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Each nose is special in its own way. However, according to a study done in 2013, the shape of your nose can show a number of things about your personality (性格). The researchers studied almost 1,700 pictures of people's noses and put them into 14 groups. They examined the nose shapes and posted their findings.

People with long noses have a strong wish to succeed in their professional (职业的) lives and are very diligent. They want things to be done perfectly and spend much time on their work. And they usually put their professional life first and their personal life second. People with shorter noses care about others and are true to friends. They value feelings more than anything else and they would rather be happy in their family than have a successful professional life. People with pointy (有尖头的) noses can give great advice on money. They usually use their money very wisely. Big nostrils (鼻孔) are a sign that someone likes to spend money rather than save it. And small nostrils show a strong belief that personal relationships and family are important.

Inventions That Will Make Your life Easier

LynQ

Getting separated from friends or a family member at a music festival can be a real headache. LynQ helps you find your loved ones when you get separated from the group. Unlike your smartphones , the small thing does not need any Wi-Fi to stay connected. It is a great tool for family vacations.

HabitAware

A common New Year's resolution centers around the idea of kicking some kind of bad habit. HabitAware is here to make your life a little easier. The beautiful little thing vibrates (颤动) anything it catches you falling into the bad habit you are trying to break.

Philips Somneo

The company Philips has something to help you get up earlier in 2020. The Philips Somneo is here to help you wake up better, without the very annoying (烦人的) sounds of a traditional alarm clock. The Somneo creates what is like a natural sunrise each morning while helping with your sleeping habits.

Eargo

The American company, Eargo is here to add a little excitement to the hearing aid (助听器) market. With 48 million Americans having hearing problems, the team hopes that their easy-to-use comfortable product will give these people the ability to hear again.

    A sense of humor (幽默) can bring happiness to family life, since laughing together is a way to connect. And a good sense of humor also can make kids cleverer, healthier and better able to deal with difficulties, because a good sense of humor is not just about telling jokes, but about the response (反应) to things in a creative and funny way. It means you can see things from different sides and in different way.

Most of us may think humor is like our black hair or big feet. We have it since we are born. But a sense of humor is a completely learned quality (品质) that can be developed in kids, not something they're born with.

Kids, especially young kids may not understand what humor is, but you can do something funny to make them laugh. For example, you can put on a stupid hat and run after a 3-year-old boy, or pretend (假装) to carelessly fall into a river to make a first-grader laugh. As kids grow up, these things may be boring. But you can share some jokes as their sense of what's funny grows better.

Kids with a well-developed sense of humor are happier. They have the ability to find what's amusing in others. They can also deal with differences (their own and others') well. Kids who can enjoy and share humor are better liked by their friends and more able to go through hard times in childhood—from moving to a new town, to going to a new school. A good sense of humor is a skill that kids can use in their whole life to help them enjoy the funny parts of life, and not take themselves too seriously.

    When we go to our beaches to enjoy Australia's sun and sand, we're continuously reminded of the need to wear a shirt, a hat and sunscreen (防晒霜). But we need also to pay attention to the resident birds that nest (筑巢) on our beaches and the migratory shorebirds (迁徙的滨鸟) that arrive every year from the north.

We have 18 kinds of resident shorebirds that spend all their lives in Australia, eating and breeding (繁殖) here on our beaches. But at least 37 other kinds move to Australia in spring and early summer. For most, a one-way trip from the north is some 10,000-13,000 km. Some of them are smaller than the adult human hand! After making the arduous journey here, migratory shorebirds increase in weight by eating the food on the beaches. These migratory birds are very sensitive (敏感的) to disturbance (干扰). Continual disturbance can stop them from finding enough food for their journey home. Some young birds and those that do not have the energy to make the return journey will stay here over winter.

Resident shorebirds face a number of different problems. Cats and dogs take adult birds as well as baby birds and eggs. Signs are often in place on the beaches to let people know of the presence of shorebirds, advising them to keep away from marked areas and to keep pets under control. Sadly, the advice is not always followed. Organizations and volunteers who find shorebird nests in open areas often place a cage (笼子) over the nest, which lets the birds come and go from the nest, but keeps larger animals out.