日期：2014-12-05 Babies can only remember happy moments, new research suggests. 一项最新的研究表明，婴儿的记忆中仅留存欢乐时光。 Researchers at Brigham Young University discovered that babies are more likely to remember things that trigger positive emotions. People... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-05 If you find those sort of quietly whispered questions about your co-workers irresistible, you're hardly alone. But why are we drawn to gossip? 如果一些关于你同事的小八卦令你无法抗拒，恭喜你，你并不是一个人。但是，我们为什么会被这些八卦所吸引呢？ A n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-05 一项新研究在调查了3000名刚结婚和离婚的美国人后发现，夫妻年龄差距越小，离婚的几率也越低。研究人员指出，如果和伴侣的年龄差在五岁以内，就没什么好担心的，但是如果一方年龄大到足以做另一方的父母，那这两人的婚姻就很难走到最后。 For women on the lookout for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-30 According to a new survey, most people in Britain prefer to read books by writers of their own gender -- and tend to read fewer of those written by the opposite sex. 最新的一项调查显示，大多数英国人更喜欢阅读与自己性别相同作家的著作，而倾向于去阅读... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-30 You may have noticed that the voices of politicians seem to change as they rise up the ranks. 你可能会注意到，政客升往高职时，他们的声音也随之改变。 Now scientists claim that being in a position of power can fundamentally change the way you speak an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-30 The Queen, Margaret Thatcher and J.K. Rowling have been celebrated in a list of the top 40 women who changed the world. 在全球40位改变世界的女性榜单中，英女王、前首相撒切尔夫人和作家JK罗琳均获得提名。 Actress Marilyn Monroe came in 17th The list, wh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-30 Friendly doctors are 'bad for their patients' health', researchers have warned as a new study revealed two thirds of young medics struggle to be truthful with patients they like. 最新研究表明，医生态度友善反而对患者治疗不利。三分之二的年轻医生很难对... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-30 一项新研究表明，用蓝色杯子或玻璃杯喝咖啡会降低咖啡的苦味，不用加糖就会感觉更甜。实验表明，相比玻璃杯，用白色杯子喝咖啡会感觉味道更浓；而相比有颜色的杯子，用白色杯子喝咖啡会感觉味道更苦。 More than 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed across the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-29 A new map of 151 countries has revealed exactly which parts of the globe deliver long and happy lives for their citizens, within the environmental limits of the planet. 在全球环境限制下，151国新地图出炉，揭密世界上哪个地区的居民最幸福长寿。 And the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-21 The Oxford English Dictionary named vape as its 2014 word of the year. 据报道，日前牛津词典宣布电子水烟vape为2014年度新词。 You are thirty times more likely to come across the word 'vape' than you were two years ago, and usage has more than doubled... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-21 Young children may face serious health risks from popular energy drinks, such as Monster, Red Bull and Rock Star, potentially causing seizures, heart problems and other life-threatening conditions, according to the findings of new research. 最新研究... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-21 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot there. 土耳其总统埃尔多安近日称，穆斯林在12世纪发现了美洲大陆，比哥伦... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-21 Researchers have calculated a formula for the perfect TV episode -- and found Downton Abbey consistently comes closest to the ideal. 研究人员计算出判定神剧的量化公式。通过数据分析，英国连续剧《唐顿庄园》全剧的表现都近乎完美，堪称神剧。 Although the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-16 An informal poll of fellow Atlantic staffers confirmed my suspicion that this is something that happens to even the most kind and conscientious among us. 最近的一项针对《大西洋月刊》职员的非正式调查证实了我的猜想，哪怕是我们当中待人最友善、最一丝不... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-16 The Beam Messenger app shows everything another person is typing in a text message as they type it. 一款名为Beam的通讯类应用程序能让你看到对方正在输入的所有内容。 This means that if your friend has the app, they could see the keys you press, includi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-16 TIME magazine has revealed the details of their fourth annual word banishment poll, calling on readers to cast their ballot for which word or phrase they would like to prohibit use of. 《时代周刊》杂志近日公布第四届年度词语流放投票活动详情，号召广大... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-16 A Berlin firm has created an alternative keyboard - made of punchbags. 德国一家公司近日推出一款另类沙袋键盘。 To type, users simply hit or kick the key they want. Created by German firm Bless for the 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial, the firm said it wa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-14 The world's tallest and shortest living men have met for the first time in London to mark the 60th anniversary of the publishing of the first Guinness Book of World Records. 世界上最高的人和最矮的人首次聚于伦敦，纪念第一部《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》出版... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-10 If you really wanna get a song stuck in your head, you gotta get with my friends the Spice Girls. The group's 1996 debut single Wannabe is the world's catchiest song, researchers in Holland say. 如果你特别希望有一首歌在脑海里挥之不去，那你可以去听听... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-11-10 Responding to users' complaints about a lack of characters whose skin reflects the variety of people who use smartphones, the group that sets technical standards is adding five more shades to the mix. 由于用户反映智能手机表情肤色单一，无法反映使用者... 阅读全文>>