日期：2016-12-04 Pudgy older fathers live longer, are more attractive to the opposite sex and are better at passing on their genes than their leaner counterparts, scientists have claimed. 科学家表示，年长体胖的男性比偏瘦的男同胞更长寿，更吸引异性，生育能力也更强。 B... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-11-27 When flu strikes, why are some family members reduced to shivering wrecks under their duvets, while others get off with little more than a snuffle? 当流感来袭时，为什么有些人蜷缩在羽绒被下瑟瑟发抖，而有的人最多就是有点鼻塞呢？ Scientists now have an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-11-23 Women who give birth may be biologically older than women who dont, a new study suggests. 一项新研究发现，生过孩子的女性在生理上会比那些没有生过的更老。 For the study, the researchers analyzed information from 1,556 US women ages 20 to 44 who took p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-11-22 Wearing perfume is part of the daily routine for many women. Depending on the scent it helps you feel sexy, or fresh, and prepared for the day. 喷香水是许多女性日常生活中的一部分，不同香气的香水可以让你在这一天里变换不同的角色，可妖娆性感亦或清新可... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-11-15 Smoking leaves an archaeological record of the hundreds of DNA mutations it causes, scientists have discovered. 科学家研究发现，吸烟会导致DNA突变，给人留下数百种基因突变的永久记录。 Having sequenced thousands of tumour genomes, they found a 20-a-day... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-11-07 1.The last bit of oxygen in your body is used up, and brain activity surges briefly as neurons stop working and the brain stops secreting hormones that regulate body function. The last of the energy stores (ATP) is used up and the sphincter relaxes,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-11-02 If your teenage son or daughter is blighted by acne, they can take heart. 如果你那处在青春期的儿子女儿正饱受粉刺痤疮的摧残，那么是时候振作起来了。 For while they may feel greasy and unattractive at the moment, by middle age they will be the envy of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-10-07 The gusting westerly winds that dominate the climate in central Asia, setting the pattern of dryness and location of central Asian deserts, have blown mostly unchanged for 42 million years. A University of Washington geologist led a team that has di... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-10-07 A study, by San Diego Zoo Global conservationists, released this week (Sept. 12, 2016) is shedding new light on how scientists evaluate polar bear diet and weight loss during their fasting season. On average, a polar bear loses up to 30 percent of i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-09-18 A new study found that men show shifts in behavior from mating-oriented to parent-oriented while their partners pregnancy develops. These changes are determined by changes in testosterone levels across pregnancy and hormonal linkage with their partn... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-09-01 A new study led by the University of Minnesota shows that monkeys in captivity lose much of their native gut bacteria diversity and their gut bacteria ends up resembling those of humans. The results suggest that switching to a low-fiber, Western die... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-09-01 Scientists today announced the discovery of a new species of pterosaur from the Patagonia region of South America. The cranial remains were in an excellent state of preservation and belonged to a new species of pterosaur from the Early Jurassic. The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-09-01 In the southern United States, an afternoon thunderstorm is part of a regular summer day. But new research shows those storms might be doing more than bringing some scary thunder and lightning. In fact, these storms are moving significant amounts of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-09-01 Paul G. Allens Vulcan Inc. today announced the results of the $7 million, three-year Great Elephant Census (GEC - http://www.greatelephantcensus.com/), the first-ever pan-African survey of savanna elephants using standardized data collection and val... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-30 Researchers have discovered an enzyme that plays a leading role in the formation of compounds that give aged wines their sought-after aroma. The enzyme is a member of the cytochrome P450 family of enzymes, which are involved in the formation and bre... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-30 Lucy, the most famous fossil of a human ancestor, probably died after falling from a tree, according to a study appearing in Nature led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. Lucy, a 3.18-million-year-old specimen of Australopithecus a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-25 Astronomers using ESO telescopes and other facilities have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting the closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri. The long-sought world, designated Proxima b, orbits its cool red parent star every 11 days and has a te... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-23 For older adults, having more or closer family members in ones social network decreases his or her likelihood of death, but having a larger or closer group of friends does not, finds a new study that will be presented at the 111th Annual Meeting of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-23 Lebanon, NH -- (Aug. 22, 2016) Fragility fractures -- those that occur at standing height -- are a significant source of sickness and death among the elderly population in the United States. They are also associated with annual direct costs of over... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-23 What happens to hibernating or torpid animals when a bushfire rages? Are they able to sense danger and wake up from their energy-saving sleep to move to safety? Yes, says Julia Nowack of the University of New England in Australia, lead author of a s... 阅读全文>>