日期：2009-04-16 One of the world's rarest birds, New Zealand's kakapo, is now not quite so rare thanks to the arrival of 34 kakapo chicks. 世界稀有鸟类之一，新西兰鸮鹦鹉，因为34只小鹦鹉仔的出生而不是特别稀有了。 The breeding season coincides with the ripening of th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-15 The most prestigious award for architecture, the Pritzker Prize, has been awarded to the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. 建筑学界最有声望的奖项，普立兹克奖，被授予给瑞士建筑学家彼得祖索尔。 The thermal baths at Vals are Zumthor's best-known work The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-15 A team of researchers in the US has discovered traces of a medicinal alcoholic drink in bottles that are more than 5,000 years old. 美国一组研究人员发现了一种瓶装的医疗性质的酒精饮料的踪迹。 Archaeologists found chambers full of wine jars in an anci... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-12 The banner of Yes I Am Single website.Single? Shy? An Australian dating website is offering wallflowers looking for love a subtle way to declare their intentions: identification badges. Single? Shy? An Australian dating website is offering wallflowe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-12 Wheelchair-bound Lebanese craftsman Tufiq Daher poses next to his matchstick model of the Eiffel Tower at a mall outside Beirut on Tuesday. It took Daher four years and $11,000 to build the four-meter tower made of six million matchsticks, 6,240 tin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-12 Singapore has launched campaigns to promote everything from more romance to better English. Now, the city-state wants its citizens to just be... nicer. Kindness. Bring It On! -- to be launched this weekend -- is a government-backed initiative aimed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-12 Getting into Harvard University got tougher this year as a record number of students applied to the school's undergraduate program, many drawn by attractive financial aid offers during the recession. Harvard, the world's richest university, said Mon... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-12 法国政府的一项禁止从互联网非法下载音乐、电影作品的法案将于本周提至议会讨论。如该法案得以通过，法国政府将组建一个国家监视机构对互联网用户进行监控。在互联网服务提供商和音乐、电影公司的帮助下，非法下载音乐、电影或视频游戏的网上冲浪者将被监视机构识别。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-12 一种名为Conficker的蠕虫病毒有可能在4月1日愚人节当天大规模传播。自去年秋天以来，这种病毒已经感染了全世界超过1500万台电脑。据称，该蠕虫病毒编写者在现有的Conficker病毒脚本中表明，将于2009年4月1日将该病毒升级。届时，感染病毒的计算机访问网络的速度将大大... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-30 An image provided by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer shows the front page of the news section of their final edition. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which has chronicled the news of the city since logs slid down its steep streets to the harbor and m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-30 万维网（World Wide Web）诞生20周年纪念活动3月13日在瑞士日内瓦举行。万维网之父蒂姆伯纳斯李出席纪念活动，回顾万维网诞生过程，对网络发展前景寄予厚望，同时也表达对网络广告泛滥、隐私难保等现象的忧虑。在伯纳斯-李看来，20年过去，万维网的发展潜力远没有完全... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-09 Prince Charles has beaten off competition from US President Barack Obama to be named the world's best dressed man by Esquire magazine. He is perfectly turned out in a double-breasted suit. Admirably, the prince keeps his wardrobe in appropriate styl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-09 South Korean activists clad in masks symbolizing fruits and vegetables parade to promote vegetarian food in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, February 22, 2009. In a new study, 186 four-year-olds were given regular carrots and, on other lunch days, they w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-09 The Beatles in an undated photo. A British university has launched what it says is the first Master of Arts (MA) degree course on the Beatles, to study their impact on popular music and society A university has launched what it says is the first Mas... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-01 Slumdog Millionaire, the rags-to-riches movie that took the Oscars by storm, also produced two of the most influential words of the 2008 Hollywood awards season, a language monitoring group said on Thursday. Jai Ho!, Hindi for Let There be Victory a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-01 Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston came face-to-face at the Oscars ceremony and the Friends actress won the red carpet style wars. Fashion experts agreed that Aniston's metallic Valentino gown easily outshone Jolie's dreary black dress. Aniston was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-01 Mike Myers' comedy The Love Guru and celebrity socialite Paris Hilton were top of the flops at the 29th Razzie Awards -- the annual eve-of-Oscars salute to the very worst of Hollywood Myers and his comedy The Love Guru, which won few fans at box off... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-01 英国流行音乐杂志《NME》（New Music Express）周三评选出绿洲乐队为最佳英国乐队，而美国前总统小布什则破纪录地第六次被评选为年度恶棍。缪斯(Muse)乐队击败英国的绿洲乐队和美国的莱昂国王乐队，连续第二年被评选为最佳现场表现乐队。缪斯乐队还凭借其专辑《HAARP》... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-01 第81届奥斯卡颁奖礼的制片人比尔康登和劳伦斯马克曾经宣称要重振奥斯卡。昨天，他们真的做到了。从澳洲性感男性休杰克曼取代之前的谐星担当主持、并与碧昂斯共同表演开场歌舞秀，到历届奥斯卡获奖者担任颁奖嘉宾，以及展望未来式的新片片花集锦，这每一项新的举措都带... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-02-24 Height of fashion: Women's obsession with high heels, illustrated by Isla Fisher in Confessions Of A Shopaholic, starts at the age of 12 and does not diminish until they reach 63 A woman will wear high heels over 51 years of her life, according to a... 阅读全文>>