日期：2014-03-30 研究表明，男性会在压力下会变得更加以自我为中心，他们会很容易把情绪发泄到周围人身上。而女性面对压力，则会变得更加愿意亲近社会。 Everyone gets stressed out, but new research suggests that men and women cope with these situations in different ways. Acc... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-30 伦敦研究人员近日发现，我们在听到发自内心的笑声和虚情假意的笑声时，大脑会呈现出完全不同的反应。 Next time your boss tells a bad joke and you feel compelled to laugh, beware - they can tell you're faking it. Researchers from London have discovered our... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-30 研究发现，父亲年龄大的孩子相貌也较丑，但是这些丑孩子的寿命却会比其他人长。 Older fathers have uglier children, researchers have claimed after linking age to genetic mutations. The finding comes weeks after leading scientists reported children born t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-28 Microsoft has started offering an iPad edition of its Office software suite. 微软已开始提供iPad版office套件。 It was announced at the first launch event hosted by Satya Nadella since he became chief executive of the firm. Three separate productivity... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-21 The average Briton gets six-and-a-half hours' sleep a night, according to the Sleep Council. Michael Mosley took part in an unusual experiment to see if this is enough. 调查显示，英国人平均每天只睡6.5小时。为了验证这样的睡眠是否足够，迈克尔莫斯利医... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-21 Paris is once again the world's top tourist destination, France's regional tourism body has declared, a month after authorities angrily dismissed reports that London had overtaken the French capital as the world's most popular city. 法国地区旅游机构... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-21 俗话说，金钱买不到幸福。但研究发现，经济上的安全感比健康的身体更能让人满足。随着经济上不安全感的消退，我们的幸福感也会逐渐增强。 Financial security is more important than good health in making people content, a study has found. Our happiness is grow... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-21 研究发现，养狗者勤奋、起得早，而且通常都步入了婚姻；养猫者害羞、邋遢，且多为单身；养兔者更富创造力、闲散、爱开小差。研究称，养狗者和养兔者都自称起得早，而养猫者多为夜猫子。 In the war of the pets, dogs have won the latest battle - or at least their... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-21 一项研究指出，非裔美国妇女肥胖率高与种族歧视的言论和态度有关。研究称，遭受种族歧视会造成严重的心理压力，从而导致肥胖。研究表明，经常承受压力会导致重要的神经内分泌功能失调，进而引发体内多余脂肪的储存。 For African-American women, being the target of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-19 A new 1 coin, designed to be the most secure in the world, is set to be introduced in 2017. 一种新式1英镑硬币，以世界上最安全的硬币为设计理念，将于2017年投入使用。 The Royal Mint is introducing the new coin as it believes 3% of existing ￡1 coins ar... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-07 If the Oscars seem boring and predictable to you this year, then you're in good company. Sociologists have considered the Academy Awards predictable for a long time. 如果你觉得今年的奥斯卡很无聊，结果在你的预料之中，那么你和很多人想到一块去了。社会... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-07 Women aged 40-49 plumped for Samsung (36 percent), rather than Apple as their one true love. For men, however, the tale is quite different. Their preferred provider is Samsung. 对年龄在40-49岁之间的女性而言，苹果产品并不是她们的真爱，其选择三星产品... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-07 最佳影片：《为奴十二年》 Best picture: 12 Years a Slave 最佳导演：阿方索-卡隆 《地心引力》 Best director: Alfonso Cuarn, Gravity 最佳男主角：马修-麦康纳 《达拉斯买家俱乐部》 Best leading actor: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyer's Club 最佳女主角：凯... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-07 最新研究显示，比起睡眠良好的人，失眠人群大脑的可塑性可能更强。 Unable to sleep at night? It has now been medically shown that insomnia（失眠） may be caused by an overactive brain, according to a new sleep study conducted by Dr. Rachel Salas, assist... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-07 这几天不少明星将会从奥斯卡上空手而归，留给他们的不仅仅是苦涩的失败，还可能会减寿。 This Sunday, a handful of stars will go home empty handed from the 2014 Academy Awards show. Not only will they be left with the bitter sting of defeat, but such loss... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-07 迪士尼公司的《冰雪奇缘》，由导演珍妮佛李和克里斯巴克执导，于3月2日赢得奥斯卡最佳动画长片。 Elsa the Snow Queen, voiced by Idina Menzel, in the movie Frozen. Disney's Frozen, directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, won the Oscar for animated feature... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-07 纽约大学的一项新研究表明，教婴儿阅读的光盘、闪卡（抽认卡）和书等产品不能帮助提高婴儿的阅读能力。 Despite all the DVDs, flashcards, and books designed to teach babies to read, these products do not help infants develop reading skills, according to a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-05 Passive smoking causes lasting damage to children's arteries, prematurely ageing their blood vessels by more than three years, say researchers. 研究人员称，吸二手烟会对儿童的动脉造成持续伤害，使他们的血管老化三年以上。 The damage - thickening of blo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-02 Dim lighting is usually associated with relaxation, and winding down after work. But scientists now claim that by harnessing the subduing effect on emotions caused by dim lights. 昏暗的灯光总是给人一种工作后尽情放松的感觉。科学家现在认为昏暗的灯光会... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-03-02 In the last two decades, dozens of scientific papers have been published on the biological origins of homosexuality - another announcement was made last week. It's becoming scientific orthodoxy. But how does it fit with Darwin's theory of evolution?... 阅读全文>>