Exercise is one of the few factors with a positive role in the long-term maintenance of body weight. Unfortunately, that message has not gotten through to the average American, who would rather try switching to “light” beer and low-calorie bread than increase physical exertion. The Centers for Disease Control, for example, found that fewer than […]
Những điều cần biết về kỳ thi ielts ở Việt Nam IELTS là gì? IELTS ( international English language testing system ) là kỳ thi kiễm tra anh ngữ quốc tế. Kỳ thi gồm 4 kỹ năng Nghe, Nói , Đọc, Viết trong đó phần Nghe gồm 4 Sections, 40 câu hỏi nghe trong khoảng 30 phút […]
In 1587, a group of 115 English settlers – men, women and children – sailed from Britain to set up the first English colony in the New World, on Roanoke Island off what is now North Carolina. Two years later, a second expedition set off from England to join them. However, when they arrived, they […]
Consecrated in 537 AD, Hagia Sophia – which means Holy Wisdom – was the largest building in the world, fireproof, with four immense pillars held together with molten lead which supported four arches and lesser domes, creating a space so overwhelming it seems to defy the laws of gravity. Indeed, people were scared to enter […]
One of the chief faults in the ordinary method of giving “moral” instruction is in the time of day chosen for it. The parent sees that when the child is absorbed in work or play, the instruction passes over his head; he pays no attention. But at night, when he cuddles up on his mother’s […]
The doctor-patient relationship is of the greatest importance to the effective use of health services. Studies conducted in England and the United States show that many people resort to self-treatment, and that this is due to a barrier between the doctor and themselves, which makes them too diffident to consult the doctor. At the other […]
Never has a scientist, with one book, caused such a stir in the world as Darwin did with The Origin of Species. His ideas, the fruit of many years of patient thought and study, were attacked by learned and ignorant alike. He was called a madman, a deceiver, and an anti-Christian. Long and bitter quarrels arose, […]
The long reign of Queen Victoria was a time of almost uninterrupted peace and great progress. The rapid growth of industry made Britain the world’s leading industrial nation – “the workshop of the world”, as it was called – and the British Empire reached the height of its power when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress […]
The human eye is nature’s most intricate and delicate organ, and the high degree of development of human society probably rests upon the development of this organ. When nature first developed this intricate and adaptable organism, human eyes were used primarily for outdoor work and living. With the stress of indoor life and artificial lighting, […]
The art world is flooded with forgeries, it has been estimated that only about half of the 600 works supposedly painted by Rembrandt are genuine. No great artist, past or present, has been safe from having his or her work copied by a counterfeiter, and some of the fakes have been so deceptive that only […]