16-04-05 It was a dull, close, overcast summer evening. The clouds, which had been threatening all day, spread out in a dense and sluggish mass of vapour, already yielded large drops of rain, and seemed to presage a violent thunder-storm, when Mr. and Mrs. B...

16-03-27 Forget glugging countless glasses of water or getting your beauty sleep. The secret of looking young is simply to stay out of the sun. 别再热衷于疯狂饮水和睡美容觉了。青春常驻的秘诀其实只有一个：远离阳光。 A study of hundreds of women has revealed t...

16-03-26 Although years of drought and over-pumping have significantly depleted groundwater in Arizona and California, a new study shows the situation has an upside: It has created underground reservoirs where extra surface water can be stored during wet tim...

16-03-17 Guinness World Records has confirmed Israel Kristal as the world's oldest person. 吉尼斯世界纪录已确认以色列人克里斯塔尔为世界上年龄最大的人。 Kristal, aged 112, was born in Poland in September 1903 and is now living the Israeli city of Haifa. Accor...

16-03-15 Canticle for Native Brook Trout Todd Davis Now we are all sitting here strangely On top of the sunlight. JAMES WRIGHT Fishing the narrow stream of light, we follow a seam between hemlock and sweating rhododendron, tulip poplar and white oak that gro...

16-03-10 A young man and his girlfriend were sitting together imagining their happy life in the future. The young man said, How free and happy it would be, if we were two little birds, then we could fly out into the great world and build our nest in the top...

16-03-08 1. While mystified the first time I was served a glass of hot water, I now like it, especially in winter. 2. I have an English name and a distinct Chinese name (Ma Wen Tao) that's not just a phonetic version of the former. 3. I know the Chinese zodi...

16-03-08 New light has been shed on the processes by which ocean water enters the solid Earth during continental breakup. Research led by geoscientists at the University of Southampton, and published in Nature Geoscience this week, is the first to show a dir...

16-03-08 If you live in one of four major U.S. cities chances are you're letting the benefits of a ubiquitous natural resource go right down the drain -- when it could be used to cut down your water bill. Research by a team of Drexel University environmental...

16-03-07 As strategies for energy security, investment opportunities and energy policies prompt ever-growing production and consumption of biofuels like bioethanol and biodiesel, land and water that could otherwise be used for food production increasingly ar...