A study, which was published in the magazine Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, found that women may consider men wearing face masks as more attractive. The researchers find that not only do coverings change people's attractiveness but the type of covering plays a role as well.

Dr. Michael Lewis, a professor at Cardiff University’s School of Psychology, said,“Research carried out before the pandemic found that medical face masks reduce attractiveness — so we wanted to test whether this had changed since face coverings became omnipresent during the spread of COVID-19 and understand whether the type of mask had any effect.”

“Our study suggests that faces are considered most attractive when covered with medical face masks. This may be because we're used to healthcare workers wearing blue masks and now we associate these with people in caring or medical professions,”Lewis explained.“At a time when we feel insecure, we may find the wearing of medical masks reassuring(使人安心的) and so feel more positive towards the wearer.”

The study also suggested that people's faces were thought of as dramatically more attractive when covered with masks compared with being uncovered.“ Some of this effect may be a result of being able to hide undesirable features in the lower part of the face --- but this effect was present for both less attractive and more attractive people,” Lewis said. The team conducted the study by asking 43 women to rank the attractiveness of images of men's faces without a mask, wearing a cloth mask, wearing a blue medical mask, and holding a black book covering the area a face mask would hide.

The participants said those wearing a cloth mask were more attractive than the ones with no masks or whose faces were partly covered by the book. But the surgical mask--- which was just a normal kind----made the wearer look even better.

“The results are opposite of the pre-pandemic research where it was thought masks made people think about disease and the persons should be avoid," said Lewis. “ The pandemic has changed our mind in how we treat the wearers of masks. When we see someone wearing a mask we no longer think‘that person has a disease,I need to stay away'.

Imagine an oxygen mask drops down right in front of you. What’s happened? Yes, a plane crash. But the chances of being killed are very slim. You’re more likely to drown in a bubble bath, choke on your breakfast or die in a car accident on your way to the airport. 【小题1】 So, what do you do with this yellow mask if it suddenly drops from the ceiling? Here are four things.

Your flip-flops (人字拖) may be comfortable, but they’re not going to perform well in case of an emergency. And neither will your high-heeled shoes. It’s reported that 68％ of passengers in plane accidents die from injuries in post-crash fires. So go for long pants and long-sleeved shirts — they’ll protect you from flames and sharp objects.

Where is the safest place to sit? According to Popular Mechanics, your best bet is to sit as far back in the airplane as possible unless the plane goes down tail-first. There is no such thing. It all really depends on the situation. Regardless of what section you’re sitting in, know where the emergency exits are. 【小题3】 So, you can find it even if the cabin is filled with smoke.

If you get to evacuate (撤离) from the plane, do it as quickly as possible. Don’t try to get your carry-on to take with you. 【小题4】

The first three minutes after take-off and the eight minutes before landing are the most dangerous times of the entire flight. Make sure to keep your shoes on, your seatbelt fastened. Put your carry-on items under the seat in front of you to keep your legs from being broken. And pay attention to the emergency instructions. 【小题5】 Not all planes are the same, though.

Kids and science seem to be made for each other!

The basic science is a combination of thought and experiment called the scientific method. It’s where you start with an idea, create a way to prove or disprove your idea, and show what you learned based on facts. Learning to follow this process helps you think logically (逻辑地) and carefully. These important thinking skills can be used in many areas of study. To give a child practice with these thinking skills is like giving vitamins to a developing mind.

One of the greatest things we can teach our children is to love learning. Learning science is a great way to do so. Children are easy to be interested in science. Because much of science is hands-on, it attracts most children. Nothing makes a child sit up and take notice like the “WOW!” of a great science showing.

Science opens doors to many subjects at school. Building love for science can be helpful in other areas of study. For example, one cannot love science for very long without becoming good at its language-math! So science encourages children to study math. An interest in science is an interest in how things were once understood compared to how they are understood now. Thus studying science lends itself easily to studying history. And after you do an experiment, you need to write a lab report. Therefore, writing becomes an important part of science.

Science is the basic thing for much of our life. The science of farming shows how our food is produced; biomedical science keeps us healthy; even our beds these days are designed according to scientific facts. We almost eat, sleep and breathe with the help of science! When we prepare the next generation of voters, creators and policy makers, it is important to make sure they are not only comfortable but also good at science.