日期:2009-08-26 Scientists are urging the government of Malaysia to ban the hunting of the world's largest fruit bat. 科学家正试图说服马来西亚政府禁止猎杀世界上最大的果蝠。 Scientists attached collars to the bats to track their movements by satellite Researchers sa... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-26 File-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) is back online after its former internet service provider (ISP) was forced to take down the site. 文件共享网站The Pirate Bay在经历之前被因特网服务提供商关闭之后重新上线。 Mr Pandeya says the acquisition of T... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-26 The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia is on the cusp of launching a major revamp to how people contribute to some pages. 在线百科全书Wikipedia即将发起有利于人们修改某些页面的计划。 The call for flagged revisions came from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-26 Children's author Lemony Snicket is to write a further series of books after signing a new deal in the UK, it has been announced. 有消息称,孩子们的作家Lemony Snicket在英国签署了一项新协议并将撰写新系列的书籍。 Snicket wrote his final Unfortunate Ev... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-25 Apple has confirmed that its new operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, will be released on 28 August. 苹果证实道,新操作系统Mac OS X 10.6 雪豹,将于8月28日发布。 Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is due for release on 28 August Snow Leopard is Appl... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-25 The world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones will join the PC market with its Booklet 3G netbook. 世界上最大的移动电话制造商将会以其3G上网本打入个人电脑市??The Booklet has 3G, Bluetooth, and wi-fi connectivity The Windows-based device is abou... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-25 Quentin Tarantino's World War II movie Inglourious Basterds, starring Brad Pitt, has entered the North American box office chart at number one. 布拉德皮特主演的昆汀塔伦蒂诺的二战电影Inglourious Basterds进入北美票房排行榜第一位。 Brad Pitt stars in t... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-22 US first lady Michelle Obama is among the world's 100 most powerful women in a list topped for the fourth consecutive year by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to a Forbes ranking released on Wednesday. Obama debuted at No. 40, coming in ah... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-22 Giant cupcake: Baked over the course of 12 hours, the gigantic cup cake was made from 200 pounds of flour, 200 pounds of sugar, 200 pounds of butter and 800 eggs. A 4ft cupcake weighing a hefty 1,224lbs has been officially recognised as the world's... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-22 The death of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 35 may have been caused by complications stemming from strep throat, according to a Dutch study. The death of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 35 may have been caused by compl... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-22 上海第一家性教育夏令营本周正式亮相,营员大多年龄介于8岁到13岁不等。但这次夏令营只有6名男孩参加,缺少了女孩团。这家民间组织的夏令营为期三天,向每个营员收取人民币2,880元。教育和卫生专家提醒,由于家长们羞于与子女谈性,中国亟需关注未婚男女青年的性教育... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-21 People with conditions such as HIV, TB and malaria should not rely on homeopathic treatments, the World Health Organization has warned. 世界卫生组织警告道,患有艾滋?⒎谓岷撕团奔驳娜瞬挥Ω靡揽克呈屏品ā?Homeopathic remedies often contain few or no... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-20 A new rice plant has been developed which grows snorkels when exposed to floods. 一种可以在洪水地区像起重机一样生长的新水稻被发现。 A paper in the journal Nature, describes how the plant elongates(延长,伸长) rapidly in response to being submerged... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-20 A new rice plant has been developed which grows snorkels when exposed to floods. 一种可以在洪水地区像起重机一样生长的新水稻被发现。 A paper in the journal Nature, describes how the plant elongates(延长,伸长) rapidly in response to being submerged... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-20 The coming age of lorries that drive themselves or robots that perform surgery is fraught with legal and ethical issues, says a new report. 一项新报道称,即将到来的会自己开车的卡车、会实行外科手术的机器人的时代充满了法律上和伦理上的争议。 Fully auto... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-20 Bono and The Edge have described their forthcoming Spider-Man musical as dizzy and not a straight take on the myth. Bono和The Edge形容他们即将到来的蜘蛛人演唱会令人眩晕的、并非直接对神话的搬用。 U2 have written the lyrics and music for Turn Off The... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-20 MySpace will acquire the popular music discovery service iLike that allows users listen to and share music across social networks. MySpace将会开放流行音乐探索服务iLike,此服务可使用户收听、分享社交网络里的音乐。 MySpace is owned by Rupert Murdoch's... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-19 One of the UK's rarest butterflies has produced a second brood in what conservationists are describing as an extremely rare event. 一种英国最罕见的蝴蝶之一一年之内产了第二窝卵,自然资源保护论者认为这是一件极其罕见的事情。 A second appearance for the... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-19 Scientists say they have evidence that the powerful greenhouse gas methane is escaping from the Arctic sea bed. 科学家发现温室效应气体甲烷总北极海岩床渗出的证据。 Methane bubbles observed by sonar, escape from sea bed as temperatures rise Researcher... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-08-19 The team behind Monty Python's Flying Circus are to receive a special Bafta honouring their outstanding contribution to film and television. 飞翔马戏团因对电影和电视杰出的贡献将获得一项特殊的英国电视电影协会奖。 The Pythons became a hugely influenti... 阅读全文>> |
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