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A famous American circus has been reimagined and reborn without the use of animals in the show. The family event now centers on humans performing tricks, including walking on a wire and flying through the air on a trapeze high above the ground. Feld Entertainment owns the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus. The company talked to the Associated Press about what people can expect to see a...

Microsoft announced its plan to add artificial intelligence (AI) into its line of office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook last week. The announcement came a day after Google released its own AI tools to be used with Gmail, Google Docs and other products to developers and selected businesses. Called "Copilot", Microsoft’s AI tools will offer writing and input suggestions in t...

A rocket made almost entirely of 3D-printed parts started its first flight late Wednesday but failed to reach orbit. The 33-meter-long rocket, called Terran 1, took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The startup company Relativity Space created 85 percent of the rocket using 3D printing technology. Most parts came from the company’s large printing center in Long Beach, California. 一枚几乎完全由 3D...

What do a student in China, an office worker in the UK and an astronaut in space all have in common? They all eat instant noodles. And they're not alone – over 100 billion servings of instant noodles are consumed globally each year, making them one of the world's most successful industrial foods. But how did this happen? 中国的学生、英国的上班族和太空中的宇航员有什么共同点？他们都吃方便面。他们并...

A federal government report from December found that half of all U.S. students started this school year behind their grade level in at least one subject. Many American education experts say tutoring is the best way to help students make up for learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. But, although many schools have received a lot of federal aid, only a small number of students have be...

Designers are increasingly using different kinds of materials to produce products that do not harm the environment. Reused plastic bottles, wood, plant fiber, and even seaweed are being used in place of traditional materials for household goods and clothing. Nina Edwards Anker’s sconces and chandeliers look like ancient pieces of paper placed around electronic lights known as LEDs. But a closer lo...

Have you ever seen a tree covered in parts with green growth and wondered what it was? Were you concerned that the spreading green life might hurt the tree? Well, no need to worry. Those growths could be lichens, moss or algae, and none of them threaten the tree’s health. They are not parasites. 你有没有见过一棵树的一部分长满绿色植物，想知道它是什么？你担心蔓延的绿色生命会伤害到树吗？好吧，不用担...

The Carter Center said recently that only 13 human cases of Guinea  worm  disease were reported worldwide last year. That is a major drop from 3.5 million cases of infected people in 1986. 卡特中心最近表示，去年全球仅报告了 13 例人类麦地那龙线虫病病例。 与 1986 年的 350 万感染病例相比大幅下降。 These early numbers are expected to be confirmed in the coming months. Still, the Carter Cente...

How much do you spend on looking after yourself each month? We all like to look and feel good, so it's nice to spend money on ourselves sometimes! You might spend your hard-earned cash on visiting the hairdresser, a gym membership or pampering yourself with a massage. 你每个月花多少钱照顾自己？ 我们都喜欢看起来和感觉良好，所以有时花钱在自己身上很好！ 您可能会将辛苦赚来的钱花在理发店、健身房会员资...

Ice baths are a popular subject on American social media pages. Kim Kardashian, Harry Styles, Kristen Bell, Lizzo, and other stars have posted about their cold water experiences. 冰浴是美国社交媒体页面上的热门话题。 Kim Kardashian、Harry Styles、Kristen Bell、Lizzo 和其他明星都发布了他们的冷水体验。 Health claims surrounding ice baths include improved mood, increased energy, weight loss and reduce...

Everything Everywhere All at Once won the best picture Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night in Los Angeles, California. 周日晚上在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶举行的奥斯卡金像奖颁奖典礼上，一切都在同一时间获得了奥斯卡最佳影片奖。 The unusual movie about a Chinese-American immigrant family won seven Oscars, including three acting awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and...

A Japanese company has found a way to turn unwanted rice into plastic goods. 一家日本公司找到了一种将不需要的大米变成塑料制品的方法。 One company is working with farmers in the coastal town of Namie. Nearby is the Fukushima nuclear center, closed since a nuclear disaster there in March 2011. 一家公司正在与沿海城镇浪江市的农民合作。 附近是福岛核中心，该中心自 2011 年 3 月发生核灾难后关闭。 Jinichi...

"My dream destination is definitely Paris. I can't wait to stroll along the Seine River and visit the Eiffel Tower."(我的梦想目的地肯定是巴黎。我迫不及待地想沿着塞纳河漫步，参观埃菲尔铁塔。) "I've always wanted to go to Japan. The culture and food are so fascinating to me."(我一直想去日本。这里的文化和美食对我来说都很迷人。) "I would love to visit New York City one day. It seems like there's alway...

Georgiana Viou is self-taught chef, or cook, from the west African country of Benin. She moved to France in hopes of becoming a  translator . Georgiana Viou 是来自西非国家贝宁的自学成才的厨师。 她移居法国，希望成为一名翻译。 Instead, she opened a restaurant there. 相反，她在那里开了一家餐馆。 On Monday, her restaurant was awarded a star by the Michelin Guide. A restaurant is considered highly...

Gardeners in the Northern Hemisphere are starting to plan their summer gardens. Most are thinking about how their plants and flowers will look in the bright sunshine in the coming summer. But when the summer sun goes down in the evening, and you are sitting outside at home, you may not be able to see many flowers in the yard without artificial lighting. With some planning, you can plant a “moon ga...

No.1, Are you going to any New Year's Eve parties?  你会参加任何除夕夜派对吗？ No.2, I'm so excited about the New Year's Eve countdown!  我对除夕夜的倒数感到非常兴奋！ No.3, Do you have any plans for New Year's Day?  你有新年第一天的计划吗？ No.4, Let's have a toast to the new year!  让我们为新年干杯！ No.5, I love watching the fireworks on New Year's Eve.  我喜欢在除夕夜...

More American businesses are starting to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to come up with new ideas and to deal with customers. Mattel is known for making children’s toys. The company recently used an AI image generator called DALL-E to come up with ideas for new Hot Wheels toy cars. The used vehicle seller CarMax is using ChatGPT to gather thousands of customer comments. The social media se...

Virgin Galactic has completed improvements to its VSS Unity spaceplane. The company plans to restart a passenger flight program this year, the company said Tuesday. Virgin Galactic suspended flights of the Unity and its carrier plane, the VMS Eve, in 2021 to work on the craft. The VSS Unity launches from the surface of the Eve after that plane carries the spacecraft up. Virgin Galactic was founded...

Would you call yourself lazy? If you live in a messy house and are reluctant to lift a finger to help out, maybe you are. But laziness is a subjective thing – sloppiness to one person might be a form of relaxation to another. And if you can be bothered to read on, you'll see that opinion is divided on whether laziness is a bad thing. 你会说自己懒惰吗？如果你住在一个凌乱的房子里，不愿意伸...

Plant lovers often look at lists of plants or seeds for sale in the winter to plan their gardens for the coming year. Those lists usually have two names for each plant: a common name and a botanical, or scientific name. The botanical name is not in English, which makes a lot of people unsure about what it means or how to say it. The language is Latin. Its purpose is to help growers be sure that th...

European space officials have called for establishing a separate time zone on the moon. The European Space Agency (ESA) said the idea was discussed at a recent meeting held at the agency’s Space Research and Technology Centre in the Netherlands. ESA said the effort is part of a larger project to create a complete communication and navigation system for the moon. Space officials say such a system w...

Quaoar is a minor planet orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. It is named after a god of creation in Native American mythology. And it is creating some surprises for  astronomers  as it orbits in the cold outer parts of our solar system. Quaoar 是一颗绕太阳运行的小行星，位于冥王星之外。 它以美洲原住民神话中的创世神命名。 当它在我们太阳系寒冷的外围运行时，它给天文学家带来了一些惊喜。 Researcher...

Scientists have discovered some of the oldest stone tools ever found at a research  site  in Kenya. But the find created a mystery about which group of early humans made and used the tools. 科学家们在肯尼亚的一个研究地点发现了一些最古老的石器。但这一发现创造了一个谜团，即哪一群早期人类制造并使用这些工具。 A study recently  published  in Science suggests early humans u...

An Italian project on the social media service Instagram is aiming to bring attention to women who do not look like usual fashion models. Carlotta Giancane started L’Imperfetta modeling agency in 2020. The name means “imperfect” in the Italian language. And the agency aims to redefine ideas about beauty in Italy. The agency works with models who are unusual for the industry in many ways. The model...

esearchers in Norway say they have found what they believe is the world’s oldest runestone – a stone with ancient writing on it. 挪威的研究人员表示，他们发现了他们认为是世界上最古老的如尼文石——一块刻有古代文字的石头。 Runes are the  characters  in several Germanic alphabets. These characters were used in northern Europe from ancient times until the change to the Latin alphabet. The exact...