15-03-18 One has the leisure of July for perceiving all the differences of the green of leaves. It is no longer a difference in degrees of maturity, for all the trees have darkened to their final tone, and stand in their differences of character and not of m...

15-02-12 Farmers claim to have grown onions that do not cause tears when chopped or leave diners with bad breath. After two decades of cultivation, a new sweet variety of red onions has been created in Bedfordshire. 农民称已种出一种洋葱，让你切它时不会再流泪...

14-12-10 Heat Goes Out Walking in the Cold K. A. Hays It seems possible, and I've been told, that even the dying, who don't mean to, stow at the ribs yellow mint, at the liver the waft of split tomatoes, and April's peas wire and tendril up, unruly, at the b...

14-11-24 About Opera Geoffrey Brock Fuggirmi io sol non so In the real world, lighting is undesigned; here it's high art. After we find our seats, silence our cells and smooth our ruffled minds, and just before the curtains rise, houselights go out. We vanis...

14-11-11 Mom look is the look you get when your boyfriend/girlfriend introduces you to their mom and you see the look of disapproval in her eyes. Mom look指你男/女朋友把你介绍给他/她妈妈时，你从对方妈妈脸上看到的不满的表情和眼神。我们称为老妈表情。 For examp...

14-11-10 Speed is an asset for a predator. Except when that predator runs so fast that it essentially blinds itself. The tiger beetle, relative to its size, is the fastest creature on Earth. Some of these half-inch-long beetles cover about 120 body lengths p...

14-10-23 The Dream of a Little Occupied Japan Doll Kimiko Hahn Among the hundred porcelain figurines, the first one -- with slanted eyes, fat cheeks, queue (though that's Chinese), and Chinese bonnet -- is my favorite. Among all those in pajamas or gowns or...

14-10-09 THE month of courtship had wasted: its very last hours were being numbered. There was no putting off the day that advanced- the bridal day; and all preparations for its arrival were complete. I, at least, had nothing more to do: there were my trunks...

14-10-09 A WEEK passed, and no news arrived of Mr. Rochester: ten days,and still he did not come. Mrs. Fairfax said she should not be surprised if he were to go straight from the Leas to London, and thence to the Continent, and not show his face again at Tho...

14-08-07 The eyes of deep-sea bioluminescent（生物性发光的） sharks have a higher rod density when compared to non-bioluminescent sharks, according to a study published August 6, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Julien M. Claes, postdoctoral resea...