QS Asia University Rankings 2022
Including 687 institutions, our 2022 ranking of the top Asian universities is the biggest yet. As in last year's rankings, it's Mainland China that boasts the most universities—126 out of the 687 schools included —with India and Japan in second and third place. This year also sees strong representation from South Korea.
No.1 National University of Singapore (Singapore)
A leading global university centred in Asia, the National University of Singapore (NUS) is Singapore's flagship university, which offers a global approach to education and research, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise. Over 38,000 students from 100 countries enrich the community with their diverse social and cultural perspectives.
No.2 Peking University (Beijing, Mainland China)
The oldest higher education institution in China, Peking University (PKU) was founded in 1898. The university grounds are home to museums, such as the Museum of University History and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology, in which students can view objects dating back thousands of years. It's an environment to feed the enquiring minds of young students.
No.3 The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, SAR China)
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has 6 subjects placed amongst Top 10 worldwide, while HKU Dentistry programme has been ranked 1st in the world for the second consecutive (连续的) years. For the last 11 years, more than 99.4% of our graduates have received at least one job offer in every academic year, with many embarking on careers in fields as diverse as finance, law, engineering and technology.
His interest in Chinese language and characters dates from 1972, when Richard Sears, was a 22-year-old physics major at Portland State University in Oregon. To Sears, the characters were complex with many strokes (笔画) and almost no apparent logic. But when he could get an explanation of a Chinese character's original meaning and an interpretation of its pictographs (象形文字), it would suddenly become apparent how all the strokes had come to be. "I'm a physicist, so I don't like blind memorization. I knew that Chinese characters came from pictographs and I wanted to know the stories behind the Chinese characters."
As he studied, Sears found that many of the explanations were conflicting and even the experts were at odds. He decided to computerize the characters, so that he could separate good opinions from bad ones. He scanned about 96,000 ancient characters and established the database of them.
In 2002 he got his website up and named it Chinese Etymology, where visitors can check for free the development of Chinese characters in various forms, from the original pictographs to the modern simplified forms. The clicks to the website went up to 600,000 in one day. Overnight he became American Uncle Hanzi, a nickname (绰号) given by Chinese netizens.
Besides, he has explained the origin of 15,000 modern characters. For example, the character jia (home) has a rooftop and a pig underneath. In southern China where it rains a lot, people put their houses on stilts (木桩), so if it flooded, the inside of the house would not get wet. So, the pigs live underneath the house.
Last year, Sears set up his studio in Nanjing that focuses on applying AR, animation (动画)and artificial intelligence to tell stories of Chinese culture and character origins. He has made over 60 such videos in English with Chinese subtitles for Bilibili, a video website. "They have both entertainment and educational value," he says.
In the meantime, Sears has been updating the database. "My philosophy is huo dao lao xue dao lao."
We spend around one third of our lives in bed, and the body does a lot of its repair work as we sleep, so sufficient good quality sleep is very important to our health. It doesn't stop there, though— some sleep positions are healthier than others. So which sleep position is the healthiest?
Sleeping on your back is the healthiest sleep position. Health benefits include avoiding back and neck pain. Because the head is raised above the stomach when you sleep on your back, this position is best for people who suffer from nighttime acid reflux (胃酸逆流) as well. Around 80% of heartburn (胃灼热) sufferers have problems during the night, so sleeping on their back could help a lot of people to enjoy a good night's sleep. If the sleep position alone is not enough to alleviate the condition, try raising the head of the bed by up to 4 inches by placing blocks under it.
When you sleep on your back, your face is in a natural position. This means less wrinkles (皱纹) If you really can't face sleeping on your back, another healthy sleep position is the side sleep. It's almost as good as the back position, and it's better for people who snore(打鼾) and their partners. Whichever sleep position you choose, use a pillow that supports the head and the neck without raising the head unnaturally, as this can bring neck pain.
Racing walking shares many fitness benefits(利益) with running, research shows, while most likely leading to fewer injuries. It does, however, have its own problem.
Race walkers are conditioned(有条件的) athletes. The longest track and field event at the Summer Olympics is the 50-kilometer race walk, which is about five miles longer than the marathon. But the sport's rules need that a race walkers' knees(膝盖) stay straight through most of the leg swing and one foot remain in contact with the ground at all times. It's this strange form that makes race walking such an attractive activity, however, says Jaclyn Norberg, a professor of exercise science at Salem State University in Salem, Mass.
Like running, race walking is physically demanding, she says. According to most calculations, race walkers moving at a pace of six miles per hour would burn about 800 calories(卡路里) per hour, which is about twice as many as they would burn walking,although fewer than running,which would probably burn about 1,000 or more calories per hour.
However, race walking does not strike the body as much as running does, Dr. Norberg says. According to her research, runners hit the ground with as much as four times their body weight per step, while race walkers, who do not leave the ground, create only about 1.4 times their body weight with each step.
As a result, she says, some of the injuries related to running, such as runner's knee, are uncommon among race walkers. But the sport's strange form does place some stress on the ankles and hips, so people with a history of such injuries might want to be pay attention to enjoying the sport. In fact, anyone wishing to try race walking should probably first contact a coach or experienced racer to learn some skills, she says. It takes some practice.
How to improve our memory
As we grow older, our brain's memory functions gradually lose its most important uses. .Thankfully, we can easily do something in advance and help keep it as sharp as ever. Here are some of the best tips that can help us improve our memory, according to science:
Exercise regularly
That's right, we mean physical exercise. Based on research, leading a sedentary(久坐的) lifestyle can lead to memory loss. . It's healthy for both your mind and your body.
Yes, you heard us. Get on that controller and spend a couple of hours playing your favorite video game. It's good for your mind, according to a recent study that show how these pastimes can help improve the functioning of various memory-associated regions in the brain. But don't go overboard, too much of a good thing can be bad for you.
Eat your vegetables
.Various research papers state that fruits and vegetables can help lower stress in your brain as well as help keep healthy learning functions.
Reduce stress levels
According to the research, intense and persistent(持久的) stress, especially at high levels, can easily damage our memory and disrupt our learning skills. So slow down. .
A. Play video games.
B. Challenge your brain.
C. Just find a comfortable place and lie down, enjoying some soft music.
D. So put on those trainers, go outside and start working up a good sweat.
E. You can do this by thinking quietly, or taking a walk.
F. And before we get old, constant stress and an unhealthy lifestyle can easily do the same.
G. It's a well-known fact that eating vegetables can help keep you and your body healthy, and that includes your brain.
My Grandma's Mug (马克杯)
When I was growing up, one of my favorite traditions was Sunday-morning breakfast with my grandparents. They lived up the street in our tiny river town and welcomed any mass-goers from our large 1 family to their home after.
As soon as we walked in the door, Grandma got busy making a fresh pot of coffee, while Grandpa took 2 at the stove. The rest of us 3 the table before gathering around it in 4 of the meal.
Once her family had finally had their 5, Grandma would6 in her chair in the living room, leaving the7 in the kitchen for cleanup later. Her coffee mug on the table next to her, Grandma joined in on the various 8 that were happening around that comfortable room.
Both of my grandparents have 9 in recent years. As the holidays 10, I find myself 11 to see Grandma and Grandpa in that kitchen just one more time.
The sights, sounds, and smells of those cherished mornings 12 over me recently when I went to pour my own morning coffee. As I 13 a certain mug, the memory of my grandma in her kitchen — coffee in hand, making sure we were all taken care of — brought 14 to my eyes. Knowing her hands once held the coffee mug helps me feel15to her and the love we will always share.
China's Shenzhou-13 crew members Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu livestreamed(直播) the first science lecture from the country's space station on Thursday afternoon, which (amaze) numerous students on Earth.
The lecture started at 3:40 p.m. (Beijing Time) and lasted about 45 minutes. total of 1,420 primary and middle school students attended the lecture from five classrooms across China.
At the beginning of the class, Wang, the first female taikonaut (enter) China's space station, gave the students a tour of their living and working areas with the (assist) of her two male crewmates. She showed their bedrooms and toilet, a (full) functional kitchen, the area they conduct experiments and their fitness equipment, including a treadmill (跑步机) and a spin bike. In the kitchen, she showed the students a microwave, a water dispenser and a mini-refrigeratorwhich she took out a fresh apple.
In response to a Hong Kong(student) question about water, Wang said the water they drink is recycled, (note) that there is no difference in taste between regular and recycled water. "With a water recycling system, full use(make) of every drop of water in the space station," she said.
