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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...

The month of May is the best planting time in many areas in the northern half of the world. Many gardeners are visiting garden centers now to buy plants. Those who have grown plants from seeds indoors may be getting ready to plant them in the garden at about this time. However, seedlings cannot usually go straight from an indoor growing area to outdoor beds and borders without risk. They need to b...

We're used to tropical storms and hurricanes being given names in other parts of the world often decided by a committee. Now storms in the UK and Ireland that have the potential to cause damage are to get the same treatment but decided by the public. 我们已经习惯了热带风暴和飓风在世界其他地方的命名通常是由一个委员会决定的。 现在，英国和爱尔兰可能造成破坏的风暴将获得相同的待遇，但由公众决定。 Putti...

The Kumbh Mela is currently under way at two venues in Maharashtra state with nearly three million Hindus attending. Kumbh Mela 目前正在马哈拉施特拉邦的两个场地举行，有近 300 万印度教徒参加。 For any pilgrim its culmination is the so-called royal bath in a river deemed sacred. It's during this bathing, which starts in just under two weeks' time, that selfies are being banned. 对于任...

Fungi play an important role in ecosystems, are a source of food, and make key contributions to the world of medicine. So, why do we know so little about them? 真菌在生态系统中发挥着重要作用，是食物的来源，并对医学界做出重要贡献。 那么，为什么我们对它们知之甚少呢？ An estimated two million fungal species – more than 90% of all fungi – have yet to be described by science, according to Rebecca Morel...

Hilda Baci is a chef in Lagos, Nigeria. She recently stayed in the kitchen for 100 hours and only took short breaks each hour. She started cooking on May 11 and did not stop until May 15. Baci’s goal was to break the Guinness World Record for longest cooking time. An Indian chef set the current record of 87 hours, 45 minutes in 2019. Baci made classic Nigerian food like soups, stew and meats. She...

A genetic analysis revealed that the average household had more than 2,000 species of fungi. The types of fungus found though depended on the home's location, suggesting these minute organisms are drifting in from outside. 基因分析显示，平均每个家庭拥有超过 2,000 种真菌。 发现的真菌类型取决于房屋所在的位置，这表明这些微小的生物体是从外面飘进来的。 The researchers also discovered an average 7,000 d...

Joe Seaman-Graves is the city planner for the small town of Cohoes, New York. He was in search of a less costly way of providing electricity to the town. There was no extra land to build on. But Cohoes does have a nearly 6-hectare water reservoir. Seaman-Graves looked up the term “floating solar” on Google. He was not familiar with the technology, which has long been a popular way to produce...

Life is full of choices, some inconsequential, some really significant. But sometimes it can be hard to make the correct one. What are the obstacles that stand between us and a good outcome? Some of us just find it hard to decide. Alice Boyes, writing for Harvard Business Review, tells us this can be connected to perfectionism, where people attempt to find a perfect solution to any problem and are...

A petit basset griffon Vendéen, or PBGV, won top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City Tuesday. The dog, called Buddy Holly, won the award for best in show. The breed he represents is known for its rabbit-hunting ability. Buddy Holly defeated six other candidates to take the prize at the most famous dog show in the United States. This year’s event was held at the U.S.T.A....

More than 600 million people around the world lack access to clean drinking water and this book has the potential to help. 全世界有超过 6 亿人无法获得干净的饮用水，而这本书有可能提供帮助。 It's relatively cheap, easy to ship and its pages serve two purposes: firstly, they are printed with instructions on how and why water should be filtered; secondly, they can be torn out and used as filters. 它相...

There is good news for people who hate passwords. Google has added a different way to log in to its services. This new feature employs the use of “passkeys.”Passkeys represent a safer alternative to passwords and texted confirmation codes. Users will not ever see the passkeys directly. Instead, an online service like Gmail will use them to communicate directly with a trusted device such as your ph...