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新奇事件簿 香蕉产业遭遇灭顶之灾
There is bad news for banana lovers. The most common banana in the world is in danger of becoming extinct. It is called the Cavendish banana and people eat it all over the world. A fungus called Tropical Race 4 (TP4) is killing millions of banana pla
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新奇事件簿 高跟鞋致腓肠肌收缩
Scientists have found out that women who wear high-heel shoes make the calf muscles shorter. The heels also give many women pain in their legs when they take them off and walk. The researchers tested different women aged between 20 and 50 who wore he
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新奇事件簿 女性较男性更缺觉
It will come as no surprise to know that a lack of sleep isn't good for us. A new report suggests sleep deprivation can result in long-term health issues and even death. It also says that women are more likely to experience difficulties sleeping than
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新奇事件簿 酗酒危害生命
Britains Office for National Statistics has reported a sharp and alarming rise in the number of people dying from alcohol abuse. Binge drinking has become part of British culture and is now a serious social issue, people are literally drinking themse
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新奇事件簿 寨卡病毒危及婴儿健康
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Zika virus outbreak in Latin America could turn into a global pandemic. Many scientists say the outbreak could be more serious than the Ebola virus. Ebola killed over 11,000 people in West Afric
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新奇事件簿 男性比女性更逗趣
Men are naturally funnier than women. This is the claim of a UK male professor, Sam Shuster. He conducted research on 400 different people as he unicycled around his town. He observed the reaction of onlookers and discovered that men made more jokes
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新奇事件簿 迪拜机场成世界最繁忙机场
Dubai International Airport (DXB) has retained its crown of being the world's busiest international airport in terms of passenger numbers. In 2014, it overtook London's Heathrow airport, which had been number one for more than a decade. DXB handled a
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新奇事件簿 卢森堡支持小行星采矿业
The tiny European nation of Luxembourg is not well known as a major player in the space race. However, its government has just made big investments in the future industry of asteroid mining. Private companies will mine asteroids near the Earth for wa
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新奇事件簿 欧洲议会禁说英语
The European Parliament's Secretary General, Klaus Welle, has urged Euro politicians to speak more slowly and to stick to their native language instead of using English. This is to help the hundreds of interpreters who work at the institution. Mr Wel
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新奇事件簿 猩宝宝学生存技能
Baby orangutans in Indonesia are going to school to learn skills like finding food and making a nest. The school hopes the skills the young apes learn will mean they can be reintroduced into the wild and survive on their own. The school was set up by
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新奇事件簿 干旱侵袭埃塞俄比亚
International charities have issued a stark warning about a looming humanitarian catastrophe in Ethiopia. The North African country has been hit by its worst drought for 50 years. It is widely expected that emergency food aid for 10 million Ethiopian
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新奇事件簿 美科学家发现引力波
Scientists in the USA have seen something amazing in space for the very first time. They saw gravitational waves. These are waves that form in space and travel outwards. The waves are similar to how ripples in water move outwards after you throw a st
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新奇事件簿 英国商人向中国出售瓶装空气
An English entrepreneur has started a booming business from selling bottled, British countryside air to Chinese consumers. Leo De Watts, 27, struck upon the idea of selling air to China after seeing news footage of pollution and smog in Chinese citie
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新奇事件簿 2116年未来生活报告
A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years from now. It describes skyscrapers that are much taller than today's buildings, underwater 'bubble' cities, and holidays in space. The report is from Samsung's SmartThings. It asked experts on s
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新奇事件簿 疯草淹没澳大利亚小镇
A fast-growing weed is causing havoc in a small Australian town. It almost resembles a scene from a horror movie. The weed is called hairy panic. It is clogging up homes, farmyards and other buildings in the small Australian town of Wangaratta in the
