In the darkest moments of the killer storm that ripped across this coastal city on Friday, residents huddled beneath a statue of Jesus' crucifixion on the second floor of the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center, praying for survival. rip across:把…

It's a common scenario: You have an odd pain for weeks or are feeling too tired lately. So you head to a doctor, who may run a test or two. But no clear cause for the symptom shows up. Despite a dizzying array of high-tech medical tests, the reality…

Why are some obese people healthy, apparently protected from the damaging effects of excess fat on the liver and other organs? interfere with:干涉,妨碍,打扰 metabolism:新陈代谢 obese:肥胖的,过胖的 liver:肝脏 Scientists are investigating this question as they look to u…

Going to bed at the same time every night could give your child's brain a boost, a recent study found. Researchers at University College London found that when 3-year-olds have a regular bedtime they perform better on cognitive tests administered at…

Internet giant Google Inc. has scrapped a plan to build its own data center in Hong Kong and will instead expand its facilities in Taiwan and Singapore. “While we see tremendous opportunity and potential in Hong Kong…we will not be moving ahead with…

Daifailluh al-Bugami was just a year old when his parents noticed that his lips turned blue as he slept at night. It was his weight, doctors said, putting pressure on his delicate airways. delicate:精致的,微妙的,易碎的 Now Daifailluh is 3, and at 61 pounds he…

Despite some hype and a few regional exceptions, the construction of office towers and suburban office parks has not made a significant resurgence in the current recovery. After a century in which office space expanded nationally with every uptick in…

Stolen sheets, snoring and hot flashes are just some of the annoyances that lead a quarter of U.S. couples to sleep apart, according to the National Sleep Foundation. But do the benefits of sharing a bed outweigh such costs? One neurologist, Rachel E…

Buying real estate involves weighing a lot of factors: location, price . . . smell? Some condo developers are betting that the best way to a buyer's heart is through the nose. The latest sales tools are signature scents designed to enhance a buyer's…

Entrepreneur and author ShaoLan Hsueh thinks that English-speakers can start learning to read Chinese in less than 10 minutes. The language, she says, has more than 20,000 written characters, which most students in China learn by rote memorization. M…