日期：2011-09-11 Keeping a busy social life amongst lots of friends may keep people slimmer than spending hours on a treadmill, according to scientists. 科学家研究发现，与在跑步机上锻炼几个小时相比，跟朋友一起参加社交活动更有利于保持苗条身材。 They say that socialis... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-11 The time of year a baby is born can shape what profession they will embark on in later life, a new study has suggested. 一项新研究表明，婴儿出生的月份会影响他将来从事的职业方向。 Being born in a certain month appears to indicate the statistical like... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-11 For many in New York and Washington, Sept. 11, 2001, was a personal experience, an attack on their cities. Most everywhere else in the world, it was a television event. 对很多纽约人和华盛顿人来说， 911事件是一种亲身经历，是他们所在城市遭遇的恐怖袭击... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-10 匈牙利将于下月进行全国人口普查，为了让更多人参与其中，匈牙利统计局制作了一个相当有挑逗意味的宣传视频。视频中，一名未穿上衣的年轻女子穿着红色内裤，黑色蕾丝长筒袜，手持一根鞭子，为上网参加普查的用户开门。 Hungary has produced a provocative（刺激的，挑... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-10 英国女诗人卡罗尔安达菲近日表示，青少年发短信和微博的过程其实是在磨练他们的诗歌创作技巧，诗歌其实是短信和微博的前身。 Children who use social networking sites and text messaging to communicate are perfecting their poetry skills, Carol Ann Duffy, the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-10 德国前总理施罗德上周日提议建立一个欧洲合众国，称欧洲地区需要一个统一的政府以防止未来再次发生经济危机。他建议在目前欧洲委员会的基础上成立一个政府，即欧洲合众国，由欧洲议会对其进行监督。 Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Sunday called for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-07 Two once-widespread woodland species of British birds have been put on the endangered list after a steep decline in their numbers. 两种曾经在英国普遍分布的林地鸟类因数量急剧下降而被列入濒危物种。 The lesser spotted woodpecker is now one of 103 speci... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-03 The vocabulary of babies who are bilingual remains flexible as they grow up and boosts their speaking ability as toddlers, a university study has found. 一项大学研究发现，接受双语教育的宝宝在成长过程中可以灵活地掌握两门语言的词汇，而且学步时期的口语... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-03 It's official - women spend most of their time lying awake at night because of financial worries, while men are kept awake by... 'nothing.' 这可是官方消息女人们晚上睡不着觉是大多是因为财务上的烦恼，而男人睡不着觉是因为根本没有什么事会让男人睡不着觉... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-27 Trying to be a supermum can be a recipe for depression, scientists said. 科学家称，做一个超级妈妈是让你患上抑郁症的途径之一。 Working mothers who try to do everything by themselves are more likely to become depressed than those who accept that they... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-27 Retweet, sexting and cyberbullying may be meaningless to some but they are among a host of new entries appearing in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary for the first time today. 转发，发送性短信和网络欺凌这几个词也许对某些人来说没有什么意义，但是... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-27 美国西弗吉尼亚州的一位牧师近日在自家农场里收获了一枚长2.1厘米、重3.46克的鸡蛋，比一美分的硬币稍大一点，牧师称这可能是世界上最小的鸡蛋。 The chicken egg is 2.1 centimetres long, or a bit bigger than a penny, and weighs 3.46 grams - a little more than... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-21 Every hour spent watching TV, DVDs and videos as an adult reduces life expectancy by almost 22 minutes, a study suggests. And viewing TV for an average of six hours a day can cut short your life by five years. 一项研究指出，成年人每看一小时电视、DVD... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-21 A new study has revealed the wealthy are unlikely to be bothered about those who are struggling to make ends meet. 一项新研究揭示，富人们一般不会关心那些辛辛苦苦地量入为出的穷人。 According to psychologist and social scientist Dacher Keltner the ric... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-18 Mosquitoes can rapidly develop resistance to bed nets treated with insecticide, a new study from Senegal suggests. 塞内加尔的一项新研究显示，蚊子可对带有杀虫剂的蚊帐迅速产生抵抗力。 In recent years the nets have become a leading method of preventing... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-17 A newly discovered eel that inhabits an undersea cave in the Pacific Ocean has been dubbed a living fossil because of its primitive features. 一种最近在太平洋海底洞穴被发现的鳝鱼因其原始的特征而被冠以活化石称号。 living fossil Protoanguilla palau It... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-16 Just 15 minutes of exercise a day can boost life expectancy by three years and cut death risk by 14%, research from Taiwan suggests. 中国台湾的一项研究显示，每天只需要15分钟的运动就能延长三年的寿命并减少14%的死亡率。 Experts in The Lancet say this i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-14 One of historys greatest explorers, may in fact have been a conman, it was claimed yesterday. 昨日有消息称，历史上最伟大的探险家之一可能事实上是个大骗子。 Travelling trickster? Marco Polo may have fabricated his experiences by using other people's s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-14 美国广播电视公司近日宣布，热播美剧《绝望主妇》将于明年5月第8季结束时完美谢幕。 US TV show Desperate Housewives will finally come to an end in 2012. The drama series created by Marc Cherry and starring Teri Hatcher and Eva Longoria will come to an en... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-14 日本设计师细贝里枝最近用200个气球打造出了一件超轻透明的气球礼服，售价超过一千美元，打破了人们惯有的气球廉价观念。 The crystal-clear creation is the latest in balloon couture from balloon artist Rie Hosokai, who has won international prizes at Belgiu... 阅读全文>>