日期：2013-05-17 Melbourne scientists have made the surprise discovery that malaria parasites can 'talk' to each other -- a social behaviour to ensure the parasite's survival and improve its chances of being transmitted to other humans. The finding could provide a n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-17 With the Deepwater Horizon disaster emphasizing the need for better ways of cleaning up oil spills, scientists are reporting that unprocessed, raw cotton may be an ideal, ecologically friendly answer, with an amazing ability to sop up（吸水） oil. T... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-17 For decades, scientists have used ancient shorelines to predict the stability of today's largest ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. Markings of a high shoreline from three million years ago, for example -- when Earth was going through a warm pe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-17 Invasive crazy ants are displacing fire ants in areas across the southeastern United States, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. It's the latest in a history of ant invasions from the southern hemisphere and may prove to h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-17 Scientists at Oregon Health Science University and the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells capable of transforming into any other cell type in the body. It is... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-14 A world-first completed clinical study by an Australian team has found Kava, a medicinal South Pacific plant, significantly reduced the symptoms of people suffering anxiety. The study, led by the University of Melbourne and published in the Journal... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-14 The fin whale is the second-largest animal ever to live on Earth. It is also, paradoxically（自相矛盾地） , one of the least understood. The animal's huge size and global range make its movements and behavior hard to study. A carcass（尸体，残骸） t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-14 A new study, led by a Binghamton University anthropologist（人类学家） and published this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could shed new light on the earliest existence of humans. The study analyzed the tiny ear bones, t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-13 The World Health Organization says it appears likely that the novel coronavirus (NCoV) can be passed between people in close contact. 世界卫生组织称，新型冠状病毒似乎可以通过人与人之间的亲密接触来传播。 The World Health Organisation says it is close... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-13 Many people express objections against child labor, exploitation of the workforce or meat production involving cruelty against animals. At the same time, however, people ignore their own moral standards when acting as market participants, searching... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-13 The gardener's best friend, the earthworm, is great at protecting leaves from being chomped（格格地咬牙） by slugs（蛞蝓） , suggests research in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology. Although they lurk（潜伏） in the soil, they seem to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-13 More than half of common plants and one third of the animals could see a dramatic decline this century due to climate change, according to research from the University of East Anglia. Research published today in the journal Nature Climate Change loo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-13 The sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a symbol of spiritual purity and longevity. Its seeds can survive up to 1,300 years, its petals and leaves repel（击退，抵制） grime（尘垢，污点） and water, and its flowers generate heat to attract pollinators... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-13 A recent Baylor University research study has shed new light on the diet and food acquisition strategies of some the earliest human ancestors in Africa. Beginning around two million years ago, early stone tool-making humans, known scientifically as... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-13 The so-called Elephant's Tomb in the Roman necropolis（大墓地） of Carmona (Seville, Spain) was not always used for burials. The original structure of the building and a window through which the sun shines directly in the equinoxes（春分，秋分） sug... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-10 At any given time, cirrus clouds（卷云） -- the thin wisps of vapor that trail across the sky -- cover nearly one-third of the globe. These clouds coalesce（使联合） in the upper layers of the troposphere（对流层） , often more than 10 miles above t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-10 The composition of gut microbiota in a newborn baby's gut has been linked to the rate of early infant growth, reports research published this week in PLOS Computational Biology. The findings support the assertion that the early development of microb... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-10 Heart failure is one of the most debilitating（使衰弱的） conditions linked to old age, and there are no specific therapies for the most common form of this condition in the elderly. A study published by Cell Press May 9th in the journal Cell reveal... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-10 Scientists funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have established an inheritable bacterial infection in malaria-transmitting Anopheles mosquitoes that renders them imm... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-05-09 Researchers at the University of Strathclyde have discovered that the greater wax moth is capable of sensing sound frequencies of up to 300kHz the highest recorded frequency sensitivity of any animal in the natural world. Humans are only capable of... 阅读全文>>