◎張沛元
An Arizona woman who accidentally texted a stranger an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner made good on her offer, greeting the teen visitor with a hug and an oven full of food after their story swept through social media.
◎張沛元
An Arizona woman who accidentally texted a stranger an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner made good on her offer, greeting the teen visitor with a hug and an oven full of food after their story swept through social media.
◎孫宇青
Thanks to fashion designer Junya Watanabe, you can now buy a coat that can charge your smartphone - but it’s going to cost you.
多虧了時尚設計師渡邊淳彌,你現在可以買到一款能幫智慧型手機充電的外套,只是這件外套所費不貲。
◎魏國金
A college in Massachusetts is standing up to President Donald Trump by offering a scholarship to students that come from the seven predominately Muslim countries recently placed on an immigration ban list.
麻州一所學院挺身抗拒總統川普,向來自近期被列入移民禁止名單的7個穆斯林為主國家的學生提供獎學金。
◎陳正健
An astronaut who spent nearly a year in the International Space Station experienced changes to his body which appeared to reverse one of the key ageing processes, according to new research.
最新研究顯示,一名太空人在國際太空站待了將近1年時間,經歷身體的變化,看來像是逆轉一個人老化過程的關鍵。
◎孫宇青
Time to throw out your spin bike or kettle bells, because crawling is set to be the fitness trend of 2017.
該是丟掉你的飛輪或壺鈴的時候了,因為爬行運動將成為2017年的健身趨勢。
◎孫宇青
The site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster is likely to become a bizarre new tourist attraction, as people flock to visit the radioactive exclusion zone.
福島核災區可能成為異乎尋常的觀光景點,因為人們將蜂擁造訪這個輻射隔離區域。
◎周虹汶
A Paris wax museum unveiled a Donald Trump effigy with real human hair on Thursday, having being caught off guard with a half-ready figure of Hillary Clinton when he won the U.S. presidential election in November.
巴黎一家蠟像博物館週四為一尊有著真人毛髮的唐納.川普像揭幕,而在他11月贏得美國總統選舉時,出其不意另有一座希拉蕊.柯林頓塑像半成品。
◎孫宇青
Sometimes nipples are hard, sometimes they are not. Whatever they are, it seems we have absolutely no control over nipples.
◎魏國金
Germany must brace itself for turbulent times under U.S. President Donald Trump, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday, adding that free trade and trans-Atlantic cooperation to fight extremism and terrorism were key for Berlin.
德國務必防備美國總統川普主政下的動盪期,外交部長史坦麥爾週日指出,他並補充,自由貿易以及打擊極端主義與恐怖主義的跨大西洋合作對柏林非常重要。
◎陳正健
Women who spend too much time sitting down speed up the ageing process. Sitting for more than ten hours a day gives women a ’biological age’ up to eight years older than it should be, according to a new study.
花太多時間久坐的婦女會加速老化過程。根據一項新研究,一天久坐超過10小時,將使女性的「生物年齡」較其應有的程度還老8歲之多。
◎蔡子岳
Gorillas, monkeys, lemurs and other primates are in danger of becoming extinct, and scientists say it’s our fault that our closest living relatives are in trouble, a new international study warns.
◎張沛元
A few blocks from the White House, employees at the St. Regis hotel had spent weeks preparing for election night.
◎孫宇青
A bone may hold little interest to us humans as all the meat has gone, but there’s no denying dogs just love chewing on them.
◎魏國金
Wearing his Sunday best and arriving in a pram, Chispi was one of dozens of dogs blessed by a priest in Madrid on Sunday to celebrate the patron saint of pets.
穿上牠最好的衣服,坐在娃娃推車到場,「奇斯皮」是週日在馬德里為頌讚寵物守護神,而受到神父祝福的數十隻狗狗之一。
◎陳正健
Children should drink full-fat milk until the age of at least six, a study suggests – as they are likely to grow up slimmer and have higher levels of vitamin D.
◎茅毅
South Korean households’ private education spending is growing much faster than their disposable income, statistics showed Thursday, posing a key challenge to the country’s efforts to revive the economy through domestic consumption.
週四發布的統計資料顯示,南韓家庭的私人教育支出增幅,遠比其可支配所得的增幅更快,這對致力藉國內消費復甦經濟的南韓造成一大挑戰。
◎張沛元
At 91 years old and ill, Morrie Boogaart is still keeping busy. He’s been knitting hats for the homeless for more than 15 years.
91歲又生病的莫瑞.布加特依然忙碌。他為遊民織毛線帽已超過15年。
◎孫宇青
Madrid authority has ordered half of most private cars off the roads to tackle worsening air pollution, a first in Spain.
馬德里當局下令,為處理持續惡化的空氣污染問題,半數私人車輛不得上路,創西班牙首例。
◎ 周虹汶
"My tax return was on my yacht ... which caught fire" - just one of the dozens of unusual excuses the British government’s tax collector said it receives each year from customers who fail to complete their returns on time.
◎陳正健
Chickens don’t have a reputation for being the brightest group in the animal kingdom, but a new study has found we may have dramatically underestimated their brainpower. In fact, they have distinct personalities, and even exhibit Machiavellian tendencies.
在動物王國裡,雞並沒有最聰明群體的美名,但一項新研究發現,我們可能大幅低估牠們的腦力。事實上,牠們擁有獨特的個性,甚至呈現權謀傾向。