The animated mock documentary Surf's Up is a delightfully rendered summer diversion in which a tiny Rockhopper penguin named Cody Maverick aspires to be a surfing champion. Young Cody (voiced by Shia LaBeouf) is discovered in his native Shiverpool by...
Fish live in water, but do they drink it? The answer is yes, but how fish drink water depends on where they live. Water gets into a fish's body through osmosis, the process in which water diffuses from a higher to a lower concentration. For example,...
Dear Annie: Each year, the company my wife works for hosts a Christmas dinner party at a local restaurant. What used to be an enjoyable meal with a handful of employees has become a large, drunken event lasting late into the night. One year, two empl...
Not only does it soothe the savage beast, but music also makes unruly children calmer while at the same time honing their facilities for cognitive skills and physical coordination, according to a leading expert. A mother's soft lullaby, granddad's wh...
Dear Annie: My best friend, Denise, recently moved back to our hometown after two years away. We talk every day, and there is hardly anything we keep from each other. The problem is, Denise is perpetually unhappy. Since she moved back, her negativity...
News in the age of information We are often told that the age of the information economy has arrived. The idea is that intellectual work is becoming a more important source of wealth than manufacturing. There are already too many factories for the nu...
Swiss couple keeps rolling on 23-year round-the-world drive 瑞士夫妇持续廿三年开车环游世界 In 1984, Swiss couple Emil and Liliana Schmid traveled to the United States to get away from the monotony of office work. They became hooked on...
When people come down with a runny nose and itchy eyes in their homes, they often think the cause is an allergy. The usual suspects are dust mites and pets. They should, however, also consider their houseplants. Basically, any houseplant can set off...
This past November, a survey showed that over 65 percent of 3,614 children and young adults queried said they had seen or read materials with sexual content, including pornographic films, Web sites, comics and computer games. After these results were...
Ya?l: [In a baby talk cooing voice] Ready for a moment of science? D: Sure, Ya?l, but why are you talking to me like I'm a baby? Y: [Regular voice] Just making a point Don. Why did you think I was talking as if you were a baby? D: Hmmm. Because of th...