日期：2012-11-21 How muscular you are as a teenager may predict how long you live, at least if you are a man. 青少年身体的强壮程度可能预示着寿命的长短，至少对于男性来说是这样。 Swedish experts who tracked more than a million teenage boys for 24 years found those wit... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-21 The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has consecrated its first woman bishop in Africa. 非洲南部圣公会教堂推选出非洲历史上首位女主教。 Ellinah Wamukoya said she would 'represent the mother attribute of God' Ellinah Wamukoya, 61, will serve as the c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-21 The UN's latest assessment of global cases of HIV/Aids shows there has been a further drop in new infections among children. 联合国基于全球艾滋病病例的最新评估显示，儿童患艾滋病的数量进一步降低。 There were 330,000 new infections in children last ye... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-20 Millions of pounds of UK government aid to Nigerian schools has failed to produce any major improvement in pupil learning, an independent watchdog says. 一个独立的监察机构称，英国政府向尼日利亚的学校捐助的数百万英镑对学生学习无任何重大改善。 The UK... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-18 It's been delighting people around the world for 25 years but now formally holds a honored place in the cultural lexicon: GIF has been chosen as word of the year by the Oxford American Dictionary. 它已经让全球的人们欢笑了25年，但现在才正式在文化辞典... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-16 Australia has created the world's largest network of marine reserves, protecting oceans around its coast. 澳大利亚建立了世界上最大的海洋保护区，保护其海岸周围的海域。 Mr Burke said Australia was responsible for more of the ocean than almost any othe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-15 Drinking one or two glasses of wine a week during pregnancy can have an impact on a child's IQ, a study says. 一项研究显示，怀孕期间每周喝一两杯葡萄酒将影响孩子的智商。 Researchers from Oxford and Bristol universities looked at the IQ scores of 4,00... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-11 Scientists have proved what students have long suspected: Maths equations can actually trigger physical pain. 科学家已经证实了学生们长期以来的猜测：数学问题真的会导致疼痛感。 Regions of the brain linked with the experience of physical suffering were... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-11 Millions of people around the world suffer from a self-mutilating and often painful addiction to biting their nails, which can be harder to quit than smoking cigarettes, but is often overlooked as a relatively benign habit. 全球数百万人爱咬指甲，这... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-11 A pay rise only leads to short-term satisfaction before the rut sets in again, according to a new study. With a rise comes a re-evaluation of status and you soon begin to start comparing your levels of pay to colleague's again. 最新研究显示，加薪给... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-08 Dementia is the second highest cause of death among women, figures show. 数据显示，痴呆是女性的第二大死因。 The data from the Office for National Statistics revealed the condition was listed as an underlying cause in one in 10 of the 250,000 deaths... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-08 Researchers have found some of the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease, more than two decades before the first symptoms usually appear. 研究人员发现，阿尔茨海默病一些最早的迹象，早于通常首次症状 的 出现达20多年。 Treating the disease early is thou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-08 Women may be able to better gauge their own fertility based on the age their mother went through the menopause, a study has concluded. 一项研究发现，女性可以根据自己母亲进入更年期的年龄估算自己的生育能力。 Women whose mothers had an early menopause... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-02 Elephants have four distinct personalities that help their herd survive in the African bush, scientists have found. 科学家发现，大象有四种性格，帮助它们的群落在非洲丛林中生存下来。 With their grey skin, mournful eyes and slow plodding（沉重缓慢的）... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-02 Watching a horror film could burn off a whole bar of chocolate, according to new research released today. 根据今天发布的最新研究，观看一部恐怖片让人消耗的热量相当于一根巧克力棒所含的热量。 Viewers who put themselves through 90 minutes of adrenaline... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-02 一项针对130万女性的最新研究发现，女性在40岁时戒烟可明显降低死亡率，能多活十年；30岁戒烟则可以将早亡的额外风险降低97%。 Women who stop smoking by the age of 40 dramatically cut risk of early death, enjoying up to ten more years of life, a major new s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-11-01 A law that aims to protect children from harmful internet content by allowing the government to take sites offline has taken effect in Russia. 一项旨在保护儿童免受互联网有害内容影响，通过允许政府使网站离线的法律在俄罗斯开始实施。 The authorities are... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-27 A new report suggests that running with the in crowd in high school bodes well for future earnings potential. 一项新报告显示，读高中时被人群簇拥的那些人气学生未来将能有不错的收入。 Those considered popular in secondary school earned 2% more decades... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-27 Can heterosexual men and women ever be just friends? Daily experience suggests that non-romantic friendships between males and females are not only possible, but common. However, a new study suggests that men, relative to women, have a particularly... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-27 According to a study, the top priority in a woman's ideal routine would be a little romance with their partner 106 minutes of it, to be precise. 根据一份最新研究，女性理想的日常安排中，最重要的活动是与伴侣亲密相伴，精确地说，是一天为此花费106分钟。... 阅读全文>>