14-06-20 Here I lived in darkness and misery until my provisions（食品，预备） were exhausted, but just as I was nearly dead from starvation the rock was rolled away overhead and I saw that a bier（棺材，尸架） was being lowered into the cavern, and that the...

14-06-11 Worshipful sir, he began, this Mussulman whom you desire to hang is unworthy of death; I alone am guilty. Last night a man and a woman who were strangers to me knocked at my door, bringing with them a patient for me to cure. The servant opened it, b...

14-05-14 Oscar-winning Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul has died at the age of 36. 奥斯卡获奖瑞士籍导演马利克本德耶卢辞世，终年36岁。 Malik Bendjelloul was a child actor before finding success as a documentary filmmaker His body was found late on Tuesday i...

14-05-09 Having frequent arguments with partners, friends or relatives can increase the risk of death in middle-age, say Danish researchers. 丹麦研究人员称，频繁与伴侣、朋友或者亲戚吵架会导致中年时期死亡率上升。 Writing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Com...

14-05-09 Zhuang Zi slept with a skull as his pillow. In midnight, he dreamt that the skull old him how happy it was after death. The skull said, After death, there is no emperor or liege（臣民） any longer, and it saves you a lot of trouble. There is no hard...

14-05-09 As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal（肠的） disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very s...

14-03-13 At least six people have died and several are missing after a gas leak sparked an explosion which levelled two buildings in New York City. 纽约城内发生煤气泄露爆炸事故，两座建筑被夷为平地，至少6人死亡、多人失踪。 Scores of others were injured in the...

14-02-26 Quails Meg Kearney Pliny told that migrating quails rested in such numbers on the sails of ships at night that the vessels were in danger of sinking. -- from 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names All night our ship creaks and groans under the weigh...

13-10-31 Divorced people are more likely to die from preventable accidents than married counterparts, according to a new study from sociologists at Rice University and the University of Pennsylvania. The study also found that single people and those with low...

13-10-06 It has long been hailed as the ultimate way to let off steam by some members of the fairer sex. Now, U.S. scientists have discovered that not only does retail therapy exist, but that it could be caused by an individual's fear of sudden death. 女性喜...