◎劉宜庭
The plants have a long and unexpected line of evolution. Earth plants were formed 450 million years ago. The first flowers appeared in the Cretaceous period. During this time, the plants developed some striking features, and, as the last study carried out by the University of Birmingham shows, the "brain" could also be one of them.
◎張沛元
An 8-year-old Ohio boy wanted a cheeseburger so badly, he got behind the wheel of his dad’s van and took matters into his own hands, police said.
警方表示，（美國）俄亥俄州一名8歲男童非常想吃起司漢堡，甚至不惜開著他父親的休旅車，親自處理這個問題。
For years, the nurse Katy VanNostrand, from Colorado, US, found herself suddenly going into anaphylactic shock. But, doctors struggled to find the trigger.
數年來，美國科羅拉多州一名護士凱蒂．范諾斯川德，發現自己會突然過敏性休克。然而，醫生始終找不出病因。
One time, when Katy was running on the treadmill, within 10 minutes her face started swelling and she was rushed to A&E.
◎魏國金
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is working on a high-tech airship in Silicon Valley — a behemoth that will be the largest aircraft in the world, according to a report.
報導指出，Google共同創辦人布林正在矽谷進行一項高科技飛船的建造計畫 —一個將成為全球最大飛行器的龐然大物。
◎陳正健
Women who have regular sex live longer, a study suggests. Scientists have uncovered the first biological evidence that frequent bedroom activity boosts lifespan by protecting our DNA.
◎ 劉宜庭
Russia has begun testing samples from the outside of the International Space Station, believing that they may contain traces of extraterrestrial life. Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said it believed that comet dust on the surface of the ISS could include alien microorganisms.
Video of a goose running up to hug its owner is taking the internet by storm – on the KATV Facebook page alone, the video has more than 18 million views. The gander’s owner says they made the video to attract the male goose a mate.
一隻鵝跑向並擁抱主人的影片在網際網路上大爆紅—光是在KATV電視台的臉書專頁，該影片點閱率就超過1800萬人次。這隻鵝的主人說，他們拍片的目的是想幫這隻公鵝找個伴。
The animals at Cyndie Adams farm in Dennard aren’t simply barnyard animals, they aren’t pets either – rather the flock is more like family. All the animals have a special bond with their owner, and all the animals are rescues.
◎孫宇青
A 20-year-old goldfish, Bob, had been struggling to swim in his tank for a number of weeks after developing the lump on its fin, so the family took him to their local veterinarian and paid £200 to remove the lump. The operation lasted 30 minutes and it was so successful.
一隻20歲的金魚「巴布」，因為魚鰭上長了腫瘤，好幾週來幾乎無法在魚缸裡游動，飼養牠的家庭因而帶牠去給當地的獸醫診治，並花費200英鎊（約8000台幣）切除腫瘤。這場手術進行了30分鐘，而且相當成功。
Ever since US President Donald Trump declared that he would withdraw the US from the landmark Paris climate change agreement, much has been made of the fact only two other countries have not signed up.
自從美國總統川普宣布，他將讓美國退出劃時代的巴黎氣候變遷協定以來，只有其他兩個國家沒有簽署加入該協定，成為眾所周知的事。
They are Syria, and the Central American nation of Nicaragua - but the US is very different from either. Syria has been embroiled in a civil war for six years, leaving 300,000 dead, so it is perhaps understandable that it did not participate in talks.
◎陳正健
Beauty sleep is a real thing. People who miss out on sleep do appear less attractive to others. They are rated by strangers as less healthy and approachable when they have tired faces.
◎劉宜庭
The battle against climate change is increasingly moving into the courtroom, a study released May 23 found. Individuals and groups around the world are suing their federal governments （but especially the United States） to take action on climate change.
◎張沛元
Princess Mako, the oldest of Emperor Akihito’s four grandchildren, left for a one-week visit to the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on May 31.
（日本）明仁天皇的4名孫兒中的老大真子公主，5月31日前往喜馬拉雅山的不丹王國進行一週訪問。
Two Florida librarians have been suspended for allegedly creating bogus borrowers, in order to outwit automated book-culling software designed to ditch titles that are not being read.
兩名佛羅里達州圖書館員被懷疑捏造借書人，以騙過自動淘汰未被借閱書籍的軟體。
An investigation was sparked after an anonymous complaint was filed to Lake County municipal staff. The investigation revealed several fake identities with false addresses and drivers’ license numbers.
Edmund Hall knows that alcohol "isn’t the answer" to trauma, but after the deadly Manchester bombing he felt the least he could do was buy emergency service workers a drink.
艾德蒙．霍爾了解，對於創傷，酒精「不是解決辦法」，但在致命的曼徹斯特爆炸案後，他感覺至少他可以請緊急救援人員喝一杯。
The London consultant and lifeboat volunteer set up a crowdfunding page to raise 1,000 pounds to foot bar bills, "because people working shifts after a bombing shouldn’t buy their own drinks". "It seems a simple and easy way to say thank you," he wrote on the Just Giving page, putting down 100 pounds himself and encouraging others to give what they could afford.
U.S. coffee chain Starbucks is pulling out all the stops to blend in with its first cafe in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, giving it a local tea culture theme and matching decor.
美國連鎖咖啡店星巴克正竭盡所能讓京都府宇治市的首家分店融入當地，賦予該分店宇治茶文化主題與相配合的裝潢。
The coffee shop will be opened by the front gate of Byodoin temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on March 31, Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. said on Feb. 7.
Tim Gurner, a luxury property developer in Melbourne, is facing heat for comments he made on 60 Minutes in Australia, implying that young people can’t afford to buy property because they’re wasting money on overpriced toast and coffee.
澳洲墨爾本一位房地產開發商葛納，因為在澳洲電視節目《60分鐘》上的發言，飽受外界壓力。他暗指，年輕人買不起房產，是因為把錢花在高價的吐司和咖啡上。
"When I was trying to buy my first home, I wasn’t buying smashed avocado for $19 and four coffees at $4 each," he said.
A small Canadian town hopes to become a tourist attraction thanks to the internet fame of a homeowner’s giant rhododendron. The 7.6m by 9.1m bush in Ladysmith, British Columbia, is now in peak bloom. The 115-year-old botanical wonder - known as Lady Cynthia - will carry about 4,000 spring blossoms over the next couple of weeks. The rhododendron is often confused for a tree but is actually a shrub.
一個加拿大小鎮希望拜一位屋主的巨大杜鵑花在網路爆紅之賜，成為觀光勝地。這株位於卑詩省雷狄史密斯鎮、7.6公尺×9.1公尺大小的花叢正值盛開期。這棵115年的植物奇觀—以「辛西亞夫人」之名廣為人知—在未來幾週將綻放4000多朵花。杜鵑花常被搞混為喬木，但其實是灌木。
A 10-year-old Houston girl had a brush with death after swallowing a piece of the latest must-have toy — a fidget spinner. Britton Joniec underwent emergency surgery on Monday.
一名10歲的休士頓女孩在吞下最新必買玩具─一個指尖陀螺後，與死神擦身而過。布里頓．潔妮克週一進行緊急手術。
Men are often thought to be the more aggressive partner, but a new study suggests this is not the case. Women are more likely than men to be aggressive and controlling towards their partner, according to the study.
◎張沛元
Lola is barely old enough to write the letters N-A-A-C-P yet bears a striking resemblance to its founder and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells.
