Red means "stop," green means "go," and yellow means "hurry up and make that damn light." Why those colors, though? Why not blue, purple, and brown? I have to admit that aside from a hunch that it had to do with wavelengths,

Watching a 3D movie can more than double the concentration powers and cognitive processing of children, new research claims. 一项新研究声称，观看一部3D电影可以让儿童的注意力和认知处理速度提升一倍多。 A study by visual technology firm Real

You're sleeping too much  Is there such a thing as too much sleep? It seems so.  According to sleep experts at Sweden's Katolinska Insitute having an irregular sleep schedule confuses our natural cycle.  Sleeping in really late, takin

The Dutch government intends to draft a law that would legalise assisted suicide for people who feel they have "completed life" but are not necessarily terminally ill. 荷兰政府计划起草一项法案，让那些感到“人生完整”但不一定处在绝症晚期的

More than 1,300 elderly people go missing in China every day -- 500,000 per year, a new report claims.  一份最新报告显示：我国每年走失老人约50万人，平均每天就有超过1300名老人走失。 Senior citizens aged 65 or over account for up to 80% of

A Portuguese commuter rail operator has launched a campaign urging its passengers to eat breakfast to try to reduce train delays caused by passengers fainting during the morning rush hour. 一家葡萄牙通勤铁路运营商日前发起一个宣传活动，敦促

Looks aren't everything. At least, that's what one Japanese dating service is trying to prove - by requiring participants in speed dating sessions to wear white surgical masks. 颜值非一切。至少，一家日本婚恋服务公司正力图通过要求参与速配活

Young Americans are so dissatisfied with their choices in this presidential election that nearly one in four told an opinion poll they would rather have a giant meteor destroy the Earth than see Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in the White

A fresh push for independence has emerged in Scotland after a majority of voters across the United Kingdom approved a British exit, or Brexit, from the European Union, while Scottish voters opposed the departure.  在英国多数人投票同意脱欧

China's ZTO Express, a package delivery company, has submitted a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US to be listed on the NYSE with a planned IPO of over 1.5 billion USD (around 10 billion yuan), thepaper.cn reported o

Egypt's new capital city moved a step closer to reality with the announcement that Chinese developers will largely fund the megaproject.  中国开发商宣布了对埃及新首都大型工程的巨额投资后，这座新首都向成为现实又迈进了一步。 The China Fort