日期：2008-12-19 A purple tomato genetically engineered to contain nutrients more commonly seen in dark berries helped prevent cancer in mice, British researchers said on Sunday. The finding, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, bolsters the idea that plan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 A woman looks at a blog of a potted plant named 'Midori-san', meaning 'green' in Japanese, during a photo opportunity at a cafe in Kamakura, near Tokyo October 21, 2008. It has long been accepted that talking to plants can help them flourish, but ha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 People who eat quickly until full are three times more likely to be overweight, a problem exacerbated by the availability of fast food and the decline of orderly dining habits, Japanese researchers said on Wednesday. The findings, published in the B... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 The fried foods, salty snacks and meats that are staples of the Western diet account for about 30 percent of heart attack risk across the world, a new report suggests. Meanwhile, a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, the so-called Prudent diet, is t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 WEIGHTY issue ... a woman's weight can be traced to her emotional well-being, with diet binges occurring during courtship and in the lead-up to weddings, according to a British survey. Theres a great many reasons why a woman's weight may fluctuate.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-19 Google has adapted its free email service to help those letting loose after a few evening cocktails or succumbing to lovelorn moments from firing off messages they might regret in the morning. Mail Goggles software comes to life after dark and on we... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-11 本周一，英国剑桥大学太空飞行俱乐部的学生们利用一只氦气球，将4只泰德玩具熊送到距离地面30公里的太空，并让这4名玩具宇航员进行太空漫步。它们身着的四套泰迪熊太空服均由当地的中学生设计，而此次太空漫步实验就是为了检验这四套太空服在-53℃的低温条件下保护泰迪... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-06 Scientists have shown that there is a degree of truth in the old adage that love is blind. 科学家们证明，那句古老的格言爱是盲目的有一定的道理。 They have found that feelings of love lead to a suppression of activity in the areas of the brain control... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-04 DIGGING in dirt and rock is big business. If you dig deep enough, with luck, you will strike oil or gas, which are used as our main sources of fuel and energy. Until now, we have only explored the Earth's outer layer, the crust. Oil and gas wells no... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-12-04 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report. The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved a new AIDS treatment for poor countries. The medicine combines three drugs commonly used to suppress H.I.V., the virus that... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-28 美国神经学专家研究发现，午睡有助促进人的复杂记忆，使思维更开阔、更具创造性；而人们如果在慢波睡眠即深度睡眠阶段遭到打扰，则可能会忘记前一天获知的事情。纽约市立大学认知神经科学博士威廉菲什拜因和一名研究人员以20名英语为母语的大学生为研究对象，探求午睡... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-19 特拉维夫大学布拉瓦尼克电脑科学院教授丹尼尔科亨奥尔主持编写了一套美容软件，帮助爱美之人调整照片上的五官比例，在不改变面貌基本特征的基础上让面容变得更富有吸引力，在指导整形手术实施方面也有较大应用前景。这一软件可将照片中的普通人变得像杂志封面模特一般... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-14 An Australian academic claims to have found evidence to suggest that the wife of Johann Sebastian Bach wrote several of the German composer's acclaimed pieces. With over 30 years of research and applying more recent training from forensic police, As... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-14 US video game magnate Richard Garriott headed into space aboard a Russian rocket yesterday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War. The Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft lifted off in clear weather fro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-14 2008年是故宫博物院建院83周年，IBM公司和故宫博物院上周五在北京正式启动超越时空的紫禁城网上虚拟故宫项目。在虚拟紫禁城中，访客只需用鼠标点击就可以获得里面那些重要文物或建筑的信息，还可以具体查看所选文物的细部特征。游客还可以用自己的虚拟形象积极参与当时... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-10-14 世界卫生组织《烟草控制框架公约》的规定，烟草制品的任何外包装都要有说明烟草使用有害后果的警示语；警示语大而明确；轮换使用；占据包装主要可见部分50%以上，不能少于30%，可采取图片和象形图。根据该《公约》，中国计划从明年起对香烟包装改头换面。专家建议向西... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-30 太空中的神七航天员，90分钟就能绕地球飞行一圈。然而，在回家的路上，1000米的距离他们却走了半个小时。9月29日上午9点，圆满完成任务的神七航天员翟志刚、刘伯明和景海鹏回到北京航天城，万人夹道欢迎。鲜花和彩绸在三位航天员乘坐的敞篷彩车的车头前组成了一个大大... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-30 2008年9月25日晚上9时10分，神七腾空而起，不到半个小时，北京航天飞控中心宣布神七发射成功。执行神舟七号载人航天飞行任务的航天员翟志刚、刘伯明、景海鹏出征前，向祖国和人民致以庄严的军礼。 神舟七号终于揭开了神秘的面纱，向世人露面，这是国人实力的又一次体现... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-25 Japan's newly appointed prime minister, Taro Aso, is beset by problems from the sagging economy to food safety scares, but creased trousers need never be among them. Domestic media hungry for tidbits of information about the dapper new leader of Jap... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-09-25 Miners in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho have found one of the world's largest diamonds, a near-flawless white gem weighing nearly 500 carats, mining group Gem Diamonds said on Sunday. The diamond was discovered in the Letseng Mine on Septe... 阅读全文>>