Passage 2 Not long ago, 20,000 middle- and high-school students were surveyed (调查). 92 percent of the teenagers admitted having lied to their parents in the previous year, and 73 percent of them call themselves as “serial liars”, people continual
Wise Fees:Wise makes a small fee on the transaction, but as you can see in the screenshot above, they are very up-front about those fees. I was able to dictate exactly how much the recipient would receive while monitoring my fees. Time:Transfer takes 3-5 business days, depending on ho...
M: Sure. Do you remember that play I was in a few years ago? I knew my lines, but I was terrified to have to recite them in front of an audience. As soon as I saw the crowd of people down there, my heart beat so fast that I was unable to say a single word. W: That's...
The rabbit plays an important role in traditional Chinese culture and it has been admired by Chinese people since ancient times. Ancient Chinese believed that there was a rabbit living on the moon. 67 It made medicine there and could bring health to people. So the rabbit, especially the one ...
While there is still a long way to go to actually grow a table, the team was able to grow structures from cells from zinnia leaves. Making furniture and other items from biomaterials could eliminate cutting down trees in forests. “The way we get these materials hasn’t changed in ...
I have 10 credit cards, which means I have 10 different bills to pay each month. Here's how I manage them, and how I choose the best card to use to make the most out of my rewards. The author, Alexandria White, on a recent trip to Arizona that was made more affordable with the...
What one can criticise is that the human race prior to that time and today, has not really grappled with what are, I’ll call it the rules of war. Was there a rule then that said, you shouldn’t bomb, you shouldn’t kill, shouldn’t burn to death 100,000 civilians a night? LeM...
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was predicted to be above-average, and that was borne out; a total of 21 tropical cyclones, 20 of which were named storms and seven of which were hurricanes, formed that year. On May 23, NOAA said the forthcoming season was likely to be record-breaking...
Gold’s focus was the hypothalamus—a primitive structure deep in the brain that hasn’t changed much through evolution. It is thought to be responsible for keeping the body in “homeostasis” by monitoring and balancing important functions like body temperature, blood pressure, our need for food...
Three years ago, a couple was enjoying a meal at a beach restaurant. The restaurant was built on a wooden structure above the sea water. During the meal, the man's wedding ring slipped off his finger. It fell through the wooden floorboards apparently lost forever. ...