Why does everyone wear jeans? 风靡全球的牛仔裤 It's difficult to find a garment as widely embraced, worn and loved as jeans. The denim trousers are a staple of wardrobes around the world. But why? Anthropologist Danny Miller has just written...
Byte-sized revolution 两百元买台电脑? Creating a new computer or software from scratch is the dream of many a budding Steve Jobs. And now this goal is easier to reach than ever. A new, low-cost computer that can be bought for around ￡20 (200...
The police hypnotist 以催眠术除恶习 You are feeling very sleepy... These are not words normally addressed to policemen. But this might well be the sort of language directed to officers in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Senior office...
The myth of the eight-hour sleep 为何八小时睡眠？ Good morning. Are you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after your recommended eight-hour sleep? Or perhaps instead you dropped off for four hours, got up, had a chat, smoked tobacco and visited so...
Adele triumphs at the Brits 阿黛尔音乐大奖满载而归 Adele has picked up two gongs at the Brit Awards ceremony in London to add to the six she won last week at the Grammys in the USA. She triumphed in the Best British Album and Best British...
Every dog has its day 狗也有得意之时 A dog's day might never be the same considering the attention pooches have been getting recently. An advert claiming to be the first aimed directly at them has been screened on television in Britain. It fea...
Dishonouring Fred 爵士丢了乌纱帽 The man formally known as Sir Fred Goodwin is going to have to get used to being called plain old Mr Goodwin. He has now lost his knighthood. The former head of Royal Bank of Scotland became the subject of a pu...
The Tale of Two Dragons 双龙记 Dragons are for China a symbol of prosperity but in the West they've had a bad press for centuries. They've been depicted as roaring, flesh-eating, fire-spitting animals so it's no surprise that they've been broadly...
Take me to your Leader! 寻找外星人 英语学习点: Vocabulary on alien worlds 有关外星世界的词汇 Are you prepared to have a chat with him? For decades we've been sending signals into space and listening out for out of this world broadc...
Eat Your Greens! 吃绿菜！ The Christmas decorations have come down and the Santa costume has been put away for another year. But what to do with that tired-looking Christmas tree? Well there is a new option for the carbon-conscious... why not eat...
