to the pool half g...
More than half of British adults are so concerned about their online reputation they would erase everything they have ever posted on the Internet about themselves, a recent survey revealed。 35 percent believe they could never consider a career in p...
The top five most popular tech-related reasons for not doing homework: 五个不做作业最流行的科技借口： 1 My computer crashed and I lost it. 电脑死机了，我做的作业(因没有保存)丢失了。 2 I finished my homework but then...
The further you commute the more you are likely to earn, new figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal。 Those travelling more than 60 minutes earn an average of ￡18.80 an hour - almost double the ￡9.60 earned by those who travel fo...
The Flea, the Grasshopper, and the Skipjack once wanted to see which of them could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and whoever else would come, to see the grand sight. And there the three famous jumpers were met together in the room。...
Becoming engrossed in a good book or a crossword really can block the ability to hear, a study has found. 一项研究发现，当人们全神贯注看书或做填字游戏时，他们会暂时听不到周围的声音。 Scientists demonstrated that...
Scientists say they have discovered why drinking coffee makes it harder for women to conceive. 科学家宣称，他们已经发现了饮用咖啡所导致女性怀孕几率下降的原因所在。 Caffeine, the stimulant in coffee, impairs the trans...
