2008-07-23 所属栏目:双语新闻

Customers of bars that play loud music drink more quickly and in fewer gulps, French researchers said on Friday.Their study, published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research,

2008-07-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

After Euro 2008, now Austria is preparing to host RoboCup, where 500 robots take to the football field hoping to prove their mettle.Held annually since 1997, the RoboCup, one of the world's largest d

2008-07-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

A French air hostess will become one of Europe's pioneer space tourists after picking a chocolate wrapper out of the rubbish and finding a winning number in a competition to fly to the upper reaches

2008-07-21 所属栏目:双语新闻

The South tips the scales again as the nation's fattest region, according to a new government survey.More than 30 percent of adults in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee are considered obese. In part

2008-07-19 所属栏目:双语新闻

Tens of thousands of South Koreans will descend on the capital Seoul this weekend to apply for "iron ricebowl" jobs with the city government, officials said Thursday.Special package tours an

2008-07-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

With gas at $4 a gallon, there's never been a better time to live in a walkable neighborhood.Walkscore.com ranks 2,508 neighborhoods in the largest 40 U.S. cities to help you find a walkable place to

2008-07-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

Researchers questioned nearly 9,800 people over the age of 50 about their lives and found women were more optimistic than men.Report co-author Dr Elizabeth Breeze said that women could become happier

2008-07-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

For nine days of dirty fun, a quaint South Korean coastal city paints the town a dull shade of mud.Boryeong says its mud has special powers to refresh the skin and soothe the soul. Last Saturday (July

2008-07-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

Rafael Nadal's dazzling career reached new heights this week when an asteroid was named after him following his epic Wimbledon victory.The request to name the lump of rock after the man who ended Rog

2008-07-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

Barack Obama's campaign decried Monday a satirical cartoon on the cover of The New Yorker magazine showing the US Democratic presidential hopeful wearing Islamic dress while his wife holds a Kalashni

2008-07-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

Women who earned Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degrees were more likely to become stay-at-home moms than those with medical or law degrees, according to a study.The University of California

2008-07-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, was crowned Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam's resort city of Nha Trang on Monday.The 22-year-old brunette was given her crown, made of white and yellow gold and precious

2008-07-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, her doctor at a hospital in southern France said on Sunday.Oscar winner Jolie, 33, had the twins by caesarean section on Sa

2008-07-14 所属栏目:双语新闻

A London restaurant was serving up what it hopes will be confirmed as the world's hottest curry, with even the chef admitting it is "too extreme" to keep on the menu.Vivek Singh at The Cinn

2008-07-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

Have you ever looked for a word to describe an everyday awkward, embarrassing or just plain funny situation when the dictionary won't do?DailyCandy.com, a web site that provides daily e-mails about t

2008-07-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

Tiger Woods is on course to become the first billionaire athlete with the popular US golfer proving a marketing dream, according to Forbes Magazine.Woods, who won the US Open last month despite a bad

2008-07-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

More 70-year-olds are having good sex more often, Swedish researchers said on Tuesday in a finding bound to bring a smile to many an aging baby boomer.They found 70-year-olds of both sexes are having

2008-07-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

Americans are the least satisfied with their health care system, while the Dutch system is rated the best, according to new research.Polls about health care in 10 developed countries by Harris Interac

2008-07-10 所属栏目:双语新闻

Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman gave birth on Monday to her first biological child, a daughter named Sunday fathered by her husband and country music star Keith Urban."Earlier this morning, Nic gave b

2008-07-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

There's the canine unit and the equine unit and now police in car-congested Jakarta, where gridlock is legendary, have set up a new force to combat traffic jams -- the in-line skate unit.With a run-d

2008-07-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

US President George W. Bush celebrated his 62nd birthday by making a wish Japanese-style -- by inking in the eye of a doll given to him by the country's prime minister.The president painted a pupil i

2008-07-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

US defending champion Joey Chestnut won the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday by downing 64 hot dogs in a competition that stretched into a first-ever overtime.Chestnut, of San

2008-07-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

An international standard for tomatoes has been adopted, ending about seven years of intense debates between countries on what qualifies as a proper tomato.According to the new standard, tomatoes may

2008-07-07 所属栏目:双语新闻

Germans are the gloomiest people in Europe according to a major new study of the 27 nations in the European Union.The report, released by the European Commission, confirms what many Germans had themse

2008-07-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

Thomas Beatie, the transsexual man who made headlines after becoming pregnant, has given give birth to a baby girl today.The birth at a hospital in Bend, Oregon, was natural, according to a source, th