15-06-04 Most of the world's electricity-producing power plants -- whether powered by coal, natural gas, or nuclear fission -- make electricity by generating steam that turns a turbine. That steam then is condensed back to water, and the cycle begins again....

15-05-25 A new policy aiming to standardize beverage labeling nationwide, specifically for bottled drinking water, has been unveiled on May 24, 2015, the Beijing Youth Daily reports. 《北京青年报》5月24日报道，国家将实行一项新政策，旨在全国范围内进行饮料标签...

15-05-15 Rats have more heart than you might think. When one is drowning, another will put out a helping paw to rescue its mate. This is especially true for rats that previously had a watery near-death experience, says Nobuya Sato and colleagues of the Kwans...

15-05-15 Some mischievous boys were playing on the edge of a pond, and, catching sight of some frogs swimming about in the shallow water, they began to amuse themselves by pelting them with stones, and they killed several of them. At last one of the frogs pu...

15-05-06 Actaeon loved the hunting. He had been searching the woods every day. When she was tired with hunting artemis used to take abath in a little mountain spring. On this particular afternoon he felt so tired with running about that he, by accident, came...

15-04-04 World health experts warned Thursday that smoking water pipes, long popular in the Middle East and North Africa and with a growing fan base elsewhere, can be more harmful than cigarettes. 世界卫生专家近期警告称， 在中东和北非盛行的水烟危害程度可能比...

15-04-03 The hares once gathered together and lamented the unhappiness of their lot, exposed as they were to dangers on all sides and lacking the strength and the courage to hold their own. Men, dogs, birds and beasts of prey were all their enemies, and kill...

15-04-03 Once, late at night, an Englishman came out of his room into the corridor of a hotel and asked the servant to bring him a glass of water. The servant did as he was asked. The Englishman re-entered his room, but a few minutes later he came into the c...

15-03-31 All of his life Len from Cape Breton had heard stories of an amazing family tradition. It seems that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been able to walk on water on their 21st birthday. On that day, they'd walk across the lake to...

15-03-30 The water level of the famous Baotu Spring in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, has dropped to its alarm level of 27.60 meters over the past eight days. 中国山东济南趵突泉的水位在过去八年间已下降至警戒水位27.60米。 People visit the Baotu Spring...