日期：2009-10-15 People are more likely to wash their hands when they have been shamed into it, research suggests. 研究显示，人们感到难为情的时候可能更喜欢洗手。 Poster promoting Global Hand-washing Day A London School of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine team used sens... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-15 Giving up work completely on retirement could be bad for your health, US research suggests. 美国研究显示，放弃工作完全退休可能对健康不利。 Keeping active after retirement may boost health The study of 12,189 people found retirees who take on tempora... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-15 The Arctic Ocean could be largely ice-free and open to shipping during the summer in as little as ten years' time, a top polar specialist has said. 一位顶级极地专家称，再过短短10年的时间，北冰洋的夏季将不会出现大的海冰，这将使货运成为可能。 The yell... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-15 Stars of Fantastic Mr Fox, including George Clooney and Bill Murray, have walked the red carpet as the movie launched the London Film Festival. 《了不起的狐狸爸爸》主演影星，包括George Clooney和Bill Murray，登上伦敦电影节新片发布会红地毯。 George Cl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-14 Remarkable slow-motion footage has been taken of two lizards that seem to do the impossible - walk on water. 两只蜥蜴被用慢镜头拍摄到似乎不可能的事情在水面行走。 A Jesus Christ lizard, filmed from above and below the water A high-definition film, sh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-14 A survey of 16 to 24 year olds has found that 75% of them feel they couldn't live without the internet. 一项基于16至24岁青少年的调查发现，他们之中75%的人感觉离开网络将不能生活。 The 16-24 age group has been dubbed digital natives The report, publish... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-14 Users of the new Apple operating system Snow Leopard are experiencing massive data losses when logging into their machines under a guest account. 苹果新操作系统雪豹的用户在使用游客帐户登录系统的时候将会体验到大量数据损失的情况。 The fault was first... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-14 The new Michael Jackson track premiered on Monday was written in 1983 by the star and singer Paul Anka, it has emerged. 有消息称，本周一发布的杰克逊新单曲是其在1983年与Paul Anka共同创作的。 The stars who have carried on singing from beyond the grave... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-13 Elinor Ostrom has become the first woman to win the Nobel prize for economics since it began in 1968. Elinor Ostrom成为自1968年设立以来首位获得诺贝尔经济学奖的女士。 Americans have dominated the Nobel economics prize Ms Ostrom won the prize with fel... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-13 A spider that dines almost exclusively on plants has been described by scientists. 科学家发现了几乎仅以植物为食的蜘蛛。 The spiders have to dodge ants to get to the leaf tips It is the first-known predominantly（优越地，卓越地） vegetarian spider; a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-13 Satellite broadcaster Sky is to launch an online music service as it goes head to head with Apple's iTunes. 卫星电视运营商Sky将要发布一项在线音乐服务，与苹果的iTunes齐头并进。 Sky Songs will launch on 19 October Sky Songs will offer customers access... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-13 Microsoft will issue its biggest ever security update on 13 October. 微软将于10月13日发布最大的安全补??One of the updates is for the yet to be released Windows 7 The update will include 13 bulletins that between them tackle 34 vulnerabilities（脆... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-13 Classic ITV drama Upstairs Downstairs is being brought back by the BBC. 英国独立电视台经典戏剧《楼上楼下》将在BBC重新上映。 A new role will be created for Cranford star Dame Eileen Atkins. The drama, about a Belgravia family and their servants, was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-13 A new Michael Jackson song, the first track to emerge since the star's death, has been given its public premiere. 一首Michael Jackson的新歌，在这位歌手死后出现的第一首单曲，已经进行公开表演。 Jackson died two weeks before he was due to return to the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-13 Food production will have to increase by 70% over the next 40 years to feed the world's growing population, the United Nations food agency predicts. 联合国粮食署预计，未来40年的粮食生产必须增长70%以满足世界不断增长的人口。 Smallholders and and rural... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-12 Scientists have warned of an alarming increase in the extinction of animal species, because of threats to biodiversity and ecosystems. 科学家就动物物种灭绝速率的惊人上升提出警告，因为生物品种和生态系统正遭到威胁。 Scientists say nations have not hon... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-11 Computer images of a ghost forest art installation planned for Trafalgar Square show the vast scale of a project designed to highlight deforestation. 特拉法尔加广场艺术展上展出的电脑图像幽灵森林突出了森林砍伐。 Some of the trees might have stood at... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-11 A new historical record of carbon dioxide levels suggests current political targets on climate may be playing with fire, scientists say. 科学家称，一个新的二氧化碳含量历史记录显示现行的气候政治目标可能是玩火。 Data came from samples brought up by th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-11 Google co-founder Sergey Brin has hit out at critics of the company's plans to create what could be the world's largest virtual library. 谷歌共同创始人Sergey Brin对该公司计划建设世界上最大虚拟图书馆的批评进行反击。 Google's digital library plans hav... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-11 Simpsons matriarch Marge Simpson is gracing the cover of Playboy magazine, becoming the first cartoon character in the publication's history. 辛普森女家长Marge Simpson登上《花花公子》封面，这是该杂志发行史上第一次使用卡通人物做封面。 Playboy owner H... 阅读全文>>