These aerial photos show locations in Japan before and after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck on Friday, March 11. ...
Fly little bird! Fly! iPhone game "Tiny Wings" has soared to the No. 1 spot in Apple's App Store. No word on how angry that makes those other birds. It's all about the birds these days. Witness, for example, "Angry Bird's&quo...
NEW YORK — Coca-Cola Co said on Tuesday that its flagship(旗帜) cola recipe is still secret after nearly 125 years, denying a story by a public radio show that it has uncovered the formula(配方). "This American Life," a week...
‘She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,’ cried the young student, ‘but in all my garden there is no red rose.’ From her nest in the holm-oak(圣栎) tree the nightingale(夜莺) heard him, and she looked o...
Watch this amazing video of conjoined twins(连体婴儿), Kendra and Maliyah Herrin, enjoying life separated. ...
The servant could now easily prove his innocence(清白，无罪); and the king, to make amends for(赔偿) the wrong, allowed him to ask a favour, and promised him the best place in the court that he could wish for. The servant refused everything, ...
A long time ago there lived a king who was famed for(因……文明) his wisdom through all the land. Nothing was hidden from him, and it seemed as if news of the most secret things was brought to him through the air. But he had a strang...
Archaeologists in Israel uncover teeth that date back about 400,000 years that could alter the theory of man's origin in Africa. ...
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In the nick of time Pilot Capt. Brian Bews parachutes(用降落伞降落) to safety after ejecting from(从某处喷出) his CF-18 fighter jet moments before it plummeted(骤然跌落) to the ground during a practice flight for a weekend air show at the Le...
Astrophysicist(天体物理学家) Neil deGrasse Tyson walks you through the stunning beauty of the first lunar eclipse to land on the winter solstice(冬至) since 1638. ...
You Tube Star Kevin Nalts is at it again! This time he's featuring adorable pets Rusty the pug and Triscuit the kitten in a bunch of hilarious Halloween costumes! ...
A Roman statue stands on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the southern city of Ashkelon on Dec. 14. The statue, which had been buried for centuries, was unearthed by the winter gales(大风) that have raked(耙平) Israel's coast. The marble ...
Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a debilitating(使人虚弱的) disease involving her nervous system(神经系统). She was unable to walk and her movement was restricted(受限制的) in other ways as well. The doctors did not hold out much hope...
Barack Obama and (right) his lookalike Ilham Anas. What's it like to be the spitting image of the most photographed face in the world? When I catch up with Ilham Anas – AKA the president of the United States – he can't talk for l...
Aids activists(活动家) roll a casket(<美>棺材) in front of the White House, Dec. 1, in Washington, DC. The activists were calling for the Obama administration to do more to fight the disease on World AIDS Day. People celebrate Wor...
A Thanksgiving Day editorial(社论，时评) in the newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods(贫...
Many Americans are familiar with The Little Prince, a wonderful book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. This is a whimsical(异想天开的) and fabulous(寓言般的) book and works as a children’s story as well as a thought-provoking(发人深省的) adult fa...
Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kin...
Almost all the English names of the solar system come from the names of gods in either Greek or Roman mythology(神话). Mercury(水星) is named after the Roman god of travel, because it appears to move so quickly across the sky. Venus(金星)...