日期：2013-03-19 Buried for 100,000 years at Xujiayao in the Nihewan Basin of northern China, the recovered skull pieces of an early human exhibit a now-rare congenital（先天的） deformation that indicates inbreeding might well have been common among our ancestors,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-18 Around 160,000 men in the UK have been left with little or no sex life after treatment for prostate cancer, the Macmillan Cancer Support charity says. 克米兰癌症基金会称，在英国大约有16万患前列腺癌的男子，在接受完治疗后极少或者没有性生活。 It sugges... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-18 Obese cardiac patients are less likely to die than their normal weight counterparts, say researchers. 研究人员称，身体肥胖的心脏病患者比正常体重患者有较小的死亡几率。 This is despite them reporting worse health and being less likely to follow lifest... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-18 The deepest place in the ocean is teeming with microscopic life, a study suggests. 研究发现，海洋中最深处充满了微生物。 An international team of scientists found that the very bottom of the Mariana Trench, which lies almost 11km down in the Pacific... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-14 Stopping smoking cuts the risk of heart disease even if it leads to significant weight gain, a US study says. 美国一项研究发现，戒烟虽然会使体重显著增加，但是能降低患心脏病的危险。 Researchers writing in the Journal of the American Medical Associati... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-14 Much to the chagrin（懊恼，委屈） of parents who think their kids should spend less time playing video games and more time studying, time spent playing action video games can actually make dyslexic（诵读困难的） children read better. In fact, 12 hou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-14 A new study from the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business suggests troubling perceptions exist when it comes to women involved in disputes at work. Our research shows that when it comes to workplace conflict, women get a bad ra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-14 Economists often talk about moral hazard, the idea that people's behavior changes in the presence of insurance. In finance, for instance, investors may take more risks if they know they will be bailed out, the subject of ongoing political controvers... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-14 Having more control in the workplace can have negative consequences for individuals but it depends on the form of job control, according to new research out of the University of Toronto. Sociologist Scott Schieman measured a range of work conditions... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-14 Analysis of DNA extracted from a fossil tooth recovered in southern Siberia confirms that the tooth belonged to one of the oldest known ancestors of the modern dog, and is described in research published March 6 in the open access journal PLOS ONE b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-14 Some 5.8 million Americans suffer from heart failure, a currently incurable disease. But scientists at Temple University School of Medicine's (TUSM) Center for Translational Medicine have discovered a key biochemical step underlying the condition th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-12 British researchers have developed a test to detect Alzheimer's disease in its earliest stages. 英国研究人员发明了一种方法可以在最早阶段检测出阿尔茨海默症。 It works by looking for a combination of markers in the blood which are different in healthy... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-12 Fatty arteries may not just be a curse of modern unhealthy lifestyles, say researchers who used scans to look at the heart health of mummies. 扫描木乃伊心脏健康的研究人员称，动脉脂肪堆积不仅仅是现代人不健康生活方式所带来的诅咒。 A study in The Lance... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-12 The risk of waking from a general anaesthetic while under the surgeon's knife is extremely small - about one in 15,000 - research reveals. 研究显示，全身麻醉、在医生手术刀下醒来的危险极小，大约1.5万分之一的几率。 Investigators surveyed 82% of the UK... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-08 It's among the most ancient of questions: What are the origins of life on Earth? A new experiment simulating conditions in deep space reveals that the complex building blocks of life could have been created on icy interplanetary dust and then carrie... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-08 Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified patterns of epigenomic diversity that not only allow plants to adapt to various environments, but could also benefit crop production and the study of human diseases. Published M... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-08 In a huge study of half a million men and women, research in Biomed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine demonstrates an association between processed meat and cardiovascular disease and cancer. One of the difficulties in measuring the effect... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-08 A UK poll of 2000 females has come up with the answer to the question that has plagued blokes（家伙，小子） for centuries: What do women look for in a man? Unfortunately, if you're not somewhat well-to-do with the charm of George Clooney, you might... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-07 New research from North Carolina State University finds that older adults who play video games report higher levels of emotional well-being. Researchers asked 140 people aged 63 and older how often they played video games, if at all（如果某事真会发... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-03-07 The mating success of male butterflies is often lower if they are inbred（近亲交配的） . But how do female butterflies know which males to avoid? New research reveals that inbred male butterflies produce significantly less sex pheromones, making the... 阅读全文>>