日期：2011-06-22 Europe's space freighter has destroyed itself over the South Pacific. 欧洲开普勒号宇宙运输船在南太平洋海域自行解体。 Artist's impression: Contact with Kepler was lost at 2041:39 GMT at an altitude of 80km The ATV-Johannes Kepler ship took 1.3 tonnes... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-18 阿根廷国家农业综合科技研究所的科学家们日前宣布，他们已成功培育出一头能够产人奶的奶牛，这在全世界范围内尚属首例。 Argentinian Agriculture Minister Julian Dominguez (R) posing with an unidentified scientist and 'Rosita Isa' the first Argentinian clone... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-17 Hundreds of thousands of babies' lives could be saved each year if pregnant women were screened for syphilis, researchers say. 研究人员称，如果孕妇能接受梅毒检查，每年将有数十万婴儿的生命获拯救。 Syphilis is caused by sexually transmitted bacteria k... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-11 Nuclear radiation from power plant leaks and bomb tests resulted in millions fewer baby girls born worldwide, according to a new study. 根据一项新研究，核电站核泄漏事故和炸弹试验释放的放射性物质导致全世界女婴出生数量减少了数百万名。 Scientists noted... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-10 Humankind's most distant emissaries are flying through a turbulent sea of magnetism as they seek to break free of our Solar System. 人类在太空中最远的探测器正在穿越一片磁海湍流，目前它正试图冲出太阳系。 The Voyagers are approaching the edge of the e... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-04 Finding the perfect pair of jeans usually requires patience, luck and several frustrating hours behind a changing room curtain. 买到非常合身的牛仔裤通常不仅需要耐心、运气，还需要在试衣间里苦战几小时。 The scanner, which is around 10ft tall and 5ft w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-01 Space shuttle Endeavour has brought its 19-year operational career to a close with a textbook landing in Florida. 奋进号航天飞机顺利降落到佛罗里达航天中心，结束了19年的服役生涯。 The vehicle swept into a night-time touch-down at the Kennedy Space Ce... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-05-17 A smartphone made from electronic paper has been demonstrated by researchers in Canada. 加拿大研究人员日前研发了一款使用电子纸制作的智能纸手机。 The PaperPhone lets people make calls by bending the epaper. The PaperPhone is flexible and can be contr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-05-04 Sony has hired investigators after a breach of security, in which the personal data of more than 100 million online game users was compromised. 用户信息被盗， 索尼展开 调查 Cyber-security detectives from Guidance Software and Data Forte, among other... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-22 The Antarctic ozone hole is about one-third to blame for Australia's recent series of droughts, scientists say. 科学家称，澳大利亚近期一系列的干旱1/3的原因是由于南极臭氧空洞。 Writing in the journal Science, they conclude that the hole has shifted w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-21 India has successfully launched a rocket into space carrying three satellites, officials say. 印度官员称，印度已向太空中成功发射一枚载有三颗卫星的火箭。 The take-off went smoothly with no complications The trouble-free launch was in contrast to a ma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-09 The French have been credited with inventing the bidet and popularising pissoirs or public urinals, and now they can add the biodegradable and portable toilet to their name. 法国人曾以发明坐浴盆、以及普及公共厕所而著称，如今，他们又可以因为可生物降... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-02 Most women have gone through the ordeal of buying a product at a beauty counter only to get home and discover it looks more clown than chic. 大多数女性都有这样的经历：在美容柜台选好的化妆品拿回家后却发现并不能把自己扮靓，却会把自己画丑了。 The futur... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-02 美国佐治亚理工大学的科学家近日宣布，他们成功研制出一种利用人体动能驱动发电的芯片，能够将人体在活动时产生的能量转换为电能，为随身电子设备提供电源支持。 Anything from walking to a standing heartbeat could produce energy that is captured and used by na... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-26 Fukushima is not Chernobyl, scientists repeat, and even Chernobyl was not as deadly as popularly believed. 科学家反复强调，福岛不是切尔诺贝利，而且切尔诺贝利也不像公众所想的那么可怕和危险。 Dire warnings of radiation spreading from Japan's embattled... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-26 上周六晚现身的超级月亮照亮了各国的夜空，同时也打破了其与日本地震相关的传言。 The rare lunar occurrence, when Earth's natural satellite is only a mere 356,575 kilometers out in orbit, brings the moon to its closest position to Earth. The 'maximal per... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-20 The massive earthquake that struck northeast Japan Friday (March 11) has shortened the length of Earth's day by a fraction and shifted how the planet's mass is distributed. 上周五（3月11日）袭击日本东北部的巨大地震使地球每日时长略有缩短，还改变了全... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-05 全国政协委员、神舟飞船原总设计师戚发轫近日表示，中国将在2016年前研制并发射空间实验室。空间实验室是中国载人航天工程的第二步，为最终在2020年建成中国空间站提供技术支持。 A Chinese senior space technology expert said Thursday that China is expected to l... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-05 美国加州大学圣克鲁兹分校的一位天体物理学教授利用自创的公式计算出了宇宙中不同天体的价值，其中地球价值为3千万亿英镑，是最贵的一个，火星的价值只有1万英镑，而金星则一文不值。 A scientist has created a formula to calculate the worth of planet Earth and h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-03-02 Some shark species make mental maps of their home ranges, allowing them to pin-point destinations up to 50km (30 miles) away, research suggests. 研究显示，某些种类的鲨鱼对其活动范围制作出心理地图，这使它们可以精确达到50公里以外的目的地。 Tiger shark... 阅读全文>>