日期：2009-04-22 Eating walnuts may help to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer, research suggests. 调查显示，吃核桃可能会帮助降低患乳腺癌的风险。 Walnuts have been linked to heart disease prevention The nuts contain ingredients（作料，材料） such as omega-3... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-21 US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the moon in Lunar Oasis. Astronauts' meals have come a long way from the freeze-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes of decades ago: now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-green... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-21 Don't let the children hear, but parenthood can ruin marital bliss It may not come as a surprise to parents, but having children really does impinge on marital bliss. Nine in ten couples suffer a downturn in 'marital satisfaction' once the first chi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-21 A survey of dead stars has found that many are probably surrounded by the rocky remains of asteroids and planets. 一项对于死行星的调查发现，很多死恒星周围很可能围绕着小行星和行星上的残余岩石。 As rock is drawn in towards the star, it would be torn a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-20 Promising early results for a drug for pancreatic cancer have been reported by a team of UK and US scientists. 英国和美国的一组科学家报道了胰腺癌的最新药物研究成果。 Pancreatic cancer often goes undetected The drug, which targets a molecule（分子）... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-18 Exercise during pregnancy can be good for the developing baby as well as for the mother, research suggests. 有研究称，孕妇在怀孕期间做运动有助于胎儿的发育，并且对孕妇也有利。 Aerobic exercise during pregnancy 'can benefit baby' A team from the Kansa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-18 Scientists believe they may have found a way to treat a type of childhood cancer of the nervous system. 科学家们认为他们已经找到一种治疗儿童时期就患的性质严重的癌症的方法。 Neuroblastoma is caused by a build up of a protein Neuroblastoma（成神经细胞... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-17 Excessive hairiness in women is not just a cosmetic problem but is likely to be a sign of an underlying medical condition, say UK doctors in a report. 英国医生在一篇报告中称，女性多毛不仅仅是化妆品问题，而且可能是内在医疗状态的迹象。 Hormones are an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-17 A low intake of vitamins A and C could raise the risk of asthma, a team which reviewed 40 studies carried out over the past 30 years has said. 一组研究人员通过对过去30年的40组研究数据的统计回顾得出结论，维生素A和C摄入量不足可能导致患哮喘的风险增加。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-16 我们在外出的时候总要携带饮用水，最常见的包装就是塑料瓶，很多人感到这种包装既卫生又方便，还可回收，利于环保。但事实上，塑料瓶如果使用不当，也是会对健康不利的，今天就来给大家介绍一下。 Whether you buy bottled water or conscientiously tote some from ho... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-16 你是一个登山运动的爱好者吗？那你以后可要三思而后行了。一项新的研究表明攀登海拔很高的山，会损害大脑细胞，并影响运动机能。 If youve ever fantasized about scaling Mount Everest, think again. A new study of professional mountain climbers shows that high... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-16 The long-standing debate about why autumn leaves change colour has new impetus from the humble apple tree. 长期存在的关于秋季树叶颜色变化的争论从谦逊的苹果树上有了新的推力。 The colour change even inspires tourists called leaf peepers Domesticated（... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-15 你有没有这样的经历，照片拍出来之后，你才惊讶的发现，自己的眼睛怎么被拍成了红色的？我们又该如何避免这种情况的发生呢？ We've all see photographs where the people in the picture have spooky red eyes. These are photos taken at night with a flash. Where... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-15 An Amazonian ant has dispensed of sex and developed into an all-female species, researchers have found. 研究人员已经发现，一种亚马逊蚂蚁已经不需要性并且进化到全是雌性的物种。 These ants do not need males The ants reproduce（再生，繁殖） via cloning... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-15 Twitter has been given the all clear after a worm infected tens of thousands of users. But experts say the attack could have been much worse. Twitter在经历成千上万用户感染之后解除警报，但是专家称攻击本应该更糟糕。 Over the weekend, a self-replicatin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-15 Specialist UK clinics have told the BBC they are seeing a significant rise in the number of patients suffering from several allergies at once. 英国诊所的专家告知BBC他们发现了同时遭受几种过敏症的患者数量显著增加。 They are also finding symptoms（症状... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-14 自然界中，很多动物有自己的领土范围，它们常常以某种特殊物质圈地，并会因为领土之争打得不可开交。那么，到处乱飞的苍蝇也有自己的领空吗？ It depends on the species, but some flies are very territorial, said Louis N. Sorkin, an entomologist at the America... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-14 The research followed a family of Kenyan elephants for six years The diet and behaviour of elephants evidenced（证明） by the chemical makeup（组成） of their tail hairs shows how they compete with other species（物种，种类）, researchers say. 研究... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-12 我们常在武侠小说里看到一门功夫叫轻功水上漂，说的是人可以在水上快速通行、如履平地。现实中，如果让一个人以正常、甚至更慢的速度在水面上走过，恐怕就是轻功大师也不行。但是，世界上有一种小动物就可以做到。 Walking on water may seem miraculous, but for tiny... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-12 最近发表在《神经康复与神经修复》期刊上的一篇研究报告称，练太极会帮助中风病人提升平衡感，防止跌倒。香港理工大学的几位研究人员在之前的研究中发现，练太极可以帮助身体健康的老年人提升平衡感。而在最近的这项研究中，他们将有6个月以上中风病史的患者分组做对比... 阅读全文>>