日期：2012-09-08 美国和加拿大的12家动物园推出的猩猩玩应用项目发现原来大猩猩也喜欢玩平板电脑。 Humans aren't the only species on the planet with a penchant（嗜好，倾向） for electronic gadgets. Zookeepers across the United States and Canada are discovering that apes... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-09-06 Problems sleeping may be an early sign of Alzheimer's if a study in mice also applies to people, say researchers. 研究人员称，通过对老鼠的研究发现，睡眠有问题可能是阿尔茨海默病的一个早期信号，这个发现同样适用于人类。 Clumps of protein, called plaque... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-09-05 Alien mammals, including mink, wild boar, racoons, shrews and beavers, have invaded Europe to a greater extent than we thought. 外来哺乳动物，包括貂、野猪、浣熊、鼩鼱和海狸，已经在很大程度上侵入欧洲。 A new study has found that 71 mammal species hav... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-09-05 Vitamin D could help the body fight infections of deadly tuberculosis, according to doctors in London. 伦敦的医生表示，维生素D可以帮助身体抵御肺结核感染。 Nearly 1.5 million people are killed by the infection every year and there are concerns some c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-09-05 Pieces of jewellery, pottery and iron tools dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Senegal's capital, Dakar, researchers say. 研究人员称，有数千年历史的珠宝碎片、陶器、铁器在塞内加尔首都达喀尔被发现。 The ancient objects were found i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-09-04 A giant sculpture of the head of a 14-year-old girl has been unveiled on the famous Botafogo beach, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. 巴西城市里约热内卢著名的博塔弗戈海岸，一座巨大的14岁少女头像雕塑被揭开面纱。 The sculpture took four months... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-09-04 A mysterious new species of stick insect has been discovered living in the Philippines by scientists. 一种神秘的竹节虫在菲律宾被科学家发现。 Conlephasma enigma: a stick insect unlike any other The stick insect is wingless, lives on the ground rather... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-09-01 The Eiffel Tower has been declared the most valuable monument in Europe - worth 435 billion euros to the French economy, a new study claims. 根据一项新研究，埃菲尔铁塔被封为欧洲最贵的地标，对法国经济而言，埃菲尔铁塔价值4350亿欧元。 The Eiffel Tower... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-09-01 在斯德哥尔摩参加世界水大会的科学家们发布的一份报告称，未来40年全球人口可能要转成纯素食习惯才能避免食品短缺产生的灾难性影响。 Leading water scientists have issued one of the sternest warnings yet about global food supplies, saying that the world's po... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-28 Young people who smoke cannabis run the risk of a significant and irreversible reduction in their IQ, research suggests. 研究显示，吸大麻的年轻人有极大的、不可逆转的降低智商的风险。 The findings come from a study of around 1,000 people in New Zealan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-26 Parents want their children to read Charles Dickens' classic 'A Christmas Carol' more than any other book during their lifetime. 父母们最想让孩子读的书是查尔斯狄更斯的经典小说《圣诞颂歌》。 A survey by the University of Worcester discovered one in f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-25 最新一项研究显示，肥胖会加速人的认知能力衰退，从而增加患痴呆症的风险。 Being overweight is not just bad for waistlines but for brains too, say researchers who have linked obesity to declining mental performance. Experts are not sure why this might b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-20 Australia may have been trounced by Britain at the Olympics but its dejected sports stars can take some comfort from the fact that their cities have been judged far better places to live. 澳大利亚也许在奥运会比赛中被英国打得落花流水，但其城市却被评... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-20 Drivers ogling pedestrians cause nearly one million crashes in Britain every year, new figures have shown. Figures show distracted motorists cause an average of 2,525 crashes every day - the equivalent of 921,840 per year. 最新数据显示，英国每年因司... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-11 Dotted across London, national hospitality houses offer a base for a country's athletes, officials and occasional celebrities. 坐落在伦敦各处的各国接待馆给本国的运动员、官员以及偶尔到访的名人提供了一个大本营。 Some are open to the public, showing a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-06 The way that even low levels of carbon monoxide can be fatal, by disrupting the heart's rhythm, has been unravelled by researchers in Leeds. 利兹市的研究人员证实，低浓度的一氧化碳也可能致命，它会扰乱心脏节律。 They found that levels common in heavy... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-04 微软正在对其网络版电子邮件服务进行改造，新推出的Outlook服务将帮助用户解决收件箱拥塞的问题，不但能帮助用户将收到的邮件分类，还能与各社交网站关联，实时了解朋友的动态，并且通过Skype进行网络语音通话。 Microsoft is overhauling（精细检查） its free webmai... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-08-02 Protecting mangroves to lock carbon away in trees may be an economic way to curb climate change, research suggests. 研究显示，保护红树林将碳锁定在树木中是抑制气候变化的一种经济方式。 Carbon credit schemes already exist for rainforests; the new work... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-07-31 Study finds only 30% of radical loss of summer sea ice is due to natural variability in Atlantic and it will probably get worse. 研究发现，北极海冰夏季大面积融化可能会进一步加剧，而这其中只有30%由大西洋的自然环境变化所造成。 The radical（激进的，根... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-07-28 Women feel their sexiest at the age of 28, according to a survey. 据一项调查显示，女人在28岁的时候觉得自己最性感。 Miss Middleton, millionairess Tamara Ecclestone and actress Mila Kunis are all at the magic age for embracing their sex appeal（性感，... 阅读全文>>