艺术与文化
Toni Morrison: 10 quotes you should know
The world is paying tribute to literary great Toni Morrison, who passed away in New York after a short illness earlier this week.
最热内容
How bystanders could play major roles in preventing street crimes
While some cities are experimenting with smart ways to tackle crime, a new study has found a more old-fashioned method is still proving effective in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands an...
公平、多样性和包容性
5 things to know about the exploding world of pro gaming
Tennis stars Serena Williams and Roger Federer will be criss-crossing New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium when the US Open begins later this month, each battling for $3.85 million in prize money.
深度地理
1 in 4 Africans had to pay a bribe to access public services last year
Having to pay a bribe for life-saving medicine and official documents like passports and driver’s licences would for many people seem unthinkable.
健康与医疗系统
Seaweed straws and loose-leaf tea: 6 ways to reduce plastic waste
In the past 65 years, plastic production has substantially outpaced that of any other manufactured material. And while it is incredibly useful and versatile, the financial, as well as env...
工作与未来
This Japanese TV show about work-life balance is a big hit – here's why
If you’re reading this at work and it’s past leaving time – bookmark the page, go home and finish it tomorrow.
自然与生物多样性
In pictures: How America is keeping cool in the heatwave
Sports and music events were cancelled in New York over the weekend as the city baked in a heatwave that was blamed for power outages affecting thousands.
NASA has released new photos of the Apollo 11 moon landing
Half a century ago, while those on Earth were enjoying a lazy Sunday in the summer of '69, some 384,000 km away, two men were climbing down the steps of their spaceship – onto the surface...
金融和货币体系
As Alan Turing makes the £50 note, how do countries design their currencies?
Six years after his posthumous royal pardon for being convicted of homosexual activity in the early 1950s, World War Two code breaker Alan Turing is due to appear on England’s £50 banknote.
自然与生物多样性
未来能源发展的4种情景
全球能源系统面临前所未有的压力。由于人口增加，经济增长，能源需求不断扩大，但世界的能源供给仍然依赖于化石燃料——排放量占全球总量的三分之二。
自然与生物多样性
A biodiversity scientist explains the problem with our neat lawns
You won’t find many neater lawns than those Roger Federer and tennis stars from across the globe will play on over the next fortnight (July 1-14) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croque...
深度地理
A Chinese professor explains what air pollution does to your health
The Huai River is fed by tributaries high in China’s Tongbai Mountains and Dabie Mountains, and meanders 660 miles across Henan and Anhui provinces before it flows into Lake Hongze in Jia...
公民社会
How Mo Salah may have reduced Islamophobia in Liverpool
Besides his second-minute penalty for Liverpool FC against Tottenham Hotspur FC in Madrid on 1 June, Egyptian football striker Mo Salah may have also scored a goal against prejudice, acco...
自然与生物多样性
Pollution could be harming every part of your body. Here’s how
It’s not just the environment that pollution is harming, it’s also our bodies.
自然与生物多样性
通过7种方式打破快时尚的不良习惯，拯救地球
2018年开始流行计算服装产品的“每次着装成本”（CPW）——成本越低意味着新皮夹克或新靴子能为着装者带来的价值就越高。