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 still believed their sons co...
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 down the...
文士们通过书写来管理伟大的帝国，他们关于记录和检索信息的知识对管理复杂的社会是必不可少的。Scribes administered great empires by writing, their knowledge of recording and retrieving information essenti...
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 she retir...
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 spectators quietly...
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, Malaysia, and at least...