日期：2012-06-20 Drinking a low or moderate level of alcohol in early pregnancy is not linked to developmental problems in five-years-olds, researchers say. 研究人员称，怀孕初期少量或适度饮酒不会对孩子五岁之前的健康问题有影响。 The Danish research, published in the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-19 The Prince of Wales has been awarded the highest rank in all three military services by the Queen. 威尔士亲王（查尔斯王子）被英国女王授予英国海、陆、空三军最高统帅的军衔。 The Queen has appointed Prince Charles honorary（荣誉的） five-star rank in a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-19 Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes. 堪萨斯大学的研究人员称，只需看看一个人穿的鞋，就能准确地判断陌生人的90%的性格。 Shoes convey... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-18 Be careful blowing out the candles. Scientists have found we are more likely to die on our birthday than any other day. 吹生日蜡烛的时候要当心哦。科学家发现，一个人在生日当天死亡的几率比其他日子都要高。 Researchers who studied more than two million... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-14 Australia says it will create the world's largest network of marine parks. 澳大利亚将建设世界上最大的海洋公园。 The Coral Sea is home to diverse wildlife, including sharks and tuna The reserves will cover 3.1 million sq km of ocean, including the Co... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-03 The future of written English will owe more to Hollywood films than Dickens or Shakespeare, if the findings of a study into children's writing are anything to go by. 如果一项对儿童作文的研究结果可靠的话，那么比起狄更斯或莎士比亚的影响，书面英语的未... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-03 They might be harder to catch and no doubt leave their mothers more exhausted but children born to mums over 40 are healthier and brighter than those of younger women. 也许他们更难被怀上，无疑也会让他们的母亲更加精疲力竭，但是年过40的女性生出的小孩... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-31 About 4,600 lives in England could be saved by reducing alcohol intake to just half a unit a day, say experts. 专家称，每天饮酒小半杯的话，将有4600英国人的生命被挽救。 The Oxford University report warned that alcohol consumption is a risk factor for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-31 Debut US novelist Madeline Miller has won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction with The Song of Achilles, a story of same-sex romance set in the Greek age of heroes. 新出道的美国小说家玛德琳米勒凭作品《阿基里斯之歌》获得2012年橘子小说奖，该著讲述的是罗... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-26 一份研究报告显示，美国每年有5000多人死于开车发短信和打电话，而20岁以下的驾车者尤其容易在开车时分神。 Texting and talking on cell phones behind the wheel kills more than 5,000 people every year on US highways. Teen drivers seem to be especially susce... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-21 It is believed that smartphone and laptop use, could cause facial skin and muscle to lose its elasticity as people spend an increasing amount of time sat with their heads bent. 据认为，经常使用智能手机和笔记本电脑会导致人的面部皮肤和肌肉失去弹性，因... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-16 More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. 联合国警告，由于与苏丹持续冲突的影响，南苏丹超过半数的人口正面临食物匮乏的境况。 It says fighting on the border betw... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-16 The Cannes Film Festival opens later with US director Wes Anderson's film Moonrise Kingdom. 今年戛纳电影节将以美国导演韦斯安德森的电影 《月升王国》开... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-13 New research suggests that most managers are failing to get the best out of their employees. 新调查显示，大多数主管都无法充分发挥员工的价值。 The findings have highlighted the growing unrest amongst workers towards those in charge - which is also un... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-11 Archaeologists working at the Xultun ruins of the Mayan civilisation have reported striking finds, including the oldest-known Mayan astronomical tables. 工作在玛雅文明Xultun废墟中的考古学家取得惊人发现，他们发现一处最古老的玛雅天文表。 The preservat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-09 The quantity of small plastic fragments floating in the north-east Pacific Ocean has increased a hundred fold over the past 40 years. 太平洋东北部海域上漂浮的小塑料片的数量在过去40年间增 加了100倍。 The Scripps team trawled the surface of the ocean... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-09 One in six cancers - two million a year globally - are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, new estimates suggest. 最新结果显示，1/6的癌症每年全球大约有两百万人患病主要是由可治愈或可预防的感染引起。 The Lancet Infectious Diseases r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-08 The public should be vigilant about persistent coughs as they could be a sign of lung cancer. 公众应该对持续咳嗽保持警惕，因为这可能是肺癌的迹象。 The campaign, which is being run in TV, radio, print and online media, recommends people with coughs l... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-05 A website has pulled together some of the ugliest web pages on Earth and they're all still going strong, despite having been designed in the 'good old days'. 一家名为来自地狱的网站正致力于汇集全世界最丑的网站，这些中选网站多数诞生于互联网产生初期，... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-05-05 近日发布在自然母亲网络的一篇文章指出，纯素食也有潜在的健康风险，比如，纯素食者患肠癌的几率更高、骨矿物密度偏低，以及更容易缺乏维生素B12等等。 Thinking of giving up meat from your diet? The potential health benefits of a green diet are well establish... 阅读全文>>