Measures to combat air pollution are biting hard in industrial areas already hit by aneconomic slowdown) A desolate scene surrounds Little Zhang's Tyre Repair in the dusty rock-miningtownship of Shijing, in the northern province of Hebei.
The Bonobos^1 shop on lower Fifth Avenue,in Manhattan,sits in a row of familiar fashion brands,including J.Crew,Zara and Gap.As at those stores,shoppers at Bonobos can survey racks of clothes^2,try on this shirt and those trousers,then decide which items to purchase.Unlike on those stores,shoppers at Bonobos may not buy any clothes to take home.
IN 1973 a paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research1asked,"Is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Disintegrating2?"Scientists have been fretting about3the possibility ever since.Two papers published this week suggest the answer may be yes.The studies examine six glaciers which,were they to melt entirely,would raise the
Barbie^2 has come a long way since Mattel,a big American toy firm,launched the plastic doll in 1959.If children wanted to give the original version a voice,they had to provide it themselves.The latest Barbie,unveiled at the New York Toy Fair in February,can do better.A built-in chip^3 lets the doll listen as children address her.A
It's common to see students in classtheir professors seem to be talking to theat universities focusing on their smartphones while. Smartphones and social media have changedpeople's lifestyles, but not all are good
<正>Japan’s first 'naked restaurant' opens in Tokyo next month with draconian rules of entry—podgy prospective diners will be weighed and ejected if found to be too fat.1Following the lead of establishments in London and Melbourne,'The Amrita'~2—Sanskrit for
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World Meteorological Day on March 23rd 1 with a cold front that swept across a large part of China and caused many people to 2 about what to wear before leaving their homes for work.