日期：2016-01-21 Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-20 Precise changes in brain circuitry occur as young zebra finches go from listening to their fathers' courtship songs to knowing the songs themselves, according to a study led by neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center and published online in a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-20 So-called citizen science has become a significant force in several scholarly disciplines. The phenomenon can be found in both the natural and the social sciences, according to the largest systematic analysis to date on the topic, the results of whi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-20 Lawrence Livermore scientists, working with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and university colleagues, have found that half of the global ocean heat content increase since 1865 has occurred over the past two decades. In recent decade... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-20 The first study to evaluate the biodiversity of arthropods in U.S. homes finds that humans share their houses with any of more than 500 different kinds of arthropods - at least on a short-term basis. Arthropods are invertebrate animals with exoskele... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-20 Countries drastically underreport the number of fish caught worldwide, according to a new study, and the numbers obscure a significant decline in the total catch . The new estimate, released today in Nature Communications, puts the annual global cat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-16 A team of astronomers led by Tomoharu Oka, a professor at Keio University in Japan, has found an enigmatic gas cloud, called CO-0.40-0.22, only 200 light years away from the center of the Milky Way. What makes CO-0.40-0.22 unusual is its surprisingl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-16 Many of us have reached in our pockets, feeling a vibration, wrongly believing our mobile phones have just rung. 许多人都曾有过这样的错觉：觉得手机在振动，于是去口袋拿手机，结果手机根本没响。 The phenomenon even has a name: phantom vibration syndrom... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-15 New research to be published January 13 in the journal Scientific Reports shows that some bacterial cultures adopt an all-for-one/one-for-all strategy that would make a socialist proud in preparing for the possibility of an antibiotic onslaught. The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-15 Brazilian torrent frogs may use sophisticated audio and visual signals to communicate, including inflating vocal sacs, squealing, and arm waving, according to a study published January 13, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Fbio P. de S, Un... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-15 The world's largest canyon may lie under the Antarctic ice sheet, according to analysis of satellite data by a team of scientists, led by Durham University. Although the discovery needs to be confirmed by direct measurements, the previously unknown... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-15 A team of astronomers, including Carnegie's Benjamin Shappee, Nidia Morrell, and Ian Thompson, has discovered the most-luminous supernova ever observed, called ASAS-SN-15lh. Their findings are published in Science. Supernovae are violent stellar exp... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-14 Using web samples from black widow spiders fed with crickets, researchers at the University of Notre Dame have successfully used DNA samples to identify both the spider and the species of its prey. Such noninvasive sampling to obtain genetic informa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-14 Stanford researchers have developed the first lithium-ion battery that shuts down before overheating, then restarts immediately when the temperature cools. The new technology could prevent the kind of fires that have prompted recalls and bans on a w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-14 A new study found that a major ocean current in the Gulf of Mexico plays an important role in sustaining Florida red tide blooms. The University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science research team suggest that the positio... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-14 By 2017, total advertising spending is expected to approach $136 billion, placing more pressure on management to demonstrate its impact on sales and stock prices. It's the age-old question of advertising effectiveness. While nearly every research st... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-14 High levels of vitamin D are linked to improved fertility and reproductive success, a study of wild sheep has found. The study, carried out on a remote Hebridean island, adds to growing evidence that vitamin D - known as the sunshine vitamin - is as... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-13 A survey of more than 2,000 people living in the UK has found that those with a higher IQ are more likely to live a longer life. Researchers analysed data from the Scottish Mental Surveys - in which almost every 11-year-old in Scotland was given the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-13 Red wine is bad for your health, experts reveal in a new report. 相关专家发布的最新报告显示，红酒有害健康。 In a u-turn, Government experts have dismissed the supposed health benefits of wine and are set to rewrite the rule book on the nation's alco... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-01-13 The average woman criticises herself at least eight times a day, a study has found. 研究显示，普通女性每天至少会嫌弃自己八次。 A worrying trend of negativity among women was revealed by a survey of 2,000 women - with one in seven women admitting to... 阅读全文>>