日期：2020-12-14 They say friends are forever, but as it turns out, that old adage is actually not quite true. 人们都说友谊地久天长，科学家却证明，这条老格言未必十分可信。 More than two thirds of Americans say they have lost at least 90 per cent of the friends they... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-11 I use milk in my coffee. Is that added sugar? 问：我会在咖啡里加牛奶。这是添加糖吗？ A quarter-cup of milk contains about 3 grams of a natural sugar called lactose. The sugar in milk is not considered an added sugar, and it doesnt overwhelm the live... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-11 Can I eat dried fruit on a low-sugar diet? 问：我可以吃低糖的干果吗？ Dried fruit is packed with nutrients, but the drying process removes the water and concentrates a lot of fruit sugar in a very small bite. The risk is that it takes more dried fru... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-11 Why arent bananas and grapes recommended for people cutting sugar? 问：为什么不推荐控糖人士吃香蕉和葡萄？ While most fruits make a slow journey through the digestive tract, bananas and grapes are particularly high in fructose given the amount of fib... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-11 I have never understood why added sugar is more unfriendly to health than natural sugar, which can be found in abundance in so many fruits, starting with morning natural orange juice. Can you explain? 问：我一直不明白，为什么添加糖比天然糖更不利于健... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-09 Its time for another meeting! If you have a job, the chances are some of your working week will be taken up attending a few of them. You and your colleagues will gather together in a meeting room, be talked at for an hour and come out wondering what... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-09 Flying has shrunk the world! Its now possible to travel around the globe quickly and easily. Jumping on a plane and jetting off on holiday or a business trip is the norm for many of us, and with the rise of budget airlines, the number of people taki... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-08 There are some sounds most of us acknowledge are irritating the crunching of crisps, the humming of the air conditioning or a screaming baby. These noises, for many people, act as a mere inconvenience that can distract us from the task at hand. Howe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-05 Railways are one of the greenest forms of transport, but they still use huge amounts of electricity. So why not run trains on solar power? 铁路是最环保的运输方式之一，但仍需消耗大量的电力。那么，为什么不利用太阳能发电来驱动火车呢？ These look like o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-04 Cultures all over the world have different kinds of music in each society, but what this means is when you zoom out, societys musical behaviors are pretty similar, says lead author Sam Mehr, a psychologist at Harvard. 哈佛大学心理学家、论文第一作者... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-02 一项在每天凌晨1点30分进行的、持续了10晚的实验揭示了污染夜空的人造光的主要来源。 As well as obscuring our view of a naturally dark night sky with that all-too-familiar glow, artificial light can disrupt our sleep and affect our health. It also affect... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-02 Why do we eat so much? One reason is buffet lunches they need no explanation. Business dinners that last for hours also encourage people to eat too much. Dinner parties with friends are also culprits, as being in a good mood gives you an appetite. E... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-01 Many of us ponder what lies in outer space. When we look up at the night sky, we see stars, the twinkle of a moving satellite and occasionally a distant planet. But one thing we dont see is the millions of pieces of junk filling up space. Its this d... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-01 Are you a tea drinker? If so, youre not alone. Every day around the world millions of cups of this popular brew are drunk, and its been that way for thousands of years. The oldest discovered tea is from the Han Dynasty, dating from 206BC to 220AD. B... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-12-01 Thats because, researchers say, our brains do their best to keep us from dwelling on our inevitable demise. A study found that the brain shields us from existential fear by categorizing death as an unfortunate event that only befalls other people.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-11-24 英国科学家研发出可以分辨不同威士忌之间细微差别的人造舌头。这项技术可以用于帮助打击假酒交易。 Engineers used sub-microscopic slides of gold and aluminium, arranged in a chequerboard pattern, to act as the tongues taste buds. The researchers poured wh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-11-24 科学家们认为他们已经找到了一种方法来阻止普通感冒以及与之密切相关的病毒，这种病毒可能导致瘫痪。研究人员们并未直接攻击这些病毒，而是将目标转向了人体细胞内的一种必需的蛋白质，病毒需要这种蛋白质进行复制。 The common cold gets us all. Adults can expect a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-11-24 科学家们发现了第一个与左撇子有关的基因指令。这些指令似乎还与大脑的结构和功能密切相连，尤其是与语言有关的区域。 Around one in ten of us is left-handed - but why? A team at the University of Oxford analysed 400,000 peoples DNA. They then compared left... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-11-24 一项研究表明，如果孕妇在怀孕期间压力过大，她们的孩子在 30 岁之前患上人格障碍的可能性要比普通人高出近十倍。这项报告称，即使是适度的长期压力也可能会对胎儿的发育产生影响，这个影响在婴儿出生后仍会继续。 One in twenty people is thought to have a personal... 阅读全文>>

日期：2020-11-24 一项研究估计，在英国家庭中，共堆积了多达四千万件不再被使用的旧电子产品。而且每一件产品中都含有多种珍贵且日益 濒危 的元素。 The Royal Society of Chemistrys survey of more than 2,000 people revealed that almost half have between two and five old gadge... 阅读全文>>