2010-04-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

David Beckham joining the Australian soccer team? A stapler sending tweets? It must be April Fools' Day.In keeping with tradition, media outlets, companies, websites and other jokers came up with var

2010-04-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

Britons' love affair with DIY is waning, research suggests.While Bank Holidays were traditionally a time when people looked to get on with home improvements, a study indicates that people would rathe

2010-04-01 所属栏目:双语新闻

You've been planning the best April Fool's Day joke to play on your co-workers, but before you go ahead with it, you should know that your co-workers are unlikely to approve.In a recent survey by Th

2010-04-01 所属栏目:双语新闻

Spring has begun, and so has Japan's obsession with cherry blossoms.The pale pink blossoms or "sakura" are in full bloom, signaling that it's time to flock to parks across the country for picnics un

2010-03-31 所属栏目:双语新闻

President Barack Obama had a big pat on the back for his young daughters on Tuesday, saying they have taken swimmingly to life in the White House.After more than a year at the US presidential mansion,

2010-03-31 所属栏目:双语新闻

American children aren't the only couch potatoes with nearly one third of children globally spending three hours a day or more watching TV or on computers, according to study of over 70,000 teens in

2010-03-30 所属栏目:双语新闻

An Australian company on Friday announced the rollout of what it said were the world's first electronic underpants, saying its product was able to send text messages if the wearer became incontinent.

2010-03-30 所属栏目:双语新闻

A fifth of spouses admit checking their partner's emails or text messages, according to a new study.The report also found that in a fifth of relationships, at least one partner had checked their spou

2010-03-29 所属栏目:双语新闻

Europe's best known landmarks - including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and Rome's Colosseum - fell dark Saturday, following Sydney's Opera House and Beijing's Forbidden City in joining a global clima

2010-03-29 所属栏目:双语新闻

The famous British "stiff upper lip" has become a thing of the past, according to a survey on Thursday which found Britons are no longer embarrassed to shed a tear or be affectionate in public.Nearly

2010-03-26 所属栏目:双语新闻

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden threatened in a new audio recording released Thursday to kill any captured Americans if the US executes the self-professed mastermind of the Sept.11 attacks or any othe

2010-03-26 所属栏目:双语新闻

The world's strongest insect is a type of male dung beetle which needs its power to be able to mate with females in animal faeces, British and Australian scientists said Wednesday.Onthophagus taurus

2010-03-25 所属栏目:双语新闻

The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world's hottest chili.After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized "bhut jolokia," or "ghost chili," to make tea

2010-03-25 所属栏目:双语新闻

Women with lots of children might be stressed but they are less likely to commit suicide, according to a Taiwanese study that found the more children a woman has, the lower her suicide risk.A long-sta

2010-03-24 所属栏目:双语新闻

A pair of US academics have analysed 52 of the most famous paintings of the Last Supper painted between 1000 and 2000 -- and discovered that, over that period, the portions of food placed before Jesus

2010-03-24 所属栏目:双语新闻

Robert Pattinson, the British actor who plays a vampire with superhuman strength and speed in the Twilight series of films, has admitted he looks like a transvestite in the role.The 23 year-old, who p

2010-03-23 所属栏目:双语新闻

Tiger Woods acknowledged "living a lie," saying he alone was responsible for the sex scandal that caused his downfall and that no one in his inner circle was aware of his misdeeds."It was all me. I'm

2010-03-23 所属栏目:双语新闻

Married people are twice as likely to become obese than their single counterparts, scientists claim.Greek researchers found that married couples were more likely to become fat due to their significant

2010-03-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

German scientists have created a three-dimensional "invisibility cloak" that can hide objects by bending light waves.The findings, published in the journal Science on Thursday, could in the future mak

2010-03-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

Robot teachers -- who never get angry or make sarcastic remarks -- have been a hit with pupils during a pilot project in some South Korean schools, a government report said Thursday.Elementary school

2010-03-19 所属栏目:双语新闻

At first sight it seems just another second-hand luxury car for sale but this Jaguar included some special extras in its day such as emergency convoy lights and a direct radio link to the British Prim

2010-03-19 所属栏目:双语新闻

A photograph taken more than 40 years ago showing a young Barack Obama as a schoolboy in Indonesia has been found, days before he begins his presidential visit to the country.The picture was given to

2010-03-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

The discounted claims of an 18th- century author to have re-shaped the words of Shakespeare into a play are finally being taken seriously by a respected publisher of the Bard's works nearly 300 years

2010-03-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

According to a study, the average Briton believes that youth ends at 35 and old age begins at 58. In between - all 23 years - is your middle age.The news that 58 is "over the hill" may come as a surpr

2010-03-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

Oscar-winning couple Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes announced on Monday that they have separated after less than seven years of marriage."Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that t