日期：2009-02-02 不知您坐飞机的时候注意过没有，如果飞机是在夜晚降落，在降落的时候，机舱的灯光都会调暗。这是基于什么原理呢？看了下面的解释您就会明白了。 When you fly, you may have noticed that every time the plane takes off or lands at night the cabin crew dim the li... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-02-02 又到冬天了，漫天飞舞的雪花总能给人带来无限的遐思。在欣赏这美妙雪景的同时,不知您有没有想过: 雪为什么是白色的? 如果雪变成了红色或是绿色,还能给您同样的遐想吗? One of the reasons that so many people love snow is that it coats everything in a clean, pure... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-02-02 不知您注意过没有，我们胳膊上、腿上的血管看起来都不是红色的，而是呈现出近似于青色、蓝色的颜色。这又是什么原因呢？原来，都是波长惹的祸。 Surprisingly, the reason why the blood in our veins looks blue only emerged in 1996 following research done by the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-01-30 The ethanol in mouthwash is thought to allow cancer-causing substances to permeate the lining of the mouth more easily and cause harm. Mouthwashes can cause oral cancer and should be removed from supermarket shelves, an expert said recently. There i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-01-22 Keeping a full social calendar may help protect you from dementia, researchers said on Monday. Socially active people who were not easily stressed had a 50 percent lower risk of developing dementia compared with men and women who were isolated and p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-01-22 The length of a man's ring finger may predict his success as a financial trader. Researchers at the University of Cambridge in England report that men with longer ring fingers, compared to their index fingers, tended to be more successful in the fra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-01-22 A computer screen displaying an error message is seen at an internet cafe in Cairo December 20, 2008. If you're planning on getting rid of an old computer, make sure you remove the hard drive first and smash it up with a hammer, a British consumer g... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-01-18 A penny dropped from the top of a tall building could kill a pedestrian. 高处落下的一分硬币可致人死亡 A penny isn't the most aerodynamic of weapons. A combination of its shape and wind friction means that, tossed even from the 1,250-foot Empire Stat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-01-18 我们的生活中总是存在着一些非常流行的科学理论或说法。实际上，在这些理论当中，有的确实如此，有的却是人们的错误理解。日前，美国生活科学网就对这些问题进行了归纳总结。 Chickens can live without a head. 鸡没有脑袋也能存活 True, and not just for a few minu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-01-09 A UK researcher has a new explanation for how the human race manages to keep a fairly even balance of males and females, despite massive deaths of young males in war and selective abortion of female fetuses in certain parts of the world. Corry Gella... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-01-09 不再需要电池和充电器，也不用再看着纠结在一起的电源线发愁。本周在拉斯维加斯的国际消费电子产品展会上展出的一项叫做无线电源的电力传输方式将可以通过空气向笔记本电脑、iPod以及其他便携式电子设备输送电力。只要身处开通了无线电源的房间或者把电子设备放在具备... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-31 Scientists in University of California reported on Tuesday that their new research has shown how the healing power of these vegetables works at the cellular level. While it has been known for some time that eating cruciferous vegetables, such as bro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Aiko and her inventor Le Trung. An inventor has created his perfect woman, a robot who can do the cleaning, remember his favourite drink and read him the newspaper headlines. An inventor has created his perfect woman, a robot who can do the cleaning... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Dogs are prone to complex emotions such as jealousy and pride, according to scientific research that sheds new light on their relationship with humans. Dogs are prone to complex emotions such as jealousy and pride, according to scientific research t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Happiness is contagious, researchers reported on Thursday. The same team that demonstrated obesity and smoking spread in networks has shown that the more happy people you know, the more likely you are yourself to be happy. And getting connected to h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 This photo shows a spoof edition of The New York Times announcing Iraq War Ends, part of a hoax executed by pranksters. The United States has ended the war in Iraq and indicted President George W. Bush on treason charges, The New York Times reported... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Songs that make our hearts soar can make them stronger too, US researchers reported on Tuesday. They found that when people listened to their favorite music, their blood vessels dilated in much the same way as when laughing, or taking blood medicati... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Women who gain more than 40 pounds (18 kg ) during pregnancy have nearly twice the risk of delivering a heavy baby as those who gain less, US researchers said on Friday. The study of more than 40,000 U.S. women and their babies found as many as one... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Attractive fathers do not pass their looks on to their sons but they will hand their good looks down to their daughters, research shows. In a study of family photographs, psychologists Professor David Perrett and Elisabeth Cornwell - now at the Univ... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 It often seems a thin line between love and hate, and now scientists think they know why. Brain scans of people shown images of individuals they hated revealed a pattern of brain activity that partly occurs in areas also activated by romantic love,... 阅读全文>>