Staring Eyes and Swiveling Necks 瞪大眼睛和旋转脖子 Ask any gradeschooler to imitate an owl and you'll probably get one of two responses: the giant, staring eyes or that amazingly swivel-prone neck. As it turns out, these two characteristic...
Twice in 10 years, Pablo Picasso's celebrated 1932 painting of his sleeping mistress, Marie-Therese Walter, made international headlines. 10年以来，帕勃洛毕加索1932年创作的名画再次引来国际媒体争相以大标题报导，画中人...
Look at a cloud-filled sky, then look again through a pair of amber sunglasses. 观察那布满云彩的天空，再戴上黄色镜片的眼镜去观察。 You'll be surprised to see the hazy, bluish clouds jump suddenly into focus, revealing a world...
For those of us who live in the northern part of the United States, perhaps no other season transforms the environment quite as much as winter. 对于那些生活在美国北部的人来说，也许与其它季节相比，冬季的环境变化更大。...
The conversation of wasps and roses on today's moment of science. 时差N小时：黄蜂和玫瑰的对话 Have you ever started talking to someone, only to discover you have nothing in common and, therefore, nothing to say? 你曾有过这样的经历...
Why Rainbows Are Curved? 为什么彩虹是弯曲的？ To see why rainbows are curved, it helps to understand what causes them in the first place. 要明白彩虹为什么是弯曲的，首先要知道彩虹是怎么形成的。 We see rainbows when...
You know how sometimes things that happen in the real world can affect your dreams? 你知道现实生活发生的事情是怎么影响你的梦境吗？ Like you might think fleetingly of someone and then have that person pop up in a dream. Or a noi...
NASA unveiled a new lunar rover which aims to transform space exploration by allowing astronauts to roam large distances without cumbersome spacesuits when they return to the moon by 2020. 美国宇航局推出了一款新型月球车，旨在让宇航...
In these days of dieting and weight watching, most people would love to be able to tighten their belt after losing a few kilograms. In times when food and jobs were scarce, however, tightening one's belt was a sign that times were getting worse, and...
Most of us know balloons from festivals and fun fairs, where they are colorful and amusing, but in the 19th century, before airplanes were invented, balloons were used in wartimes to spy on the enemy position. One or two men would go up with a telesc...
