2008-06-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

A South Korean biotech company on Monday unveiled four Labrador retriever puppies it said were cloned from a Japanese dog skilled at sniffing out patients with cancer.RNL Bio, affiliated with the stem

2008-06-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

The heat is on, and the stakes are high, with the potential first ladies' bake-off underway and organizer Family Circle magazine looking to see which way the cookie is going to crumble.In the past fo

2008-06-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

US President George W. Bush, scrutinized in the memoir by his ex-spokesman McAllen, is considering writing a memoir of his own.Bush has been silent on former spokesman Scott McClellan's book, which s

2008-06-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

If you're feeling stressed, rather than wallow in front of the television try looking out of the window, with a US study finding scenes of nature can alleviate minor stress levels.Researchers at the

2008-06-14 所属栏目:双语新闻

Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday.A study published on Thursday by the Dutch Centre for

2008-06-13 所属栏目:双语新闻

Heir to the throne Prince Charles on Tuesday paid off a family debt incurred more than 350 years ago -- but was spared the accumulated interest that could have run into tens of thousands of pounds.Cha

2008-06-13 所属栏目:双语新闻

With Father's Day fast approaching, many dads admit they are struggling with how to juggle long days at the office and quality time with their family, according to a new survey.A fifth of the 248 Can

2008-06-13 所属栏目:双语新闻

A popular seaside resort in the northeastern US state of Maryland is urging tourists to book vacations now before the ocean disappears altogether.Borrowing from the style of Orson Welles' 1938 radio

2008-06-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

New York City Opera has commissioned American composer Charles Wuorinen to write an opera based on Annie Proulx’s short story "Brokeback Mountain," a love story about two US ranch-hands tha

2008-06-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

A washing machine using as little as a cup of water for each washing cycle could go on sale to environmentally conscious Britons next year.Xeros, which has been spun out of the University of Leeds to

2008-06-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

研究：吸烟伤身又伤脑
Smoking hurts mind as well as body: study

Middle-aged adults who smoke tended to perform poorly on tests of memory and reasoning compared to nonsmokers, adding to the list of rea

2008-06-10 所属栏目:双语新闻

In a newly published book, France's first lady speaks out about falling head over heels in love with President Nicolas Sarkozy, not only for his "physique", but also for his "five or s

2008-06-07 所属栏目:双语新闻

挪威法院：警犬也是“公务员”
Police dogs are civil servants, Norwegian supreme court rules
Police dogs should be considered civil servants and any acts of violence against them therefore merits the sa

2008-06-06 所属栏目:双语新闻

Prospective newlyweds in an Indonesian province are being given one more promise to honor: planting trees to help slow the rapid deterioration of the country's forests.As Indonesia marks World Enviro

2008-06-06 所属栏目:双语新闻

It doesn't pay to be smart and ignorance really is bliss if you want a long life -- at least if you're a fly, according to new research by a Swiss university.Scientists Tadeusz Kawecki and Joep Burg

2008-06-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

Bachelor Carl Weisman got fed up of being classified as a playboy, a loser or a commitment-phobe so he set out to find out exactly why he and a growing number of eligible men were steering clear of ma

2008-06-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

Speedier family baths could help Japanese cut their burgeoning energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a government report said on Tuesday.Japanese households consume less energy than

2008-06-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

Cash is no longer king as far as most Australians and South Koreans are concerned as more than eight in 10 pay less often in cash today than they did five years ago, according to a survey released on

2008-06-04 所属栏目:双语新闻

阿汤夫妇乔迁新居 办盛大“暖屋派对”
TomKat hosts A-list housewarming bash

Tom Cruise and Katie HolmesWhen you buy a Beverly Hills estate for a reported $35 million, you don't just throw any old hous

2008-06-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

San Francisco is famous for its steep hills and fresh food, so it may come as no surprise that it wins the honor as the fittest city in the United States, according to a new report.San Francisco and t

2008-06-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

A Japanese man puzzled by food mysteriously disappearing from his refrigerator got a shock when he found out a woman had been living in his home for months without permission, police said Friday.The 5

2008-06-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

探索：火星上水太咸 可能无生命
Mars perhaps too salty for life

In 2004, NASA's Opportunity rover found evidence in Martian soils that water had once flowed across the surface there, buoying hopes tha

2008-06-01 所属栏目:双语新闻

两人握手九个半小时 试图破世界纪录
Duo tries to break world handshaking record

A photo of handshakingKevin Whittaker and Cory Jens deserved congratulations after attempting to set a new world record,

2008-05-31 所属栏目:双语新闻

Love is in the air for over 70 percent of Canadians, but men and women seem to view romantic relationships differently, according to a new survey.An Ipsos Reid poll that surveyed 1,033 Canadian adults

2008-05-30 所属栏目:双语新闻

美国开发“戒烟”游戏
US games developer makes quitting smoking child's play

Smokers are about to get help kicking the tobacco habit: an interactive computer game that aims to "coach" cigar