日期:2009-04-25 Yahoo is to close its personal web hosting site GeoCities later this year. 雅虎将于今年晚些时候关闭其个人网页站点GeoCities。 Yahoo paid $3.57bn for GeoCities in 1999 In a statement, the firm says it will no longer be accepting new customers and will... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-25 The Multimodal Brain Orchestra performed its world premiere on Thursday. 星期四世界首次上演大脑控制的管弦乐表演。 Brains took the place of violins in the novel orchestra Led by an emotional conductor and a traditional one, music and video change in... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-24 Wild grazing animals in Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve are steadily disappearing, a study has found. 研究发现,肯尼亚马赛国家保护区的野生食草动物正在逐步消失。 Numbers of giraffe in the Masai Mara fell by more than 80% Numbers of giraffe(长颈... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-23 It may look like a cross between a seal and an otter; but an Arctic fossil could, scientists say, hold the secret of seal evolution in its feet. 海豹和水獭的进化之间可能有交叉,但是科学家称,北极发现的一具化石可能揭开海豹的腿进化的秘密。 The scienti... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-22 Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan's comments about whether freedom was a good thing for China were taken out of context, his spokesman has said. 香港动作影星成龙的发言人称,成龙的关于在中国自由是不是一件好事的评论被断章取义。 Martial artist Chan is... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-22 Almost two million PCs globally, including machines inside UK and US government departments, have been taken over by malicious hackers. 包括英国和美国政府部门在内的全球将近200万的电脑被黑客恶意攻击。 Security experts Finjan traced the giant network... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-22 Water levels in some of the world's most important rivers have declined significantly over the past 50 years, US researchers say. 美国研究者称,一些世界上重要河流的水位在过去50年里显著下降。 They say the reduced flows are linked to climate change an... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-22 Fossils found in China may give clues to the evolution of Tyrannosaurus rex. 中国发现的化石可能会给暴龙的进化带来一些线索。 Tyrannosaurus rex may have had much smaller ancestors Uncovered near the city of Jiayuguan, the fossil finds come from a nove... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-22 Security professionals are being called on to band together to fight the highly organised cyber criminals of the world. 系统安全专家正在被召集起来共同与世界上高度组织的网络犯罪进行战斗。 Data stored online is said to be the number one focus of breac... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-21 Climate change will force bone-weary birds migrating to Europe from Africa to log extra mileage, with possibly devastating consequences, according to a study released on Wednesday. The annual voyage of some species, which fly north in search of food... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-21 Children with the brightest smiles in family photographs are more than three times likely to have a successful marriage than those who frown, according to research. According to scientists, even photos taken of family outings when the child is as yo... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-21 Facebook users may feel socially successful in cyberspace but they are more likely to perform poorly in exams, according to new research into the academic impact of the social networking website. The majority of students who use Facebook every day a... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-21 The Great Wall of China is even greater than previously thought, according to the first detailed survey to establish the length of the ancient barricade. 一份详细的测量古防御工事长度的调查称,中国万里长城比我们现在想象的要更伟大。 The structure is a... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-21 Concerns have been raised about the use of the internet and new technologies to revolutionise health care. 人们对使用互联网和新技术来使健康问题革命化的方法心存疑虑。 The internet is revolutionising health care There has been a rise in the use of onl... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-20 联合国教科文组织宣布将于明日(4月21日)推出世界数字图书馆。届时,用户只要登录该图书馆网站便可浏览世界各地的图书、手稿、地图及影像等珍贵资料。这是继谷歌图书搜索和欧盟的新项目欧洲虚拟博物馆之后全世界第三个大型数字图书馆。新建的世界数字图书馆将设有英文... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-20 Forests' role as massive carbon sinks is at risk of being lost entirely, top forestry scientists have warned. 首席森林科学家警告,森林吸收二氧化碳的作用处于完全消失的危险之中。 Coniferous forests are particularly susceptible to climatic changes The... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-20 A campaigner who was jailed during his battle to save the rainforest in Gabon has received a top international award. 加蓬一位在保护雨林的战斗中遭监禁的从军者获得了最高的国际环境奖。 Mr Ona continues to campaign against the Belinga mine project Marc... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-18 Electronic book readers are still a minority pursuit for book lovers, but the devices have the potential to become the norm one day. 电子书现在仍旧是少数书籍爱好者追求的物品,但是它有望在将来普及。 Could electronic subscriptions help struggling news... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-17 The makers of Slumdog Millionaire have announced they are to donate 500,000 to a charity which will help children living in the slums of Mumbai. 《贫民窟里的百万富翁》制作人日前宣布他们将要向孟买的一个慈善机构捐款50万英镑,这笔捐款将用于生活在孟买贫... 阅读全文>> 日期:2009-04-17 Red pandas have surprised researchers by demonstrating a liking of artificial sweeteners. 研究人员惊奇的发现小熊猫喜欢人工甜味剂。 The research could fuel the development of better sugar substitutes The Journal of Heredity(遗传) research was inves... 阅读全文>> |
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