日期：2014-08-27 US defence giant Lockheed Martin has struck a deal with an Australian technology firm to track space debris that can damage satellites. 美国国防巨头洛克希德马丁公司与澳大利亚一家科技公司达成协议，追踪能损毁卫星的太空垃圾。 Most space debris is man-m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-22 Scientists have uncovered 80 previously unknown genes which may put people at risk of developing schizophrenia, research in Nature suggests. 《自然》杂志的研究显示，科学家发现了80个以前未知的基因，这些基因有可能使人们患上精神分裂症。 The team says t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-14 Scotland could host the UK's first dedicated base for spaceplanes, according to new government plans. 根据英国政府的新计划，苏格兰可能将建造英国首个航天飞机专用基地。 Artist's concept: Virgin Galactic plans to launch satellites as well as people int... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-11 For the uninitiated, entering a public lavatory in China can be a horrifying experience. 对外国人来说，中国的公共厕所简直是一场噩梦。 In smaller cities, or the countryside, the sight of an open trench filled with excrement（粪便） , coupled with a s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-11 意大利一名企业家发明了披萨自动贩卖机，顾客每次只需要等待3分钟，便可吃到新鲜出炉的披萨。 A pizza vending machine takes convenience food to a whole new level, delivering fresh pies to customers in just three minutes 24/7. The Let's Pizza unit invented... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-30 A US space agency (Nasa) experiment on Saturday to test future Mars landing technologies proved largely successful. 美国宇航局上周六进行了一次未来的火星降落实验，结果大获成功。 Artist's impression: A rocket motor was used to shoot the vehicle up thr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-30 A new technique can preserve organs for days before transplanting them, US researchers claim. 美国研究人员宣称，一种新技术可使身体器官在移植前保存数日。 Scientists have tested the technique on rats' livers Supercooling combines chilling the organ an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-20 A genetic susceptibility that gives a tenfold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes has been discovered. 一个可以导致十倍几率患2型糖尿病的遗传易感性被发现。 The gene mutation, found in the population of Greenland, will give clues to the diffe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-05 Japanese firm Softbank has unveiled a robot called Pepper, which it says can read human emotions. 日本软银公司研制出一款名为辣椒的机器人，据称该机器人能识别人类情感。 Softbank says it plans to launch the robot commercially in Japan next year It uses... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-03 Samsung Electronics has launched the world's first smartphone powered by the Tizen operating system. 三星电子发布世界上首款Tizen操作系统的智能手机。 The Samsung Z will go on sale in Russia in the July-to-September quarter. Most Samsung phones curren... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-28 Google is to start building its own self-driving cars, rather than modifying vehicles built by other manufacturers. 谷歌将着手打造属于自己的自动驾驶汽车，而不是在其它厂商的车型上修改。 Google says it expects its self-drive cars to be on the road 'wi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-25 据报道，随着世界首款口服防晒霜问世，带着成瓶的防晒霜去海边度假的日子即将一去不复返。 The days of carrying bottles of suncream to the beach could be over, as the world's first drinkable SPF is launched. Harmonised H20 UV claims to provide holidaymake... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-21 Microsoft has unveiled the Surface Pro 3 - a bigger-screened, faster Windows 8 tablet than its predecessor. 微软发布Surface Pro 3平板比前代平板屏幕更大、速度更快的Win8平板。 Microsoft says the Surface Pro 3 is designed to replace a laptop The new mo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-15 Scientists have used a 3D-printed model of shark skin to show how tooth-like scales help the predators to cruise efficiently. 科学家们运用3D打印模型解释了 鲨鱼皮上的 牙状鳞片如何提高鲨鱼的巡游速度。 The printed replica included tough denticles embed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-28 UK scientists say they have found a way of diagnosing different types of bowel disease by testing the smells given off by patients' stools. 英国科学家称，他们发现了一种可以通过检测患者粪便气味来诊断不同肠道疾病的方法。 The test analyses the chemical... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-16 冰淇淋既可以作为赢得小联赛的奖励，也可以用来抚慰分手后的悲伤。然而，在美食极客的手中，冰淇淋还可以成为一种美味的乐器。设计师Carla Diana和Emilie Baltz近来发起了一场音乐表演，一群四重奏演奏者聚集在一起，仅用一夸脱香草冰淇淋和一些高科技蛋筒进行表演。 I... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-02 美国食品和药物管理局日前举行了一场听证会，以探讨一项旨在规避新生儿先天疾病风险的试管受精新技术是否能够进入人体实验阶段。借助这一新技术孕育的试管婴儿将有一父两母，并且此项产前基因操纵技术可能会使定制婴儿成真。 A new technology aimed at eliminating ge... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-25 The next iteration of Samsung's Galaxy smartphone range will feature biometric security, the company has announced. 三星下一代Galaxy系列智能手机将加入仿生安全技术。 In a similar way to Apple's iPhone 5, the main button on the front of the device dou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-21 在美国科幻电影《阿凡达》中，双腿瘫痪的男主角可以通过意识控制克隆外星人阿凡达的躯体外出探险。如今，这一虚幻的场景成为现实。近日，美国科学家成功利用一只猴子发出指令、进而控制另一只猴子完成动作。这种异体控制技术将为瘫痪病人带来福音。 It may sound like... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-02-20 美国海军打算2013年夏天首次在军舰上部署激光炮，并于2年之内对磁轨炮进行初步测试。这些未来范十足的装备颇有电影《星球大战》的风格。 Some of the Navy's futuristic weapons sound like something out of Star Wars, with lasers designed to shoot down aerial dr... 阅读全文>>