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It's written in Positive Psychology and Tourism that recreational travel is essential for our happiness, well-being and quality of life. It may also increase creativity by giving people permission to break free of ordinary patterns, helping them to conceptualise new ideas, as studied by American psychologist, JP Guilford. According to the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, those who tra...

Research shows that 15 years after college, US mothers earn 11% less than women without children and 42% less than fathers. This is called the “motherhood penalty.” 研究显示，在大学毕业 15 年后，美国母亲的收入比没有孩子的女性低 11%，比父亲（有孩子的男性）低 42%。这种现象被称为“母职惩罚”（motherhood penalty）。 Many women who became mothers told The New York Times that having kids forced them to le...

The celebrated British artist David Hockney has died at his home in London at the age of 88, just a month before his 89th birthday. 英国著名艺术家大卫·霍克尼（David Hockney）在伦敦家中去世，享年 88 岁，距离他 89 岁生日仅一个月。 Hockney was widely recognized as one of the most influential figures of the modern era and a key leader of the 1960s pop art movement. 霍克尼被公认为现代最具影响力的艺术家...

The rise of AI influencers is sparking ethical debates. AI 网红（AI Influencer）的崛起正引发一系列伦理争议。 AI models like Aitana, with pink hair and thousands of followers, generate significant income from brand endorsements, especially in the beauty and fitness sectors. Although Aitana doesn’t exist, her agency in Barcelona makes her appear lifelike through advanced editing techniques. AI influ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a strict new plan to ban social media sites for children under 16 to protect them online and give kids their childhood back. 英国首相基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）宣布了一项严格的新计划，禁止16岁以下儿童使用社交媒体平台，以保护他们的网络安全，并让孩子们重新拥有属于自己的童年。 The far-reaching restrictions will completely block under-16s from popular...

A new report by the European Union Drugs Agency reveals that cocaine use is rising fast across Europe. 欧洲联盟毒品管理局（European Union Drugs Agency）最新发布的一份报告显示，可卡因的使用量正在欧洲各地迅速上升。 Based on drug residues found in city wastewater. Spanish and Belgian cities recorded the largest samples; the Spanish town of Lleida topped the continent’s chart. 根据对城市污水中毒品残留...

A year ago, Harry Heasman couldn't climb the stairs and had to enter an old age home. But then, the 98-year-old decided he'd like to fulfil a childhood dream. As a teenager during the Second World War, Harry worked in a factory making aircraft[s] used in the D-Day landings. He wondered what it would be like to fly in one of the planes. 一年前，哈里·希斯曼还爬不动楼梯，不得不住进养老院。但随后，这...

Isn't yoghurt an ultra-processed, sugar-laden snack that we should avoid buying when we're in the supermarket? The truth is a bit more complicated, and it all depends on the yoghurt. Some do have a high sugar and fat content and offer few other health benefits. But when it comes to yoghurt, they are not the whole story. 酸奶不是一种经过超加工、含糖量高的零食，我们在超市时应该避免购买吗？ 事实有点...

NASA recently ordered five astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to take shelter inside their docked SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. 美国国家航空航天局（NASA）近日要求国际空间站（ISS）上的五名宇航员进入已对接的SpaceX“龙”飞船内避难。 This safety action was taken while two Russian crew members worked to repair new air leaks in a transfer tunnel of the Russian service module. 这一安全措...

Friday the 13th is a date that many people around the world connect with bad luck. “13号星期五”是世界各地许多人认为与厄运相关的一个日期。 This idea comes from a superstition, a belief that something can bring good or bad luck even if there is no proof. 这种观念来自迷信——即认为某些事物会带来好运或厄运，即使没有任何证据支持。 People have long considered both the number 13 and the day Friday unlucky....

The viral internet horror series The Backrooms, created by 20-year-old YouTuber Kane Parsons, has successfully transitioned into a film. 由20岁的YouTuber Kane Parsons创作的网络病毒式恐怖系列《The Backrooms》已经成功被改编成电影。 Produced by the famous studio A24, the movie has already broken box office records in the UK and Ireland. 该电影由知名制片公司A24出品，并已在英国和爱尔兰打破票房纪录。 Th...

A US judge has dismissed Justin Baldoni’s 400-million-dollar defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively. 一名美国法官驳回了贾斯汀·巴尔多尼（Justin Baldoni）针对布蕾克·莱弗利（Blake Lively）提起的4亿美元诽谤诉讼。 Baldoni claimed Lively wrongly accused him of sexual harassment during the filming of It Ends with Us. However, the judge said Lively’s complaint to a California agency was privileged, meani...

People are social creatures who have a deep need for real-world community and connection. 人类是社会性生物，对现实世界中的社群归属感和人与人之间的联系有着深层次的需求。 However, the modern phone-based childhood, which began in the early 2010s, has shifted young people’s social lives online and taken away essential physical bonding experiences such as sharing food, laughter, and touch. 然而，自 201...

In the refined garden designs of Chelsea Flower Show, gnomes are usually a no-no. But this year there'll be a scattering of them around the place, many painted by celebrities. 在切尔西花展雅致的庭院设计中，“小矮人” 往往不登大雅之堂。但今年，它们将出现在花展的各个角落，其中许多都由名人亲手彩绘。 All the gnomes will be sold off to raise money for the Royal Horticultural Society's campaign for school...

Whether you've reached work or study burnout, you're going through relationship dramas, or you just feel weighed down by life in general, stress is something that's difficult to avoid. If only there were an easy and free way to alleviate it. Luckily, there is! Breathwork. Breathing is the first and last thing we do on this planet, and it's the simplest way we can alleviate stress and anxiety both...

Jesse Williamson is a soldier. In 2009, he is in a dangerous war. A big bomb hits his car. Jesse loses his legs. His friends die in the war. 杰西·威廉姆森是一名士兵。2009年，他身处一场危险的战争中。一枚大型炸弹击中了他的车。杰西失去了双腿，他的战友在战争中牺牲。 When Jesse comes back home, he is very sad. He cries a lot. He takes drugs to feel better. Then, he goes to a special hospital to get hel...

Many office workers feel frustrated by meetings that seem pointless. A recent survey shows that the average UK worker spends 27 days a year in such meetings. But improving meetings is possible with the right strategies. 许多上班族对那些看似毫无意义的会议感到沮丧。一项最新调查显示，英国普通员工每年平均有27天都耗费在这样的会议中。不过，只要采用合适的策略，会议质量是可以改善的。 First, preparation is...

A Russian drone crashed into a 10-story residential building in the Romanian city of Galați overnight, and injured a woman and a child. This incident caused great panic among local citizens, who now feel unsafe. 一架俄罗斯无人机在夜间坠毁并撞上了罗马尼亚城市Galați的一栋10层住宅楼，造成一名女性和一名儿童受伤。该事件在当地居民中引发了极大恐慌，许多人因此感到不安全。 Romania quickly scrambled F-16 fi...

On Friday night, rescuers in Laos successfully evacuated the first of five villagers who had been trapped inside a flooded cave for more than a week. 周五晚上，老挝Laos的救援人员成功营救出五名被困在被洪水淹没洞穴中超过一周的村民中的第一人。 The men originally entered the cave to search for gold but became trapped when heavy rain caused sudden flash flooding. One villager managed to escape early an...

Two people died, and hundreds were arrested in France after Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won the Champions League. 在Paris Saint-Germain（PSG）赢得欧洲冠军联赛后，法国有两人死亡，数百人被逮捕。 Following the victory over Inter Milan, riots broke out in several cities. Police reported 491 arrests in Paris alone and over 60 more across the country. Cars were set on fire, fireworks were used, and fights...

Learning a new language can be difficult, especially if you only remember funny, random textbook phrases. To help you improve, there are five effective hacks. 学习一门新语言可能很困难，尤其是当你只记得一些有趣但零散的课本句子时。为了帮助你提升语言能力，这里有五个有效的方法。 First, skip complicated grammar rules at the beginning and learn the 50 most common phrases. Make them personal; focus on wo...

Coming up with new ideas and questioning and challenging the ideas of others is how we make sense of the world around us and learn more about it, Paddy Rodgers says. 提出新想法并对其他人的想法提出异议和挑战，才是我们解读周遭世界并深入了解它的途径，帕迪·罗杰斯这样说。 The man in charge of the 350-year-old Royal Observatory in Greenwich warns that human curiosity is too vital to be satisfied by the...

You might have mixed feelings about rain. For those experiencing long periods of drought, rain can bring joy. But for those wanting to enjoy the outdoors, a large downpour can ruin the experience. Getting drenched by the weather can make you feel cold and weaken your immune system, but there are some surprising benefits to going out in the rain, provided you've got your brolly and raincoat! 您可能...

These bones at the Denver Science Museum come from ancient bison. 丹佛科学博物馆的这些骨头来自古代的野牛。 20,000 years ago, ice age people built fires using bones like these from the animals they hunted in cold dry prairies. 两万年前，冰河时代的人们用在寒冷干燥的草原上狩猎的动物的骨头生火。 They had only grass and twigs from bushes, but no trees. So campfire wood was scarce. 他们只有草和灌木丛中...

You see this? This is what we always threw away, forever. It was rare that you see anybody using it. 看到这个了吗？这是我们一直丢弃的东西。很少会有人用这个来烹饪。 My name is Todd Gray. I'm the chef and co-owner of Equinox restaurant with my wife Ellen Kassoff. 我叫托德·格雷，是Equinox餐厅的厨师，和妻子艾伦·卡索夫共同经营着这家餐厅。 We have almost as much discarded trim as we do what we would cal...