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Tired of your quiet routine? How about leaving your computer games behind and taking up an  extreme sport ? You can ride a bicycle, right? In that case you're halfway to becoming a  mountain biker . All you have to do is take your bike off the road and try some rough  terrain . Mountain biking was developed in California in the 1970s and became an Olympic sport in 1996. In the Londo...

Are you one of those people who find the world of Western classical music a bit  snobbish  and  inaccessible ? The Proms – or the BBC Promenade Concerts to give the world’s largest music festival its full name - might help you  change your mind . For eight weeks every summer, the Royal Albert Hall in London opens its doors to  all-comers  and puts on a music show that...

What did you eat for lunch today? Did you choose this dish because it was healthy, cheap or because it was just very tasty? Are you a  fussy eater  or an adventurous  gourmet ? I love exploring trends in food. 'Fusion cuisine' is not for everybody. My Italian grandmother would turn her nose up in disgust at the thought of tandoori pizza with mango topping but this marriage of tastes...

Have you ever been in a lift with the  big cheese  in your company? It happened to me a couple of times. And did I take advantage of the situation to deliver my  elevator pitch ? Not a chance. He was surrounded by people  buttering him up  all the way to the top floor! Lifts have an interesting history. Today, the more important you are, the higher you live or work. ...

Sci-fi  movies tend to  capture children's imaginations  and have long been part of students' excited chats in the schoolyard. But now a scientific journal has urged at least one sci-fi movie to be shown in class by science teachers. Scientific papers  published in the American Journal of  Physics  (AJP) and in Classical and Quantum Gravity have seen merit in the...

How much  empathy  do you feel towards other people? If you saw someone fall off their bike in traffic, would you stop and help - or just walk away? Many people would  give in  to  apathy ,  go about their business  and just do nothing. So it was a big surprise when about 100  bystanders  got together recently to move a bus in east London to help a cycl...

When looking at Western Europe, we don't usually think about poverty - but in fact, some people in modern-day Britain are so  hard up  that they can't  afford  to buy food. Back in 2008, the  financial crisis  caused a lot of  redundancies . Then there were the cuts to the  welfare system  in 2013 which added to the problem - and many British people&nbs...

Children are  hooked on  computers. Some spend up to six hours a day on their  gadgets . They can be playing games live with others elsewhere in the world,  updating their status  on social media,  texting  friends or looking for the latest  app  to download  to their  tablets  or  smartphones . This worried Martin Strott. He's the&n...

Should animals be  entitled  to the same rights as people? The question is not so  outlandish . A  judge  in the US once suggested that chimpanzees had the right to  habeas corpus . Judge Barbara Jaffe was  ruling  on the case of Leo and Hercules. These two primates have their own lawyers  arguing  that they should be moved from a university lab to...

Many believe high heels make women look good. It's no surprise that the Cannes Film Festival's organisers seem to favour having stars walking up the red carpet in them. But all this  glam  comes at a cost: wearing heels over 10cm high can damage your  ankles . A study by the Hanseo University in South Korea suggests that continuous wearing exposes women to the risk of  strains&...

Where do you keep ice? In the freezer, of course. That's what scientists might have thought when they were looking for a safe place to store ice from mountain glaciers from around the world. They've decided to store ice in Antarctica because global warming is causing some of the glaciers in places like the Alps to melt. Jerome Chappellaz of the French National Centre for S...

Czech   President   Milos   Zeman   has   been   hospitalized   for   a   week   with   no   word   to   his   constituents   about   what's   wrong   with   him . 捷克总统米洛什·泽曼已住院一周，但没有向选民们透露他的病情。 Zeman   was   taken   into   intensive   care &nbsp...

A   notorious   Haitian   gang   known   for   brazen   kidnappings   and   killings   has   been   accused   by   police   of   abducting  17  missionaries   from   a   U . S .- based   organization . 一个臭名昭著的海地团伙以公然绑架和杀戮而闻名，警方指控他们绑架了来自美国组织的17名传教士...

Stonghenge 巨石阵 For   years ,  the   closest   theories   that   anyone   had   as   to   how   the   stones   of   Stonehenge   were   transported   ranged   from   Merlin   using   magic   to   aliens .  Uses   for   Stonehenge   ranged   from   ritua...

And events marking the 70th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions are underway, the International Committee of the Red Cross says these four landmark treaties delineating the law of war are as relevant today as they were when they came into force August 12, 1949. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA, from ICRC headquarters in GENEVA. 《1949年日内瓦公约》70周年纪念活动正在进行当中。国际红十字会表示，...

Record numbers of Brazilians have been arrested at the United States’ southern border this year. Police believe the investigation into one man has led them to one of the smuggling operations that moves migrants north. 今年在美国南部边境被捕的巴西人数量创历史新高。警方认为，对一名男子的调查使他们参与了一项将移民向北迁移的走私行动。 In early June, Brazilian federal police arrested Chelbe M...

Students in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs are a large and growing population in American schools. The U.S. Department of Education says that the number of ESL learners increased by more than 1 million from 2000 to 2020. That is about 10 percent of all students in the country. 英语作为第二语言 (ESL) 课程的学生在美国学校中人数众多且不断增长。美国教育部表示，从 2000 年到 2020...

Ninety-year-old actor William Shatner, flew into space Wednesday. The performer is known for playing Captain Kirk in the Star Trek television series and films. He is the oldest person to ever reach space. 90 岁的演员威廉·夏特纳 (William Shatner) 于周三飞入太空。这位表演者以在《星际迷航》电视剧和电影中饰演柯克船长而闻名。他是有史以来到达太空的最年长的人。 Shatner was a passenger on a spac...

Swiss researchers say they have completed the most detailed virtual reality (VR) map of the universe ever created. 瑞士研究人员表示，他们已经完成了有史以来最详细的宇宙虚拟现实 (VR) 地图。 The map permits users to “travel through space and time,” the researchers said in a recent statement. It can be imagined as a kind of Google Earth, but for the universe. The map was created by a team at...

Quillay trees are rare evergreens found mainly in the South American country of Chile. And they are increasingly important to producing new vaccines. 奎莱树是罕见的常青树，主要分布在南美国家智利。它们对于生产新疫苗越来越重要。 The native Mapuche people have long used them to make soap and medicine. In recent years, quillay trees, also known as quillaja saponaria, have been used in the processing o...

In the past few years, Lee Reich, a well-known gardener, has planted several sorts of  nuts , including Hazelnuts. Hazelnuts come from the hazel tree. They are often eaten and ground into a mixture that can be spread. 在过去的几年里，著名的园丁李瑞奇种植了多种坚果，包括榛子。榛子来自榛树。它们经常被食用并研磨成可以传播的混合物。 Hazelnuts are also known as filbert nuts, especially from the Eu...

American scientists say they have created a vaccine  patch  that provides greater protection against infectious diseases than traditional injections. 美国科学家表示，他们创造了一种疫苗贴剂，与传统注射剂相比，可以提供更好的传染病保护。 A 3D printer is used to make the patch, which is smaller than the tip of a finger. Each patch – which contains many small “micro- needles ” – can be put di...

Reporters Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The two won the prize for their fight for freedom of expression in countries where  journalists  have faced continuing pressure, attacks and even murder. 周五，菲律宾记者玛丽亚·雷萨和俄罗斯记者德米特里·穆拉托夫获得了 2021 年诺贝尔和平奖。两人因在记者面临持续压力、袭击甚至谋杀的...

A Russian actor and film director left Earth on a spaceship this week to start filming a movie. Russian officials said the movie will shine a light on Russia’s success in space. 一位俄罗斯演员兼电影导演本周乘坐宇宙飞船离开地球开始拍摄电影。俄罗斯官员表示，这部电影将揭示俄罗斯在太空方面的成功。 Dmitry Peskov is press secretary for President Vladimir Putin. 德米特里·佩斯科夫（Dmitry Peskov）是弗拉基...

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