日期：2012-10-27 意大利最高法院近日判定，称60岁的商人马可里尼所患脑瘤与其长期使用手机有一定关联。这一判定有可能会引来大量与手机使用相关的疾病诉讼案件。 A landmark court case has ruled there is a link between using a mobile phone and brain tumors, paving the way for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-27 美国罗彻斯特理工学院一位教授研究发现，男人丧妻后短期内死亡的几率会比正常情况下增加三成，而女性丧夫之后仍能照常生活。 Grieving husbands are more likely to die shortly after losing their wife, while widowed women carry on as normal, new research has f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-26 One of the oldest Mayan tombs ever found has been uncovered in western Guatemala, say archaeologists. 考古学家称，一座最古老的玛雅坟墓在危地马拉西部被发现。 The scientists named the grave's occupant K'utz Chman, which in the Mayan language means Gra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-24 Superman is giving up his once-promising career in journalism. 超人将放弃其在新闻业大有前途的事业。 Alter ego Clark Kent is resigning from the post of star reporter at the Daily Planet, the Metropolis newspaper where he has worked since the first Su... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-21 Forget being over the hill at 40 - youre now officially 'old' at just 28, a new survey has found. 有人说40岁是一个人走向衰老的开始，忘了这句话吧，一项新调查发现，你从28岁就开始正式变老了。 Almost half of all respondents to the survey said 28 was the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-21 The publisher of the Guardian and Observer newspapers is close to axing the print editions of its newspapers, despite the hopes of its editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger to keep them running for several years. 尽管主编艾伦罗斯布里奇希望可以将印刷版多运... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-21 A study has found that nearly one in 10 bank cards contains faecal matter. Cash is little better with one in seven bank notes containing high levels of bacteria similar to that found in a dirty toilet bowl. 一项研究发现，近十分之一的银行卡都携带粪便... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-21 Police have blamed a sharp rise in domestic violence on the weather claiming rain drives up attacks.、 英国家庭暴力事件急剧增多，但警方将这一现象归咎于恶劣的天气，称阴雨天气会使家暴增多。 Officers in Devon and Cornwall said bad weather leads to part... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-21 Bald men are perceived to be more dominant, more athletic and better leaders, researchers have claimed. 研究人员称，人们普遍认为秃头男更具主导力、更健壮、领导能力更强。 A new study from information management lecturer Albert Mannes at the University... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-21 Nearly two million drivers in the UK have had accidents due to 'Baby On Board' signs and children's toys that obscure their view, according to alarming new research. 最新研究表明，英国有大约200万名司机曾因车贴和儿童玩具发生过交通事故。这些写有车里有... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-21 瑞典研究人员发现，从事创造性工作的人群患精神疾病的风险更高；其中，作家患躁郁症、精神分裂症以及滥用药物的风险要明显高于其他人，他们自杀的可能性是普通人群的两倍。 Creativity is often part of a mental illness, with writers particularly susceptible, acc... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-19 Newsweek, the 80-year-old US current affairs magazine, is to become an online-only publication. 美国80年历史的新闻杂质《新闻周刊》将只发行在线版本。 The high cost of print publishing meant rising costs at Newsweek The last print edition will be on 3... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-18 A majority of Madagascar's palms face extinction due to land clearing, an environment protection group says. 一个环境保护组织称，因开垦荒地，马达加斯加岛上大部分棕榈树面临灭绝危险。 Madagascar's rain forests have shrunk to less than a quarter of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-17 Hilary Mantel has won the 50,000 Man Booker Prize for her novel Bring up the Bodies, the sequel to Wolf Hall, which won the prize in 2009. 希拉里曼特尔凭小说Bring up the Bodies赢得布克文学奖五万英镑，这部小说是2009年获该奖的小说Wolf Hallo的续集。 Ma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-15 Sitting for long periods increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease and death, researchers suggest. 研究人员指出，长时间坐着会增加患糖尿... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-13 As many as half of Facebook users are risking psychological damage from using the site to spy on ex lovers, according to new research. 根据一项最新研究，有多达半数的Facebook用户使用该网站查看前情人的消息，这可能导致使用者的心理受创。 Two of the most... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-13 英国泰晤士报高等教育特刊3日公布2012-2013世界最佳大学排行榜报告，美国加州理工学院蝉联第一名。亚太地区国家大学的排名上升，北京大学从去年第49名升到46名，清华大学更劲升19名，从71名升到52名。 The University was ranked 20th on a 2012-2013 list released Th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-02 Divorce rates are far higher among modern couples who share the housework than in those where the woman does the lion's share of the chores, a Norwegian study has found. 挪威一项最新调查表明，共同分担家务的现代夫妇的离婚率比妻子承担绝大部分家务的夫... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-02 An American science writer is set to release a book, in which he enlists all sorts of tricky questions, riddles and several devious interviewing techniques that would enable one to land a job at Google, as well as possibly anywhere in the United Sta... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-02 A NEW contraceptive pill that lets women go four months without a period will go on sale this week. 一种可以让女性四个月只来一次月经的新型避孕药将于本周上市发售。 Yaz Flex comes in packs of 120 pills and women who use it continuously will have three... 阅读全文>>