11-10-13 Television ads featuring cute chimpanzees wearing human clothes are likely to distort（扭曲） the public's perception of the endangered animals and hinder（阻碍） conservation efforts, according to a team of primatologists and a marketing professor...

11-10-06 Our behavior is often guided by the desire to obtain positive outcomes and avoid negative consequences, and neuroscientists have put a great deal of effort into looking for reward and punishment centers in the brain. Now, new research published by C...

11-10-06 精彩对白 Ruth: Perfect fit. Now all you need is a drink. Ghost Writer: What are we having? Ruth: Biodynamic white wine from the Rhinehart Vinery in the Napa Valley. Ghost Writer: Rhinehart. He doesn't own a distillery , I suppose? Ruth: Mmm. Evening...

11-09-22 Research at the University of Liverpool has found that periods of rapid fluctuation in temperature coincided with the emergence of the first distant relatives of human beings and the appearance and spread of stone tools. Dr Matt Grove from the Schoo...

11-09-19 Researchers have developed a valuable mouse genetic blueprint that will accelerate future research and understanding of human genetics. The international team, led by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Oxford, e...

11-09-09 Researchers have confirmed the age of possibly our oldest direct human ancestor at 1.98 million years old. The discovery was made after researchers conducted further dating of the early human fossils, Australopithecus sediba（南方古猿人） , found in...

11-08-21 荷兰研究人员最近用基因改良后的山羊奶和蜘蛛丝研制出了能够抵御子弹的人造皮肤。 It might look like a poorly drawn picture of an alien, but this is actually one of the most advanced types of skin ever made - that can even stop bullets. It might look lik...

11-08-13 In both chimpanzees（黑猩猩） and humans, portions of the brain that are critical for complex cognitive functions, including decision-making, self-awareness and creativity, are immature at birth. But there are important differences, too. Baby chimpa...

11-08-03 Towards the end of the Age of Bronze the human world became very cruel. Men grew hungry, impolite and ungodly（邪恶的） . Neither right nor law was respected any longer, and the rule of hospitality was forgotten. Dressed up in human form, Zeus visit...

11-07-29 A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has discovered a novel way to convert human skin cells into brain cells, advancing medicine and human health by offering new hope for regenerative medicine and personalized drug discovery and development. In a...