2009-11-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

The two winners who yesterday claimed their half of the £90 million Euromillions jackpot will instantly become as wealthy as Cliff Richard, Jamie Oliver, Jenson Button and Sir Michael Caine.The

2009-11-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

The wail of a newborn may sound the same to the ears of sleep-deprived parents the world over, but according to scientists, that's not the case: Babies cry in the language their parents speak from th

2009-11-06 所属栏目:双语新闻

Most eyewear improves vision or cuts through solar glare, but a new gadget from Japan may soon sharpen linguistic skills and cut down language barriers instead, inventors said Thursday.High-tech compa

2009-11-06 所属栏目:双语新闻

Men have become so openly affectionate with each other using mobile technology that they've taken to signing off text messages to male friends with a kiss (x), giving rise to a new generation dubbed

2009-11-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

Tokyo train operators alarmed at a rise in station suicides have bathed the city's platforms in blue light in a bid to calm passengers.East Japan Railway Co. has spent £100,000 fitting out all

2009-11-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

The Irish accent has beaten its French counterpart as the world's sexiest, thanks to stars like Colin Farrell and James Nesbitt.Men with an Emerald Isle brogue came top in a poll of 5,000 women world

2009-11-04 所属栏目:双语新闻

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet accepted 25,000 pounds ($41,000) in libel damages yesterday over a British newspaper's claim that she had lied about her exercise regime.The 34-year-old British sta

2009-11-04 所属栏目:双语新闻

He is a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders but President Barack Obama appears to be shedding pounds in other areas.A photograph of Mr Obama emerging from a gym in Fort McNair, Washingto

2009-11-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

For many, a successful marriage can be put down to attraction, devotion, patience – and true love. But one group of statisticians begs to differ.They have developed a distinctly unromantic formula to

2009-11-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

Aggressive people are easy to spot because they have instantly recognizable wide faces, researchers claim.Just a quick glance at someone's facial structure may be enough to predict their tendency tow

2009-11-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

The body in charge of assigning the world's Internet users their online addresses on Friday said it had agreed to allow the use of any of the world's scripts, no longer just the Latin alphabet.The I

2009-11-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.West Virginians' l

2009-10-30 所属栏目:双语新闻

Asian fusion will be the fashion theme when APEC leaders including US President Barack Obama appear for a traditional group picture at their Singapore summit next month, organisers said Wednesday.The

2009-10-30 所属栏目:双语新闻

Halloween is a bad time of year for black cats, with their long-standing connections with witches, hubble-bubble and evil.Reports of deliberate cruelty to black cats rise especially in the weeks aroun

2009-10-29 所属栏目:双语新闻

Miley Cyrus, one of Disney's hottest stars of the past three years with hit records and hit films, has been voted the worst celebrity influence of 2009 by the very people who made her a star, tweens

2009-10-29 所属栏目:双语新闻

Iceland and three other Nordic countries lead the world in gender equality, according to a report released on Tuesday.The United States, which prides itself on civil rights progress during the past ha

2009-10-28 所属栏目:双语新闻

Michael Jackson fans are in for a poignant glimpse of what might have been a movie charting the tragic singer's rehearsals for his concert comeback on its worldwide debut today.More than 100 hours of

2009-10-28 所属栏目:双语新闻

There may be some truth to the saying that all women will eventually turn into their mothers, with a U.S. study finding daughters age and wrinkle like their mothers.Plastic surgeons used facial imagin

2009-10-27 所属栏目:双语新闻

Yesterday was the most unproductive day of the year, according to a survey, as workers' morale is hit by the darker evenings brought on by the clock change.Researchers found productivity will drop by

2009-10-27 所属栏目:双语新闻

Halloween has been 'cancelled' in Britain's most haunted village.Pluckley residents are fed up of being invaded by hundreds of ghost-hunting revellers, causing vandalism and traffic chaos.The villa

2009-10-26 所属栏目:双语新闻

Thousands sat down to breakfast on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday after the iconic structure was closed to traffic and carpeted with grass for the first time for a giant picnic.About 6,000 early

2009-10-26 所属栏目:双语新闻

As governments rush to roll out mass vaccinations programmes against H1N1 swine flu, one man in western France has launched his own campaign to limit its spread -- use sign language.Temporarily replac

2009-10-23 所属栏目:双语新闻

More than 100,000 women have signed a petition saying they are offended by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi -- an initiative launched by a newspaper after the premier made a sexist remark to an opposi

2009-10-23 所属栏目:双语新闻

Striving to attain that perfect life, work balance? You're not alone, but if you live in Chicago you're more unlikely to find it with residents of the Windy City the most stressed in the United stat

2009-10-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

Michelle Obama managed to spin a hula hoop for 142 revolutions at a fair at the White House to promote children's health.America's First Lady, a champion of healthy eating who is often celebrated fo