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Reddit is a social media website where people with common interests can have conversations by posting comments, videos and images. Posts are grouped into communities, called subreddits, based on different subjects. Thousands of popular Reddit communities, including groups about technology, gaming, and music, locked out their users recently in protest. People who organize the communities, called mo...

We all know children love to play with toys. But as they approach adulthood, they stop being playful and concentrate on grown-up things – or so we believe. However, in recent times at least, adults are revisiting their childhood and buying toys for themselves – and they've been given the nickname 'kidults'. 我们都知道孩子们喜欢玩玩具。但当他们接近成年时，他们不再嬉戏，而是专注于成人的事情——至少我...

The blood-brain barrier does a good job of keeping toxins out. But this tightly-packed layer of cells which separates the brain from its blood vessels is a hindrance if you want to deliver drugs into the brain. 血脑屏障可以很好地防止毒素侵入。但是，如果你想将药物输送到大脑中，这种将大脑与其血管隔开的紧密堆积的细胞层就会成为一个障碍。 The patient – 56-year-old Bonny Hall from Canada – had a brain t...

Many people are allergic to dogs, or at least the dead skin cells and saliva that they shed as they groom themselves. 许多人对狗过敏，或者至少会对它们在梳理毛发时所脱落的死皮细胞和唾液过敏。 But a new piece of research from Sweden suggests early exposure to these pets could cut a child's future risk of allergy. Living with a dog in the home in the first year of life was linked to a 13% lower risk...

This new assessment puts processed meat, such as salami and ham, in the highest category of five possible rankings of cancer-causing agents. And they say that red meat, even if it's not been treated, is in the next highest group, meaning it's probably carcinogenic. 世卫的这项新评估将腊肠和火腿等加工类的肉类列为五种最可能的致癌物质类别。他们说即使没有经过处理的红肉，也属于下一个可能具有致癌性的最高...

Donje Gates is 18 years old and lives in Chicago, Illinois. His family wants him to go to college in the fall. But Gates is thinking about going to a trade school instead. He says he worries about the cost of college and is not sure if it will be valuable to him. Gates was in a group of high school students visiting Chicago’s Malcom X Community College. About 75 percent of the school’s students ar...

Are worms the heroes we didn't know we needed? Silent, slimy and wriggling, you might think that worms are good for nothing except bait on the end of a fishing rod. However, there is more to the humble worm than meets the eye. 蠕虫难道不是我们自己知道所需要的英雄吗？ 它静静的、黏糊糊的、扭来扭去的，你可能会认为蠕虫除了是钓鱼竿的诱饵外，然后就一无是处。 但是，这不起眼的蠕虫远不止这些。 Th...

Earth is now considered to be in a “danger zone,” a new study says. An international group of scientists called Earth Commission did the study. It appeared in the publication Nature. The researchers report that conditions on Earth have pushed past seven of eight safety limits established by science. The experts say the planet is very sick and all life, humans included, face extreme risks as a resu...

From artificial lights to late-night TV and now our smartphones, modern life is often blamed for ruining our sleep. But this study suggests our ancestors didn't get any more sleep than we do. 从人造灯到深夜电视，再到现在的智能手机，人们常常指责现代生活破坏了我们的睡眠。 但这项研究表明，我们的祖先并没有比我们睡得更多。 The researchers monitored traditional societies in Namibia, Tanzania and Bolivia...

A green area of grass called a lawn has been popular in American yards for a long time. But a growing number of gardeners and homeowners now consider the lawn as something that belongs in the past. Dennis Liu of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation in Durham, North Carolina, said “America is unique in its fixation on the monoculture lawn.” Monoculture is a term that means growing only one speci...

Rugby is often played in the wealthy areas outside of Zimbabwe’s major cities. Now the sport has moved into poor areas where young women are playing to escape from poverty and early marriage. Organizers of the rugby clubs say playing rugby will not ease their economic struggles. But, they hope it can provide a place for young women to go instead of spending time in the streets. Zimbabwe’s economy...

The United States is offering ten American lighthouses for new owners. The lighthouses have stood along ocean and lake coasts for generations to help guide and protect ship and boat travel. The General Services Administration (GSA) operates the lighthouse release program. It aims to preserve the properties. Most of the buildings are more than 100 years old. Modern technology, including satellites,...

The proposed cull will involve the killing of two million feral cats that the Australian government says are decimating many threatened species which the cats prey on. 拟议的扑杀行动将涉及杀死 200 万只野猫，澳大利亚政府表示，这些野猫正在消灭许多受威胁的猫科动物捕食物种。 Earlier this year Brigitte Bardot, a prominent animal rights campaigner, described the cull as 'animal genocide'. Morrissey has...

Sweden is getting close to becoming the first “smoke-free” country in the European Union (EU). The country of 10.5 million people has had the lowest percentage of smokers in the EU for many years. A country is “smoke-free” if less than five percent of the population smokes daily. Only 6.4 percent of Swedes over the age of 15 were daily smokers in 2019. That was the lowest percentage in the EU. The...

New York City is slowly sinking. With the weight of its tall buildings, streets and people, the city is sinking at an average rate of 1 to 2 millimeters each year, a new study says. The sinking is called “subsidence.” That natural process happens everywhere as ground is compressed. But the study published in the publication Earth's Future in May sought to estimate how the huge weight of the city i...

A recent study says fossil remains of a top meat-eating animal living 250 million years ago, which had only been found in the world’s northern half, also lived in South Africa. The scientists all have links to South Africa. They reported on fossils of a large ancestor to today’s mammals called Inostrancevia. The creature had only been known from fossils found in Russia near the Artic Sea until the...

In a fast-paced world, where stress and mental fatigue seem commonplace, we're constantly looking for new ways to  unwind . Some people take a hot bath, watch a film, go for a run, or listen to slower  tempo  music to help them relax. But what about the  chirrups  and  whistles  of  birdsong  or other nature sounds? Could they also help people to let go...

Scientists spoke to 6,000 adults in eight European countries and found that while many were able to recall phone numbers from their childhood, fewer could remember their current work numbers, or the contact details of family members. 科学家与八个欧洲国家的 6,000 名成年人进行了交谈，发现虽然许多人能够回忆起童年时期的电话号码，但很少有人能记住他们目前的工作电话号码或家庭成员的详细联系方式。 About a...

Ever since Mount Everest opened to  commercial expeditions  in the 1990s, climbers have  sought  to establish world records on the mountain. 自 1990 年代珠穆朗玛峰向商业探险开放以来，登山者一直在寻求在这座山上创造世界纪录。 The youngest person to reach the  summit  was a 13-year-old from the United States. The oldest climber was 80. 最年轻的登顶者是来自美国的 13 岁少...

Artist Jasmine Cho paints images of both well-known and forgotten Asian Americans. But she does not use paper or canvas to create her art. She uses  cookies . 艺术家 Jasmine Cho 描绘了知名和被遗忘的亚裔美国人的形象。 但她不使用纸或画布来创作她的艺术。 她用饼干。 Cho, who is also a  baker , said the sweet treats “are the perfect  platform  for education, activism and healing…” C...

There is no doubt that artificial intelligence – or AI – has become an important part of our lives. It is no longer just a thing of science fiction: it's an incredible technological breakthrough that has changed the way we live. But there are fears that AI has become too intelligent and could be a threat to humanity. 毫无疑问，人工智能 - 或 AI - 已经成为我们生活的重要组成部分。 它不再只是科幻小说...

Happy Birthday To You is the most recognised song in the English language. The melody was composed by two sisters in Kentucky in 1893. Their song evolved into Happy Birthday and was first copyrighted by the Summy Company in 1935. Warner/Chappell bought the rights in 1988 and has been receiving around $2m in royalties a year ever since. 祝你生日快乐是英语中最受认可的歌曲。 这首旋律由肯塔基州的两姐...

The European Union fined Meta a record $1.3 billion for privacy violations Monday. The EU ordered Meta to stop sending users’ personal information to the United States by October. Meta owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) issued the fine. The punishment came after Meta continued to transfer Europeans’ data beyond a 2020 EU court ruling that struck dow...

Kehinde Wiley is a well-known and influential American artist. His paintings and sculptures are the subject of art shows around the United States. The 46-year-old Wiley seems especially busy right now. His work is currently on display at shows on both the East and West coasts of the U.S. He has another show in Paris, France. And he is expanding artistic bases in Africa. Wiley shot to fame outside...

Oxford University has predicted that 35% of jobs in the UK workforce are at risk from automation over the next 10 to 20 years. But Deloitte paints an optimistic picture of the way technology has transformed work over the past 15 years. While some jobs have been destroyed by automation – the number of typists is down by 75% - far more have been created. 牛津大学预测，在未来 10 到 20 年内，英国劳动...