STOCKHOLM, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Sweden's fashion company HM Hennes Mauritz AB Thursday published its Conscious Actions Sustainability(可持续的) Report for 2010, marching towards a good company. We want our customers always to feel that we do our...
Mon, 25 Oct 10 Duration: 3 mins In this episode, John Ayto examines the meaning of the word 'issue' and how it can sometimes be used instead of the word 'problem'....
[00:08.20]Protests have been taking place this week in Washington [00:13.45]against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. [00:19.10]Major actions are planned Sunday and Monday. [00:24.11]The aim is to stop the meeting of finance ministe...
BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's 11 government departments have jointly released a guideline outlining major measures to lessen noise pollution amid rising noise disputes and complaints(埋怨,抱怨), the Ministry of Environmental Protection...
A lot of people say, You look great. I would never know you were 350 pounds,either. Hi, my name is Kim Bensen. I lost a lot of weight, more than 200 pounds and I've been able to keep it off, working really hard at it. The question today is, is it OK...
As U.S. combat troops are pulled out of Iraq, attention is turning to Afghanistan. President Barack Obama has pledged to begin pulling out troops there as well, starting next year. The Iraq withdrawal might have an effect on political and military ca...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Seismologists spend a lot of time listening to the earth. Ocean acoustic monitors have been providing information on the earths vibrations since the 1930...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? The eyes often dont have it. Tennis referees, for example, sometimes mess up when calling a ball in or out. And a new study finds that refs are much more likely to mak...
This is Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. Most school kids know that snakes can see with their noses, Vipers in particular have these organs on their noggins that allow them to see heat which he...
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