日期：2016-01-10 A documentary has exposed how restaurants rank customers according to looks - and place the people they deem to be pleasing to the eye at the front while hiding the less attractive ones at the back. 一部纪录片显示，餐厅会对顾客的外表进行排序，把外表... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-09 People who frequently swear are more likely to have a bigger vocabulary than their clean-tongued peers, research revealed. 研究发现，经常说脏话的人要比说话文明的同龄人拥有更大的词汇量。 A colourful tongue does not mean the talker is lazy or uneducat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-07 The Upcoming Hong Kong Film Awards will honor the 92-year-old Chinese actress Li Lihua with this year's Lifetime Achievement Award. 2016年香港电影金像奖将授予92岁的女演员李丽华终身成就奖。 Regarded as The Evergreen Tree of Chinese cinema, Li Lihua b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-05 The latest episode of hit BBC detective show Sherlock hit Chinese cinema screens yesterday, following its airing on British and US television on New Year's Day. 继元旦在英国与美国播出之后，BBC侦探剧《神探夏洛克》最新剧集已于昨天在中国各大院线上映。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-03 British psychologist Richard Wiseman has done several surveys on willpower - in 2007 he tracked the success of 3,000 people's New Year's resolutions, only to find that a mere 12 percent of them managed to achieve what they had set out to do. He look... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-02 As a coping strategy when dealing with literary snobs (who will judge you to your face because you haven't read the books they have), you sometimes have to pretend you've read a book you haven't. 相信你一定遇到过这样的人，如果你没读过他们读过的书，... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-30 The government is to map out official standards for sign languages and braille to be used nationwide within the next five years. 中国政府将要制定符号语言与盲文的官方标准，该标准将于未来五年内全国推广。 China has more than 30 million people with hear... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-27 Christians around the world celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25, each year. For many, it's a day of merriment and giving of thanks, marked by gatherings with friends and family, shared meals and the exchange of gifts. 每年的12月25日，全世界的基督教徒们都... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-27 For the first time, scientists have identified two clusters of genes directly linked to human intelligence. 科学家们首次发现，大脑中存在两个与人类智力直接相关的基因集群。 Called M1 and M3, these so-called 'gene networks' appear to determine how smar... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-27 They say a picture paints a thousand words - and the same applies to gifts. As you shop for Christmas presents for your partner, unconscious feelings and motivations drive your choices. 俗话说，一幅画胜过千言万语。礼物亦然。你为另一半挑选的圣诞礼物... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-27 A new scientific research report has found strong evidence suggesting that man's best friend originated from China some 33,000 years ago. 一项最新的科学研究发现了有力证据，证明人类最好的朋友狗，起源于大约3.3万年前的中国。 The study, the findings of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-27 The origins of our Christmas traditions are the most fascinating of any holiday. All our favorite activities can be traced back to specific points in history, and knowing how these things came about just makes celebrating Christmas that much more wo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-27 The global burden of cancer is shifting dramatically. Once considered a disease of the wealthy, it now has a significant impact in every region, and the greatest proportional increases in cases in the coming years are predicted to be in the poorest... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-24 Apple (33 percent) would do a better job than politicians taking over U.S. government operations, says a new Breakout BrandsTM survey by rbb Communications. The national survey tapped opinions on a variety of brand preferences. 营销传播公司rbb近日发... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-24 1. The least successful Harry Potter film made $90 million more than the most successful Twilight movie Sorry, Edward and Bella, you cannot be compared to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. 2. Every Harry Potter movie is on the list of top 50 highest grossin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-21 Merriam-Webster has picked a small but powerful suffix as word of the year: ism. 韦氏词典选取了短小却富有影响力的单词后缀-主义作为2015年年度词汇。 But not just any ism. The top isms to earn high traffic spikes and big bumps in lookups on the diction... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-20 A new study looked at how colors influence or biases the way consumers make ethical judgments, specifically if they view a company as environmentally friendly. 一项新的调查研究颜色如何影响消费者的道德判断，尤其是他们是否认为该品牌环保友好。 Results... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-20 For many men, the idea that they have a better sense of direction than women was never in doubt, but now a scientific study has proved it. 很多男性都坚信自己的方向感要比女性的强，而现在更有科学研究证实了该说法。 Researchers from Norway scanned the b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-20 Time magazine on Wednesday named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its person of the year for 2015, hailing her leadership during debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart. 当地时间12月9日，德国总理安格拉默克尔当... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-12-20 Listening to pop music such as Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran will enhance your enjoyment of a Chinese takeaway, according to a University of Oxford professor. 一位牛津大学的教授声称，伴着泰勒斯威夫特或者艾德希兰等人的流行音乐，中餐外卖吃起来会更香。 Cl... 阅读全文>>