Koch's Favorite Fitness Apps
People spent money on gym memberships. But according to fitness and tech reporter Peter Koch, 67 percent of them never went. It may be wise then to try a fitness app, many of which are more cost— effective than going to a health club.
Aaptiv
Aaptiv allows users to choose from a variety of different workouts ，including stretching classes, yoga classes，boxing and weightlifting, according to Koch. It also provides guided audio (音频) workouts, so there's no reason to look at a phone screen, he says.
Nike + Run Club
Nike + Run Club doesn't just track and log your runs with a GPS, Koch says, it also provides audio— guided runs. "I'm a runner myself since high school, and the one thing I see among inexperienced runners is that they tend to go out and run roughly the same distance at roughly the same pace every time," Koch says. "It's easy to understand why their fitness might plateau or they might lose interest over time."
Fitbod
"What's really interesting about Fitbod is that it uses AI, or artificial intelligence," explains Koch. "Every time you hit the weights," he says, "it's not only guiding you step by step through each exercise— including the weight, number of sets and reps— but it also takes your performance from that day and uses it to adjust your plan going forward for upcoming sessions."
Keelo
Keelo is considered a smart program, meaning the app adjusts according to users' progress. The app centers on high— intensity interval training, looks at users' exercise history and adjust each workout accordingly, says Koch. "That's a huge aspect of these newer training apps," he says. "They use this artificial intelligence."
Tash was waiting in line at the supermarket when she noticed the young mum in front of her struggling to pay her bill. Tash knew it was only a matter of time before the woman's young child became fussy (难缠的), and she felt for the mum, who appeared upset and embarrassed.
Having been in a similar position in the past, Tash didn't hesitate to jump in and pay for her shopping. Her reasoning was simple: "Pay it forward." "It was just really nice to help her out," Tash says. "It was only $ 50 or something like that, it wasn't a huge amount. But afterwards, the woman gave me a hug and had tears in her eyes... and I got a bit emotional as well."
"In today's day and age, with what we're all going through, just to get that feeling of, 'Oh wow, there is good out there'... it's nice to hear there is a bit of humanity," Tash says.
People start to help others by doing things for other people. But you don't have to break the bank, or even open your wallet, to give paying it forward a go. Psychologist Dr Lishman says offering compliments or praise to strangers, or hand-making items or food for those in need, can serve the same purpose. Alternatively, donating clothes or books to a charity or mentoring (指导) a student can also be considered ways to get involved. All you need is to set out with the intention of helping someone you don't know, without any expectation of reward, acknowledgement or payback.
That can lead to an increased sense of connection and a rise in feel— good hormones, which floods us with positive emotions. Knowing that our good deeds can make a "massive difference" to someone else's mental health and mood can also boost our own wellbeing.
Topher White spends a lot of time walking in the forest and thinking about how quickly we're losing it. He is making an effort to stop global deforestation (滥伐). Founder of the San Francisco— based Nonprofit Rainforest Connection, White has developed a simple but ingenious' strategy: using old cell phones to listen for the sound of destruction.
Forests are disappearing worldwide and fast, which not only harms wildlife, including many species that live nowhere else, but also contributes to climate change. "I didn't know any of this stuff when I started," says White, who began his journey in 2011, when he traveled to Indonesian Borneo to help decreasing gibbons (长臂猿).
Between 50 and 90 percent of the logging (采伐) that happens in the world's rain forests is illegal, according to White, yet detecting that activity can be tough. So he has developed a system in which he uses a cell phone staying charged by solar cells and an extra microphone. From there, the device can detect the sounds of chainsaws (电锯) nearly a mile away.
Because it's unfeasible to have people listening to the devices all the time, he added some "old-school data analysis," so that the cell phone's computers can distinguish a chainsaw's sound from others in the forest. This way, his device can automatically detect logging activity and send a text alert to authorities who can determine if it's illegal and then stop it.
So far, his monitoring system has been used in Cameroon, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil and will soon be deployed in Bolivia. It's not just about listening for logging. Also, it can pick out the sounds of specific birds, which is why White sees the forest recordings as a potential science tool. He is urging biologists and ecologists to use his monitoring system anywhere, whether it's a remote .forest or a park in London. "The more we learn about these places," he says, "the easier it will be to protect them."
"Best space tacos (玉米卷饼) yet," American astronaut Megan McArthur wrote on social media Twitter on Oct 30, with a photo of her smiling from ear to ear. The taco feast celebrated the first time peppers were successfully grown on the International Space Station.
"Growing colorful vegetables in space can have long— term benefits for physical and psychological health," said Matt Romeyn, project scientist at NASA, in a statement. The benefits of growing vegetables in space are obvious, but how are they grown?
Though astronauts have been growing plants in space for decades, cultivating edible (可食用的) food without the benefits of gravity and natural light has been difficult. A plant growth system called. Veggie has been used to grow plants on the space station since 2014, according to The New York Times.
The Veggie garden is about the size of a piece of luggage and typically holds six plants. Each plant grows in a "pillow" filled with clay and fertilizer. The "pillows" are important for distributing water, nutrients and air in a healthy balance around the roots. Otherwise, the roots would either drown in water or be swallowed by air because liquids in space tend to form bubbles (气泡), according to NASA.
.In the absence of gravity, plants use other environmental factors, such as light, to guide growth, LEDs above the plants produce a light suited for the plants' growth. According to NASA, Veggie typically glows (发光) pink, which enables plants to use both blue and red wavelengths more efficiently. Other spectrums of light, like greens, yellows or oranges, are less useful for plants.
So far, US astronauts have successfully grown 10 different crops, including lettuce and radish, on the space station since 2015, according to CNN.
Why pick peppers?
According to CNN, peppers were chosen for multiple reasons. Peppers provide a great source of vitamin C, as well as other key nutrients. Pepper plants self – pollinate (自授花粉的), so they are' easy to grow. And they are a pick—and— eat crop that doesn't have to be cooked. They also contain low microbial levels, .so they are safe to eat raw.
Life Skills Start in the Home
I started my kids on household chores young because I refuse to send any of them into the world without being able to provide the most basic care for themselves. We started small such as teaching them how to crack an egg or load the washing machine. We made a game: of it and let it get messy. , the kids were able to eventually get comfortable with the chore, gain competence and then finally achieve confidence.
If there is unwillingness or lack of enthusiasm, . Consistency and patience is the key. Keep at it. Years into this experiment, my 13-year-old son can cook a basic meal and is in charge of cooking on Sunday nights. That means planning, shopping and meal preparation. My 15-year-old daughter has her own night Saturday with the same responsibilities. She also does a lot of car maintenance with me.
Jessica Lahey, author of "The Gift of Failure," advocates that we teach our kids autonomy so they will be more motivated to engage in the business of their lives and learn how to be competent. In order to do this, we give our kids clear expectations and . This allow our kids to take ownership of the task, and they learn to solve problems and deal with failure.
Yes, we have had some magnificent disasters in this house. Each one was a moment where we could come together as a family, figure out the solution and deal with the consequences.
, so they are better prepared for adulthood. It not only gives them responsibilities around the house but it can be a great bonding activity for the whole family.
A. don't worry about it
B. With these exposures
C. Pay attention to that problem
D. They try to live up to our expectations
E. then step away after we have taught them
F. Everyone is responsible for their own laundry
G. Kids start doing chores around the house from a young age
There were few areas of science which Robert Hooke' didn't risk trying. This 17th century scientist was 1 for contributing to our knowledge of everything from mathematics and mechanics to biology and astronomy.
Robert Hooke began his series of interests as a keen 2. He lived with his parents until the age of 13. Being a sickly child, he was a latecomer to 3. Instead of attending school, he spent much of his childhood drawing. But his lack of an early education didn't 4 Hooke realizing his genius. It was his later entrance to Westminster School that would 5 him down a scientific path. Here he discovered that his talents lay beyond 6, particularly in mathematics, mechanics and languages.
Hooke's 7 scientific interests helped set the society in motion during its early years. Many people are 8 of Hooke's work in microscopy, but in 1653, at the age of 18, Hooke 9 Christ Church College at Oxford, where he spent much time building telescopes. Shortly after in 1660, he discovered a physical law that would later be 10 after him: Hooke's law. Hooke is best known for discovering and 11 the living cell. He became the first to examine different fossil types with a microscope and he 12 how mosquitoes suck blood.
After the Great Fire of London in 1666, Hooke was given the opportunity to try his 13 at architecture to design a monument and decided to 14 some practicality to the aesthetic (美学). 15 this 60-metre-tall structure, Hooke built an underground 16 where he could conduct science experiments, while the central passage was built to 17 a large telescope.
Since his death in 1703, scientists continue to be 18 and benefit from Hooke's findings. As he quotes in his book Micrographia, "By the means of 19, there is nothing so far distant but maybe represented to our view; and by the help of microscopes, there is nothing so 20 as to escape our inquiry."
Wu Mengchao, ( know) as the father of Chinese hepatobiliary (肝胆外科) surgery, died on May 22 aged 99. The academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences had established unique system of liver surgery in China and devoted (he) to saving people's lives for nearly eight decades. He continued working into his 90s，seeing patients and (perform) more than 16,000 operations.
In 1927, Wu and his mother went to join his father in Malaysia before (success) returning to China in 1940. In July 1949 he graduated from the School of Medicine of Tongji University. In 1956 he joined the army after he (admit) to the Communist Party of China. In addition to saving lives, he treated every patient well. In order to save medical expenses for the patients, he always insisted stitching (缝合) wound with a needle and thread, instead of using an automatic sewing machine.
Thanks to his (contribute) and professional ethics, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1991. In 2006, he was presented the National Science and Technology Award. But he donated the 6 million yuan award to talent cultivation and rewards.
" I value is not miracles, but saving lives. Doctors should use their sense of responsibility (help) patients overcome difficulties one by one," Wu said.
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Lin Tao is one of my best friend at school. He is so helpful that everyone calls him as "Lei Feng". One day, it rained heavily after school, so I didn't take the umbrella. Most of my classmates have already left and I felt quite helplessly. I was standing in the classroom sadly while Lin Tao came back and said," My father will come to fetch me. I won't use the umbrella and you can take them." I thanked Lin Tao, which help made me warm on such a rainy day. As an old saying goes, "Giving roses to others and the lasting fragrance will remain in your hands." I will learn Lin Tao and be always ready to help others.
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March 3, 2022 Monday Sunny
In China, there is a long history to fly a kite in the spring while usually the weather and wind are so suitable for this leisure.
