Imagine seeing the world through an infant's eyes. How do they navigate(导航) their new surroundings? Researchers at New York University led by Karen Adolph may have discovered a way to find out. Our project is about natural vision and ...
Guessing Game Once I'd finished reviewing(检查) my daughter's homework, I gave her an impromptu(即兴的) quiz. \\\\\\\\"What is a group of whales called?\\\\\\\\" I asked. \\\\\\\\"I'll give you a hint—it sounds like something you use to listen...
Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates how the iPad can be used to view and purchase books. Apple on Wednesday unveiled(揭开...的面纱) its highly anticipated(被期待的) iPad tablet(平板) reader....
The article reports that a new ocean in Africa could be carved by the largest tear in the crust of the Earth(地壳). According to geologists, the 60 kilometers rift sparked by an earthquake in September 2005 may eventually reach the Red Sea, isolating...
Mariah Carey is not without flaws, as evidenced by the title of her new album(专辑) “Confessions of an Imperfect Angel,” but her behavior on her current publicity tour is calling into question the veracity(真实性) of the angelic c...
Flint, Mich., and Lincoln, Neb., have something in common: They are the two cities in the U.S. with the greatest difference between how many of their employers expect to add workers in the next quarter and how many expect to let them go. But ...
Lindsay Lohan(琳赛·罗翰) is coming to terms with life in the public eye, and in particular, life under the glare of paparazzi(狗仔队) lenses. “I know that I’m a target and I know that I’ve given people a lot of reas...
updated 6:38 p.m. ET Aug. 12, 2009 NEW YORK - After a lot of heartbreak, the nation's automakers aren't looking to commit. They're taking small, tentative(试探性的，试验性的) steps to raise production to meet the revived demand for new car...
New Stamps Salute(向...致敬) 1950's TV Show. ...
Soon after 4,000 U.S. marines flooded into Afghanistan's Helmand River Valley on July 2, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar called top Taliban regional commanders together for an urgent briefing. The meeting took place in southwestern Pakistan—...
China is calling for a global currency to replace the dominant dollar, showing a growing assertiveness(刚毅自信) on revamping(修补) the world economy ahead of next week's London summit on the financial crisis. The surprise proposal by Beijing's cen...
Livescience Staff livescience.com – Wed Dec 31, 2:54 pm ET Whatever you resolve to do differently in 2009, vow also to develop a strategy to make it happen. Otherwise, expect failure. So says John O'Neill, director of Addiction Services...
Dec. 25, 2008 NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Times Co is trying to sell its stake in the holding company of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the discussions. The s...
By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer David Crary, Ap National Writer Dec. 22, 2008 NEW YORK – The epic (超凡脱俗，不同一般的，尤其在范围或规模方面)election that made Barack Obama the first African-American president was the...
I overheard (不小心听到)my husband telling our son about a fishing game he downloaded off the Internet: \\\\\\\\"I played it for only a few minutes and caught two! \\\\\\\\"But you should have seen the one that got away,\\\\\\\\" he continued enthusiasticall...
By MARY VAN HEUKELOM Special to the Register November 23, 2008 When I set out to experience China for six days earlier this year, I hoped to get a flavor of local culture, explore off the beaten path and absorb...
Plain Talk by President Bush's Barack Obama at the White House this week raises this simple but important question: Why wait until late January to turn th...