It』s coal and flu season in China. The heaviest air pollution in Chinese cities tends to appear when the temperature falls. That makes it an apt time to cozy up with 「The People』s Republic of Chemicals」 by William J. Kelly and Chip Jacobs, a breezy new book that explores China [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]
FAILURESare nothing but stepping stones to success. And no one has proved this saying better than these amazinglyINSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE.1. Mahatma GandhiGettyHis is perhaps the most inspirational tale. Originally a barrister in India by profession, he was not a strong lawyer as he was unab [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]
"皮蛋(pídàn),」 which is known as「preserved egg,」 「century egg,」 「hundred-year egg,」 「thousand-year-old egg」 and 「millennium egg」 in English,is a kind of special delicacy for the Chinese, but many foreigners think it tastes awful! Let』s see how some foreigners respond to the [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 紫玉的博文列表 ]
A Physicist Is Building a Time Machine to Reconnect With His Dead Father March 27, 2015 American theoretical physicist Dr. Ronald Mallett pours dry [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]
You can』t put your finger on exactly when it happens, but at some point in your relationship, you start doing weird things. Weird, quirky-couple things. Like when you taste something gross and say, 「Ew, this is nasty, taste it.」 And then your SO does it, because #solidarity (and probabl [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]
There』s a new dating technique Millennials have picked up on. It』s called the 「let』s end this before it gets started」 method, and it』s really catching on. Most likely generated from a dating culture bathed in social media and Tinder, it』s become as popular and widely used as [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]
A visual history of human sensemaking, from cave paintings to the world wide web. Since the dawn of recorded history, we』ve been using visual depictions to map the Earth, order the heavens, make sense of time, dissect the human body, organize the natural world, perform music, and [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]
Colleagues, The death of the founding father of Singapore, and its prime minister for its first three decades, is an occasion for reflection. Not only did Lee Kuan Yew raise a poor, notoriously corrupt port from the bottom rungs of the third world to a modern first world nation in [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]
When Fatigue Boosts CreativityMost of the time, we do better on tasks when we're most awake. But some problems require a mind that's just a bit tired—or otherwise impaired. /FlickrMost people know, instinctively, whether they are morning people or evening people. Some are hit with a wav [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]
Science More: The Economist Women Science Body Image Why women's bodies have more curves than men'sRead more: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-womens-bodies-have-more-curves-than-mens-2015-3#ixzz3UqxR4dFo Flickr/Mark Anderson IFRAME id=pmad-inline-frame height=250 marginHeight [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]
How Chinese and Americans Understand CultureThe two countries seem to have very different perspectives when it comes to their culture.264CommentsOne night in Kunming, China last December I was out to dinner with a former professor, a middle-aged Chinese woman. She had just returned from a trip [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]
FORT BENNING, Ga. – It』s been about eight years since the U.S. Army first deployed its smart-soldier technology to war. Now soldiers are finally viewing this digital, situational-awareness gear as a trusted piece of soldier kit. The Army』s Experimentation Force, made up of so [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]
Army Researchers Testing Strength to Better Match Soldiers to JobsFemale soldiers train for the Cultural Support Assessment and Selection program in 2013. Staff Sgt.. Russell Lee Klika/ArmyColorado Springs Gazette|Mar 09, 2015|by Tom RoederWeights, medicine balls and other co [ ...閱讀全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]