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17 surprising facts about snow

By Dale Shaw Here’s a blizzard of brrillliant snow-driven facts… Whether you love frolicking in the white stuff at the first sign of a snowflake or prefer bundling up and hibernating until the spring thaw, or even if you’ve only ever dreamed of touching a snowball,...

The animal mothers who kill for power

By Chris Baraniuk Female infanticide is found in nearly a third of mammal species. What is going on?   “Usually you start a lecture with a joke,” says anthropologist and primatologist Sarah Hrdy, “But there are no infanticide jokes. It’s just a no-no.” Thú mẹ ra tay...

German dorms are so pricey, students are building their own

Students in many of the country’s university towns can’t afford the rents – so one enterprising group has proposed a constructive solution. Sinh viên ở nhiều thị trấn đại học của Đức không có tiền thuê nhà- vì vậy một nhóm dám nghĩ dám làm đã đề xuất một giải...
South Africa’s flammable floral kingdom

South Africa’s flammable floral kingdom

y Robin Cherry & Thomas Lewton  5 March 2019 This scorched shrubland has three times as many plant species as the Amazon rainforest, and needs to burn to survive. Vương quốc hoa phải bùng cháy để tái sinh ở Nam Phi Vùng đất của những bụi câp lúp xúp với cái nắng...
Four ways in which Leonardo da Vinci was ahead of his time

Four ways in which Leonardo da Vinci was ahead of his time

(Xem bài dịch tiếng Việt) Leonardo da Vinci is generally recognised as one of the great figures of the Renaissance and one of the greatest ever polymaths (học giả đa năng, nhà thông thái). As the world marks the 500th anniversary of his death, it’s important to look...

Should we drink milk to strengthen bones?

For generations, we’ve been told milk helps build strong bones. But does science back this up? By Claudia Hammond 9 April 2019   How many of us were told as children to drink our milk because it would give us strong bones? The idea does make some sense. Milk contains...

A paradise in a buffer zone

Nikolia Apostolou BBc Travel 23 tháng 4 2019 Outside the last physically divided city on Earth, a small, olive oil-producing farm surrounded by barbed wire thrives in a UN-controlled buffer zone. Thủ đô Nicosia, thành phố cuối cùng bị chia đôi trên thế giới với vùng...

How to learn a language in an hour a day

By Peter Rubinstein and Bryan Lufkin 19 February 2019 Being bilingual has vast benefits – but getting there needn’t be a lifelong slog (làm lụng vất vả).   Learning a new language is an inherently scary idea. Thousands of unfamiliar words, an entirely different...