日期：2009-08-19 Sony Entertainment has announced it is reducing the price of its PlayStation 3 games consoles. 索尼娱乐宣布降低PS3售价。 In Europe the price has been lowered to 299 euros, in the US to $299 and in the UK to 249.99. Sony made the announcement at a pr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-18 Three in four parents are risking their child's eyesight by exposing them to bright sun without appropriate protection, experts warn. 专家警告道，四分之三的父母将自己的孩子的双眼直接曝与日光之下而没有任何保护。 Some children may resist wearing sungl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-18 Asia must reform its water use to feed 1.5 billion extra people by 2050, says a new report. 一项新调查显示，亚洲必须赶在2050年以前进行用水改革以供给新增加的15亿人口。 Asian farmers need to modernise their irrigation methods The authors warn that wit... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-18 A study has shown that having a particular gene variant causes some macaque monkeys to drink more alcohol in experiments. 一项调查显示，拥有不同的基因变体促使一些短尾猴在实验中喝下很多酒。 Macaques varied in their reactions to consuming alcohol The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-18 Friendships can be inferred with 95% accuracy from call records and the proximity of users, says a new report. 一项新报到称，从通话记录和用户亲近度可以推测出95%的友谊结果。 Movement and call data showed a different picture of connectivity than surve... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-18 The average age of an adult video game player is 35 - higher than previously thought, a US study suggests. 一项美国调查显示，成年游戏爱好者的平均年龄是35，比预想的要高。 Gamers may be getting older, but they are not getting slimmer A team from Cente... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-17 Parents have been urged not to put ham and other processed meat into their children's lunchboxes to avoid them developing a cancer risk later in life. 双亲被建议到不要将火腿和其他处理过的肉类食品放入孩子的午餐盒里，这样可以避免他们早年患癌症的风险。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-17 U2 guitarist The Edge has defended the size and cost of their 360 world tour, as the band rocked Wembley Stadium on the first night of their UK leg. U2乐队吉他手The Edge为他们360世界之旅演唱会的规模和花费辩护，他们英国之旅第一晚震撼了温布利体育馆。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-16 Fathers who were spanked as children are less likely to spank their own children than mothers who were spanked while young, according to a US study. Researchers from Ohio State University set out to see if 1990s parents followed the practices of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-16 西班牙科学家的一项最新研究发现，经常喝啤酒的女性骨骼要更强健一些，而且患骨质疏松症的几率也较低。研究人员访问了1700名平均年龄48岁的健康女性，了解她们的饮酒习惯，并对她们的手部骨骼进行超声波扫描。结果显示，喝啤酒的女性手部骨骼更加紧密。该研究认为，啤... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-16 英国一位19岁的女孩日前接受了睫毛移植手术，这是英国国内首个睫毛移植病例。这个女孩因患有拔毛发癖而致使睫毛所剩无几，本以为此生都不会再有浓密睫毛的她在术后表示效果很神奇。据悉，此项睫毛移植手术历时四个小时，期间，医生需从女孩的脑后取下一些头发，然后一... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-15 A new study suggests that people from different cultures read facial expressions differently. 一项新研究显示，不同文化背景下的人面部表情不尽相同。 Facial expressions for fear and surprise were confused by some participants East Asian participants in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-14 Early modern humans in South Africa were using heat treatment to improve their stone tools about 72,000 years ago, according to new research. 最新研究显示，72000年以前南美洲早期现代人类就已经使用热处理来加强他们的石头工具。 The heat treatment makes... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-14 Hurricanes in the Atlantic are more frequent than at any time in the last 1,000 years, according to research just published in the journal Nature. 自然杂志发表了最新研究，发现大西洋飓风比过去1000年的任何时间都要频繁。 Wind shear at altitude can prev... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-14 One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago, according to research seen by the BBC. BBC调查显示，南极洲最大的一块冰川之一融化速度是过去10年的4倍之多。 The changes to the glacier are described as u... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-14 Palm has responded to claims that its recently-launched Pre smartphone abuses owners' privacy. Palm就最近发布的智能手机Pre侵犯用户隐私权一事发表声明。 The Pre is widely seen as a rival to other popular smartphones The company issued a statement afte... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-14 The battle to take control of a new internet domain aimed at environmental groups has escalated. 以环保团体为目标的掌握新因特网控制权的战役已然升级。 One of the consortiums（联合，合伙） preparing a bid to control .eco, as it is known, has published... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-14 Microsoft has underlined support for its Internet Explorer 6 web browser, despite acknowledging its flaws. 尽管漏洞不断，微软宣布延长IE6支持时间。 IE6 is still used by nearly 20% of users The software giant said it would support IE6 until 2014 - fou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-14 The Last Night Of The Proms is to be broadcast live to cinemas around the world, it has been announced. 据报道，Last Night Of The Proms音乐会将会全球同步直播。 About 5,200 people attend the Last Night at the Royal Albert Hall Audiences in countries... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-12 Skin-to-skin contact can help parents bond with their new baby Neonatal units looking after premature babies need redesigning to put parents at the heart of care, say campaigners. 用来照顾早产婴儿的设备需要被重新设计来使双亲可以把照顾婴儿放在第一位... 阅读全文>>