16-01-20 The world's oldest man Yasutaro Koide died on Tuesday aged 112 years old at a hospital in Nagoya, central Japan. 世界上最年长的男子小出保太郎本周二在日本名古屋一家医院逝世，终年112岁。 Koide, who was born in Fukui Prefecture on March 13, 1903 and wo...

16-01-20 A report published by the International Labor Organisation (ILO) on Tuesday reveals that global unemployment figures are expected to increase by 1.1 million between 2016 and 2017. 国际劳工组织周二发表的一份报告显示，2016年至2017年全球失业人数有望增...

15-09-21 Books are to mankind what memory is be the individual. They contain the history of our race, the discoveries we have made, the accumulated knowledge and experience of ages; they picture for us the marvels and beauties of nature, help us in our diffi...

15-09-07 Winston was gelatinous with fatigue. Gelatinous was the right word. It had come into his head spontaneously. His body seemed to have not only the weakness of a jelly, but its translucency. He felt that if he held up his hand he would be able to see...

15-08-13 The assembly of the world's largest radio telescope is now underway in the southern Chinese province of Guizhou. 世界上最大的射电望远镜在中国南部贵州省开始组装。 Nearly 45-hundred reflector panels are being put together to form the dish. Once comple...

15-08-13 Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and Russian billionaire Yuri Milner are pushing the search for extraterrestrial life into higher gear. The pair said Monday the $100m program funded by Milner will combine unprecedented computing capacity with the...

15-08-12 The world's population will increase from today's 7.3 billion people to 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion at century's end, John R. Wilmoth, the director of the United Nations (UN) Population Division, told a session focused on demographic foreca...

15-08-05 The World Glacier Monitoring Service, domiciled at the University of Zurich, has compiled worldwide data on glacier changes for more than 120 years. Together with its National Correspondents in more than 30 countries, the international service just...

15-07-22 Uncle Sam and Osama decided to settle the whole war with a dogfight. They would each have 5 years to breed the best fighting dog and whoever's dog won would dominate the world. Osama found the meanest Doberman females in the world and bred them with...

15-07-14 Jia Jia the giant panda will hopefully break a world record soon, becoming the longest living panda. 大熊猫佳佳不久将有望打破世界纪录，成为世界上最长寿的大熊猫。 Jia Jia, now living in Hong Kong Ocean Park, will celebrate her 37th birthday later thi...