Very superstitious! 非常迷信！ Picture this scene: you are walking home and there is a black cat on the path in front of you. Does it make you feel scared stiff? Perhaps it might make you feel lucky? Would you dare to put your shoes on the table...
Pianos on the scrapheap 钢琴成了废品 When it comes to owning an upright piano, society has changed its tune. One hundred years ago, having the instrument in your home was a sign of social status, as well as being an important source of home ent...
Monkey Business 商场上动物行为的借鉴 Do you want to understand your work colleagues better? Go to the zoo and observe the monkeys. That's the advice of the Dutch business consultant Patrick van Veen, who has biology on his CV. He takes grou...
Crowded universe? 在其它星球上的生命 We might not be alone in the universe. Actually, it may be confirmed as a very crowded place by new computer models developed to help identify habitable planets. Estimates of places that can sustain life...
Baby Mozart 苏格兰启发婴儿音乐细胞 Every baby born in Scotland in the next year will receive a CD to inspire a love of classical music. The discs will be distributed to all 220 register offices across the country and are expected to reach...
Food for thought 烟草律师进军食品行业 Victory for the lawyers who took on the big US tobacco companies and won has whet their appetite for more. Now they are challenging the food industry. About ten years ago, Don Barrett and his colleagues...
Stiff upper lip 英国人真的很严肃吗？ Many people in Britain have been moaning about price rises, low interest rates for savings; and it's not unusual to see couples kissing in the streets of London. What's happened to the famous British sti...
All at sea 海啸垃圾抵达美国海岸 It's not every day that you find a motorcycle or a concrete dock washed ashore, but that's what people on the West coast of the United States have been spotting. These items were among debris from the March 2...
Spy Undercover 007的性感魅力 How many men would get away with a chat up line like: That's quite a nice little nothing you're almost wearing. I approve? Bond, James Bond, who will be back on the silver screen soon in Skyfall. And while delivering...
Up in smoke 呼吁吸烟者戒烟一个月 Smokers in England have been asked to give up smoking for 28 days this month, in a campaign backed by Cancer Research UK and the British Heart Foundation. Research shows people who manage not to light up for...
