16-06-08 SHOWERING EVERY DAY Most of us wouldnt dream of going a day without showering. But a study conducted by the University of California found that too much washing can actually be bad for you, because it strips away beneficial bugs that help ward off i...

16-04-06 philtrum 人中 This term refers to the vertical groove between the bottom of the nose and the upper lip. Interestingly, it comes from the Latin word philtrum which initially meant love-potion or love-charm and only started being used in English for t...

16-03-17 Scientists at the University of Sussex have discovered how parts of organs grow differently when body size changes. Published today (Wednesday 16 March), the study entitled, Differential scaling within an insect compound eye, reveals how different p...

16-03-17 In a handsome room: though its furniture had rather the air of old-fashioned comfort, than of modern elegance: there sat two ladies at a well-spread breakfast-table. Mr. Giles, dressed with scrupulous care in a full suit of black, was in attendance...

16-02-28 Virtual reality offers promising new approaches to assessing and treating people with weight-related disorders, and early applications are revealing valuable information about body image. The advantages of virtual reality (VR) for evaluating body im...

16-01-06 Among other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse; an...

15-12-09 AFTER this stop, we made on to the southward continually for ten or twelve days, living very sparingly on our provisions, which began to abate very much, and going no oftener to the shore than we were obliged to for fresh water. My design in this wa...

15-11-01 If you struggle to know when it is appropriate to give someone a hug or even simply pat them on the arm, help is at hand. 如果你不知道何时与人拥抱或轻拍对方手臂比较合适，这里就有现成指南帮你解决这一难题。 Oxford University scientists have created a...

15-10-18 An 'eternal summer' created by home heating and lighting may be disrupting seasonal rhythms in the human body with the risk of illness or even premature death, researchers say. 研究人员指出，由家庭供暖和照明设备创造的永恒夏日可能会扰乱人体内部的季节...

15-10-13 The morning sunlight slanted up the maidan and struck, yellow as goldleaf, against the white face of the bungalow. Four black- purple crows swooped down and perched on the veranda rail, waiting their chance to dart in and steal the bread and butter...