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Getting Married in Morocco 情定摩洛哥 In Morocco, it used to be the norm for marriages to be arranged by one's parents; however, this is no longer the case. Young Moroccans today merely need the blessing of their parents to marry whom they choos
Is Cloning the Future? 克隆一个你? Saving lives has always been an important mission of science. Now science, and indeed all society, is facing a new dilemma:whether or not to try and save more lives through human cloning. The first cloning ex
Love is All We Need 爱情大补帖 Many songs, poems, and books have been written on loves strong effect on people. The state of being in love has even been compared to being sick or insane. A study by Professor Semir Zeki of University College Lond
Why Can We Hear the Sound of the Ocean in a Shell? 贝壳传来海洋之音? Most children have probably wondered at the noise of roaring ocean waves magically captured inside seashells held up to their ears. According to popular belief, anyone luc
How Self-Acceptance Leads to Happiness Within 天生我材必有用 Finding acceptance is a natural desire of most people. When we are young, it is important to us to be accepted by a group and to be seen as cool by our peers. To do this, we will oft
Can a Full Moon Really Affect Our Behavior? 月光光,心慌慌? You have probably seen it in movies: When the moon is full, a man turns into a hairy, frightening creature and runs around the city, tearing people to pieces. You may laugh at stori
Psychologically defined, concentration is the process of centering one's attention over a period of time. In practical application, however, concentration is not as simple to deal successfully with as the definition may imply. For this reason, it is
Professor Colin Blakemore works at Oxford University Medical School doing research into eye problems and believes that animal research has given humans many benefits: The use of animals has been central to the development of anaesthetics, vaccines an
You may have been exposed to this idea before, but this time try to hear. There is a message that is trying to reach you, and it is important that it get through loud and clear. The message? Time management! Time is elusive and tricky. It is the easi
Can earthquakes be predicted? Scientists are working on programs to predict where and when an earthquake will occur. They hope to develop an early warning system that can be used to forecast earthquakes so that lives can be saved. Earthquakes are the
Now it is hard to visualize a map that does not feature north at the top, but this was not always so. The oldest known map in the accepted sense of the word was drawn about 3,800 BC, and represents the river Euphrates flowing through northern Mesopot
Why Don't Girls Think Like Boys? Do you believe that only boys do well in science? Does it seem to you that girls have better vocabularies than boys? In your opinion, are boys better at building things? If your answer to each of those questions is Ye
One afternoon while she was preparing dinner in her kitchen, Anne Peters, a 32-year-old American housewife, suddenly had severe pains in her chest accompanied by shortness of breath. Frightened by the thought that she was having a heart attack, Anne
Happy Birthday to Hubble 哈勃望远镜十周岁 Saturn, taken on Hubble's eighth birthday in 1998 (哈勃望远镜在98年第八个生日时拍摄的土星照片) Scientists have been paying tribute to the Hubble telescope, 10 years after it wa
New hope in Aids fight 抗争艾滋病的新希望 Drugs should be more affordable (艾滋病药物应更便宜些) Some of the world's biggest pharmaceuticals firms have announced dramatic reductions in the price of Aids drugs in the developing
Market merger wins approval 股票交易所合并提议获通过 Frankfurt's board discussed the merger at a speacial meeting 法兰克福股票交易所监督委员会召开 特别会议讨论合并问题 Plans to merge the stock markets of London a
India rapped over birth bias 印度因婴儿性别偏见遭谴责 India is seeking to get population growth down 印度正在寻求降低人口出生率的办法 The United Nations Population Fund has taken India to task over its ratio of females to
Overseas experts boost fire effort 外国专家赴美救火 Fires rage on despite cooler weekend temperatures 周末气温下降,火势依然凶猛 Seventy specialist firefighters from Australia and New Zealand have arrived in the western United St
Weakness or Strength 没有左手的人 Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story of one girl who decided to study judo[柔道] despite the fact that she had lost her left arm in a car accident. 有的
The Most Beautiful Heart 最美的心 One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered, and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There wa