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新奇事件簿 Jay Z重新开启流媒体品牌
Rapper Jay Z has restarted a music subscription site to provide a new kind of streaming service. Jay Z hasbought and re-launched the service called Tidal, which was initially launched last October. Many of the music industry's major stars have also a
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新奇事件簿 越来越多的英国人自己修理牙齿
People in Britain can now repair their own teeth. They can buy special dental kits in supermarkets to fix fillings (called cavities in the USA) and repair caps and crowns. The kits can cost as little as $7. Many people are buying these kits because t
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新奇事件簿 比利时准许对儿童实施安乐死
Lawmakers in Belgium have passed a bill that will allow euthanasia for terminally ill children. The bill was passed with 86 votes for the motion, 44 against, and 12 abstentions. It becomes the first nation to allow euthanasia for children. Belgium's
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新奇事件簿 英国车内有儿童禁止吸烟
Britain will soon ban smoking in cars with children. Britain's government wants to reduce the harm cigarette smoke does to children. New laws will cut the chances of children passive smoking. This is when someonebreathes in the smoke from a cigarette
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新奇事件簿 顾客抱怨酒店没无线网
A new survey from the Thistle Hotels group reveals that a lack of free wi-fi in hotels is one of the biggest complaints among holidaymakers. Access to free wi-fi is a key requirement for many tourists and travellers when they get away. Many hotel gue
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新奇事件簿 热水烫伤婴儿
Hot cups and mugs are the biggest causes of burns in children. This is according to research from Cardiff University in Wales, U.K. The lead researcher, Professor Alison Mary Kemp, said parents needed to be more aware of the dangers to children of ev
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新奇事件簿 纽约比巴黎更时尚
New York is officially the world's most fashionable city after taking top spot in the 2014 Top Global Fashion Capital contest. It took the title from London, which won the accolade in 2011 and 2012, but finished third this year, behind Paris. Los Ang
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新奇事件簿 联合国呼吁对雅穆克提供帮助
The United Nations has made a plea for humanitarian access to the besieged Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the suburbs of Damascus. The UN is concerned about the plight of around 18,000 Palestinian refugees holed up in the camp. Many of Yarmouk's
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新奇事件簿 历史性的一握
Relations between the USA and Cuba took a step towards becoming more normal on Friday when the leaders of the two countries, Raul Castro and Barack Obama, shook hands. They met briefly at the Summit of the Americas in Panama. This is a meeting for co
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新奇事件簿 老鼠和山羊一边大
Rats that are the size of sheep might be a good horror movie story. However, scientists from the University of Leicester in England say that in the future, there could really be giant rats on the Earth. They could be as big as sheep and weigh up to 8
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新奇事件簿 澳大利亚向大堡礁倾倒淤泥
Australia's government has approved a plan to dump massive amounts of sludge in the Great Barrier Reef. The mud will come from a project to expand a coal port at Abbot Point, on the coast near the reef. The decision to give the go-ahead to the dumpin
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新奇事件簿 2亿5000万儿童不识字
A new report from the United Nations says more than 250 million children of primary school age cannot reador write. It said they could also not do basic mathematics. The report said that 120 million children havespent little or no time in school. The
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新奇事件簿 俾路支省乱葬冈发现100多具尸体
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) says it has found 169 bodies in mass graves in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. The corpses are believed to be members of groups calling for greater autonomy and rights for Balochistan. The AHRC suspects
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新奇事件簿 高跟鞋对膝盖造成损伤
Shoes with high heels are the fashion choice for many women around the world. However, a new study proves that wearing high heels over a long period of time can permanently injure the body. The study is from Stanford University in the USA. A team of
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新奇事件簿 60岁成为中年标志
For the past 100 years, people believed middle age to be around 50 years old. This is when we start to grow 'old'. However, new research says we have to change this. A study from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIAS) in Aust
