12-10-15 Chinese emperors were once thought by their subjects able to make it rain with their prayers. Chinese officials today put more trust in science. They are boosting spending on what they call the world's largest programme of artificial rainmaking. Its...
12-09-10 Send someone to love me I need to rest in arms Keep me safe from harm In pouring rain Give me endless summer Lord I fear the cold Feel I'm getting old Before my time As my soul heals the shame I will grow through this pain Lord I'm doing all I can T...
12-08-08 Hurricane Ernesto is churning over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, bringing heavy rain. 飓风斯托经过墨西哥尤卡坦半岛,给当地带来了暴雨。 Ernesto, which has already drenched northern Honduras and Belize, is currently a category one hurricane with top sus...
12-08-07 Flooding caused by torrential rain has paralysed parts of the Philippine capital, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes and closing schools, offices and the stock exchange. 暴雨引发的洪灾使菲律宾首都部分地区陷入瘫痪状态,成千上万人被迫逃离家...
12-08-07 The last flock of pigeons have also gone out of sight after doing their final circling in the soft breeze, the sound of their whistles barely audible. They are hastening back to their warm wooden dovecote(鸽房) earlier than usual perhaps because t...
12-08-03 When caught in pouring rain without an umbrella, most people pick up their pace. But an old tale advises that a person who runs in the rain gets wetter than one who walks. It sounds reasonable that when someone runs up and down, the body is exposed...
12-06-18 During heavy rain, the lid of Nepenthes gracilis(股薄肌) pitchers acts like a springboard, catapulting insects that seek shelter on its underside directly into the fluid-filled pitcher, new research has found. The findings were published June 13,...
12-06-14 It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. The creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth. If we didn't see some rain soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day...
12-06-06 A mosquito's tiny, low-weight body is the key to its ability to survive flying in the rain, according to scientists. 科学家称,蚊子微...
12-05-14 High temperature is blamed for the cracking of safety glass in those cases, but experts said the fundamental cause of glass rain is the government's inattention to the safety of glass curtain walls. 专家认为,高温致使安全玻璃自爆固然是导致这些事故的...