As Starbucks begins to encourage multi-use cups for on-the-go orders, paper cups may soon go the way of plastic bags and single-use water bottles. Starbucks customers who zip through drive-throughs or pick up mobile orders are used to baristas handi...

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  Apple has banned an app that let people monitor others' activity on Instagram. Like Patrol charged a fee to notify users which posts their friends had "liked" and who they had recently followed. The action comes a month after Inst...

Meghan Marklejoined her most important event yet on her road to becoming a member of Britain's royal family. Markle, 36, today joined her fiance,Prince Harry, and other royal family members in accompanying Queen Elizabeth at a ...

  Japan's Princess Mako has formally announced her engagement to a commoner after receiving the emperor's approval. This announcement kicks off a lengthy marriage process, and it also means the princess will lose her royal status. Under a con...

In the era of modern medicine, there seems to be a pill, elixir or medication to treat virtually all common illnesses, be they real or imaginary. However, the drawbacks to such a dependence on manufactured medicines to maintain health can be observed...

Australian drug maker says they are close to finding one...

1. Why do we say that someone who is fired gets the sack(麻袋)? The ancient Romans didn't believe in mollycoddling(娇纵) convicted felons(重罪犯人). Rehabilitation(复原，昭雪) wasn't their style. Those convicted of parricide(杀近亲或长辈) or ot...