日期:2016-01-31 Let's face it, not everybody's equally gifted when it comes to getting their thoughts down on paper (or the digital equivalent). But according to a new study, there's an easy trick anybody can do to improve the quality of their writing: just type mo... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-30 Twelve years after Friends ended, the beloved cast of the NBC sitcom (minus Matthew Perry) finally got back together. They even added some new friends to the mix. 阔别12年后,《老友记》主演们终于再次同框。这部由美国全国广播公司(NBC)推出的情景喜剧... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-29 The much loved Classic British sitcom Dad's Army is about to hit the big screen. 备受喜爱的经典英国情景喜剧《老爸上战... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-28 The final series of ITV's Downton Abbey has won best drama for the fourth time in five years at the 2016 National Television Awards. 英剧《唐顿庄园》最后一季获得2016年英国国家电视奖最佳剧情奖,这是该剧五年内第四次获奖。《唐顿庄园》由英国独立电视台(... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-28 Captain's call - a phrase plucked from the cricket pitch and politicised by former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott - has become the Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year for 2015. 拍脑袋决定(原意:队长的决定)一词源于板球运动,后因被用来戏... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-28 Statistician Nathan Yau has created an interactive chart to determine, in his words, how and when you will die, given your sex, race and age. Fun! 统计学家邱南森制作了一个互动图表,他称这个图表将根据年龄、种族以及年龄不同,显示每个人在各个年纪将面临... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-23 Password management firm SplashData released its annual Worst Passwords List, revealing that humans have remained rather indifferent to choosing unique, secure passwords since the company's first report in 2011. SplashData analyzed more than 2 milli... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-21 Guys should pick up a shirt with a T (we're not kidding). Researchers at Nottingham Trent University found that when men wore white t-shirts with a large black letter T printed on the front, women found them 12% more attractive. The scientists sugge... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-21 Women should play dumb if they're looking for a fling. This one pains us to write. But ladies, if you're looking for a one-night stand, it's best to play it stupid. In a study published in Evolution and Human Behavior, graduate students at the Unive... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-21 Keep those teeth pearly white. A study confirmed that a white and evenly spaced set of teeth make people seem more attractive. The study, from researchers at the British universities of Leeds and Central Lancashire, found that teeth are the human eq... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-16 According to a study, couples who talk about bodily functions, have access to each other's passwords and shower together are the most committed. 一项研究表明,最忠贞的伴侣具有以下几个特征:告知对方自己的身体状况、知晓对方的密码,并且一起沐... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-15 Director Alejandro G. Inarritu's The Revenant scored a leading 12 Oscar nominations on Thursday morning when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 88th annual Academy Awards nominations at the AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater in... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-15 The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announces Chinese New Year celebration with the Monkeying Around theme for the Year of the Monkey. 芝加哥艺术博物馆宣布启动猴闹主题的活动来庆祝中国春节。 The museum's Chinese New Year program includes showcasing mo... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-14 A Hong Kong-born poet, who judges say will change British poetry, has won the prestigious TS Eliot poetry prize. 一位在香港出生的诗人获得享誉盛名的艾略特诗歌奖,评委称她将改变英国诗歌。 Sarah Howe was awarded the 20,000 pound prize for Loop of Jade,... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-14 The very last episode of the Taiwan comedy talk show Kangxi lai le will be aired tonight, marking the official end of its popular 12-year run. 台湾喜剧脱口秀《康熙来了》最后一期将于今晚播出,标准着这个流行了12年的节目的正式终结。 In this last episod... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-14 After all these years, the cast of Friends may reunite on NBC, though not for an update on the classic comedy as fans had hoped. 经过这么多年之后,《老友记》全体演员可能将在NBC重聚,尽管不是粉丝们期待的这部经典喜剧的续集。 NBC's network entertainmen... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-13 Actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Lady Gaga have led the winners at this year's Golden Globe awards. 莱昂纳多迪卡普里奥和嘎嘎小姐在今年金球奖拔得头筹。 The actor - who is heavily tipped for his first Oscar this year - won the gong for best actor in a fil... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-10 Children who spend large amounts of time with their fathers have higher IQs, according to a new study. 一项新研究显示,经常与父亲在一起的孩子智商更高。 Strong fatherly involvement in their early life can also improve a child's future career prospect... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-10 Microsoft will stop supporting Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 on certain Windows computers on January 12. 当地时间1月12日起,针对采用特定Windows操作系统的电脑,微软公司将停止支持它们所装载的IE 8/9/10浏览器。 Up to 20% of Internet browsers could be im... 阅读全文>> 日期:2016-01-10 Twitter is reportedly planning to abandon its famous 140-character limit and allow tweets up to 10,000 characters long. 据报道,推特计划废除推文140字符的限制,允许字符数最多可达1万。 The proposed 71-times increase in the limit, allowing tweets of ro... 阅读全文>> |
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