A new study shows women need 60 minutes of moderate exercise a day to prevent weight gain as they age if they consume a normal diet. 一项新的研究显示，随着女性年龄的增长，在正常饮食的情况下，她们需要每天进行60分钟...
China's one-child policy combined with the preference for sons has skewed the population toward males. New research showing a strong correlation between that sex imbalance and savings rates offers some unexpected insights for financial services firms...
Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air for their children， but experts now have identified a related threat to childrens health that isnt as easy to get rid of： third－hand smoke。 吸烟的父母常常会开窗或...
US actress Billie Burke is reported to have said that age is something that does not matter unless you are a cheese．美国女演员比利伯克曾经说过：年龄对于名人来讲至关重要，对于其他人而言倒是无所谓。 However，...
Low－salt，low－protein diet can prevent kidney stonesA diet low in salt and meat can dramatically reduce the risk of kidney stones，according to an Italian study that could spell the end for the low－calcium diet that doctors have been recommen...
Aphrodite（Venus）Aphrodite was the goddess of extreme beauty．Her birthwas a mysterious one．On one of those days when the Olympians had begun to enjoy power in the universe，the floating bubbles of the sea glowed with holy brightness．Out of...
ActaeonWhen she was tired with hunting Artemis used to take a bath in a little mountain spring．One hot summer afternoon she was playing in the cool，quiet water with her maidens when she heard a rustle behind the bushes ．She felt quite angry to...
AcrisiusAcrisius，king of Argos，was Hypermnestra' s grandson．He had one beautiful daughter， Danae by name． So much did he love her that he decided not to remarry after the death of his wife． But one day an oraclefrom Delphi prophesied that...
Arethusa was once a fairy maiden huntress．She carried bow and arrows for Artemis in her hunting．She was so devoted to her work that she cared for neither admiration nor love．One sunny summer day，she felt hot and found a cool stream quite attr...
AresSon of Zeus and Hera，Ares was appointed god of war．He was terrible and majestic ，and his march shook the world．Of all the major gods at Olympus，he was the most hateful，loving struggle and war and ever thirsty for blood ．On the other...
Ajax was a man of giant stature，daring but slow．When the Trojan War was about to break out he led his forces from Salamis to join the Greek army at Aulis．As one of the trustiest champions of the Greek cause，he was given the job of guarding on...
OrionOrion was a giant hunter．He was the beautiful son of Poseidon．One day，when hunting in the forest，he caughtsight of Artemis' fair maidens，the sevenPleiades ．Hewas so attracted by their beauty that he started chasing them．Indespair t...
As was the common practice with the gods of Olympus，Zeus and Hermes were visiting the world in disguise．One day they came to a village．At a thousand house sthey knocked，and a thousand times they were refused rest and food and drink．At last...
Scientists have determined it's not advisable to hurry marriage. Get the scoop on the best age to be wed. 科学家们建议，结婚也不可以操之过急。现在，让我们对应该何时结婚来探个究竟吧。 We doubt you were shocked whe...
Inside the Russian Embassy in London a KGB colonel puffed a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time． There was no need for the writer to express regret， he though． Correcting this problem would be easy． He would do that i...
