2008-11-10 所属栏目:双语新闻

A council has become the first in London to rule that smokers will no longer be able to foster children.Redbridge Council's cabinet agreed Tuesday night to a ban on placing children with foster carer

2008-11-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

Thousands of gay rights supporters took to the streets of Hollywood late Wednesday outraged that California had voted to ban same-sex marriages.The historic presidential win of Barack Obama, who promi

2008-11-07 所属栏目:双语新闻

Never mind the credit crunch, if you're feeling sick then don't come to work, with employees in the banking sector particularly reluctant to stay at home, British bosses say.Almost three-quarters of

2008-11-07 所属栏目:双语新闻

From Europe and Asia to the Middle East, many expressed amazement that the US could overcome centuries of racial strife and elect an African-American president.Africa"If it were possible for me t

2008-11-06 所属栏目:双语新闻

巴拉克•奥巴马在当地时间周二的晚间以压倒性优势获胜，扫除了有史以来的种族屏障，当选美国首位黑人总统。奥巴马在胜选演说中向民众高呼：“变革的时代来了！” Brief Introduction Barack Hussein Obama, bor

2008-11-06 所属栏目:双语新闻

Barack Obama told millions watching him accept the Democratic nomination in Denver that his grandmother's influence on who he is and the way he views the world was substantial."She's the one wh

2008-11-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

Exposure to some forms of entertainment is a corrupting influence on children, leading teens who watch sexy programs into early pregnancies and children who play violent video games to adopt aggressiv

2008-11-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

From bankers to factory staff, employees in the West face the bleak prospect of losing their jobs as a global recession starts to bite. For colleagues in the East, the pain is more likely to come thro

2008-11-04 所属栏目:双语新闻

Women who gain more than 40 pounds (18 kg ) during pregnancy have nearly twice the risk of delivering a heavy baby as those who gain less, US researchers said on Friday.The study of more than 40,000 U

2008-11-04 所属栏目:双语新闻

A public toilet in Munich which has been transformed into an art museum has attracted hundreds of people in the first days after opening, a spokesman for the city's tourism agency said on Thursday.Bu

2008-11-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

Attractive fathers do not pass their looks on to their sons but they will hand their good looks down to their daughters, research shows.In a study of family photographs, psychologists Professor David

2008-11-01 所属栏目:双语新闻

Women running for top offices need to appear competent and attractive, according to a new study. For male candidates, seeming competent may be enough.Scientists have discovered the "Beauty Bounce

2008-11-01 所属栏目:双语新闻

It often seems a thin line between love and hate, and now scientists think they know why.Brain scans of people shown images of individuals they hated revealed a pattern of brain activity that partly o

2008-10-31 所属栏目:双语新闻

In Brazil, soccer is considered an art form. So it is only fitting that the sport Brazilians call "the beautiful game" gets its own museum.This is the land that produced football greats such

2008-10-31 所属栏目:双语新闻

The popular ballad "Lady in Red" is poised to take on a whole new meaning: a study published Tuesday showed that the color red makes men see women as hotter or, more scientifically put, more

2008-10-30 所属栏目:双语新闻

A dreaded major earthquake in Tokyo would set off a crisis of "toilet refugees," with a restroom shortage for nearly 820,000 people, a government study said.An expert panel of the government

2008-10-28 所属栏目:双语新闻

Whether you love or hate your company's annual holiday office party, it may not even happen this year.As a financial crisis roils world markets and fears of a deep global recession grow, about one-fi

2008-10-28 所属栏目:双语新闻

Mexican Manuel Uribe, the world's fattest man in the 2007 Guinness Book of Records, has married his friend's widow in a televised ceremony the US Discovery Channel dubbed "My Big Fat Mexican We

2008-10-28 所属栏目:双语新闻

A purple tomato genetically engineered to contain nutrients more commonly seen in dark berries helped prevent cancer in mice, British researchers said on Sunday.The finding, published in the journal N

2008-10-27 所属栏目:双语新闻

While much of Japan is grappling with deepening economic turmoil, the country's new prime minister has come under fire for enjoying a lavish nightlife.Since taking the helm a month ago, Taro Aso has

2008-10-26 所属栏目:双语新闻

Sex education classes will become compulsory for primary and secondary school children in England to help reduce Britain's high rate of teenage pregnancies, the government announced on Thursday.The D

2008-10-24 所属栏目:双语新闻

It has long been accepted that talking to plants can help them flourish, but have you ever wondered what they'd say in response?Well a plant in Japan has its own blog that may help you understand.&qu

2008-10-24 所属栏目:双语新闻

US suicide rates appear to be on the rise, driven mostly by middle-aged white women, researchers reported on Tuesday.They found a disturbing increase in suicides between 1999 and 2005 and said the pat

2008-10-23 所属栏目:双语新闻

Barack Obama was voted the most influential man of 2008 in an online poll released on Tuesday that asked men to decide who most impacted the way they behave, buy and think.The U.S. Democratic presiden

2008-10-23 所属栏目:双语新闻

People who eat quickly until full are three times more likely to be overweight, a problem exacerbated by the availability of fast food and the decline of orderly dining habits, Japanese researchers sa