Fifty years ago parents still asked boys if they wanted to grow up to be president, and asked it not jokingly but seriously. Many parents who were hardly more than paupers s...
Andrew Reynolds, acheerful fellow in his early 30s, pilots Sydneyferryboats for a living. I spent the whole morning shuttling back and forth acrossthe harbor. After our third run Andrew shut...
Ever since her childhood, Ginni, now71, has had a deep love for travel. Throughout her career (职业) as a professional dancer, shetoured in the Uk, but always longed to explore further. When...
Another interesting thing about kabuki is the exchange between the performers and the audience. Whereas most live theater around the world has a strong division between the two—with...
In humans, babies can put a round shape in a round hole from aroundone year of age, but it will be another year before they are able to do thesame with less symmetrical (对称的) shapes. This ability t...
The most powerfulearthquake in the past 40 years caused a tsunami that crashed into coastlinesacross Asia yesterday, killing more than 6,500 people in Indonesia, India,Thailand, Mala...