Science and technology 科学技术 Exercise and addiction 锻炼也会上瘾 Fun run 奔跑的奥秘 People, it seems, have evolved to be addicted to exercise 人类似乎在进化过程中对锻炼上瘾了 AS THE legions of gym bunnies and jogging
Science and technology 科学技术 Dental X-rays 牙科X光 Little and not often, please 请不要太频繁,一点就好 Confirmation that dental X-rays can be bad for you 已证实牙科X光对你是有危害的 If you are a suspicious type you may
Science and technology 科学技术 Animal testing 动物实验 Be nice to mice 善待小鼠 and they may return the favour 或许它们会报以恩情 ONLY one drug of every ten successfully tested in laboratory animals ends up working in people. 在动
Science and technology 科学技术 Computer passwords 电脑密码 Speak, friend, and enter 说,朋友和进入 Computer passwords need to be memorable and secure. 电脑密码须具备两个特性:易记及难猜。 Most people's are the first
Science and technology 科学技术 Synaesthesia 通感 Smells like Beethoven 闻起来像贝多芬 Using the word note to describe an odour may be more than just metaphor 用音符来描述气味可能并不仅仅是个隐喻 What do you hear? 你闻到
Science and technology 科学技术 The science of civil war 内战科技 What makes heroic strife 英勇斗争缘何而致 Computer models that can predict the outbreak and spread of civil conflict are being developed 可以预测内战的爆发和蔓
Science and technology 科学技术 Social status and health 社会地位与健康 Misery index 贫困指数 Low social status is bad for your health. Biologists are starting to understand why 社会地位低对身体不好,生物学家开始理解此
Science and technology 科学技术 A mind to walk again 一个让残疾人重新站起来的伟大想法 A trial of thought-controlled robotic legs is taking its first steps 用思想控制的机器人腿已经开始研制 ANYONE who saw Claire Loma
Science and technology 科学技术 Age and wisdom 年龄与智慧 Older and wiser? 姜是老的辣? Americans get wiser with age. Japanese are wise from the start 美国人年龄越大越聪明。日本人从小就聪明 ONE stereotype of wisdom i
Science and technology 科学技术 Mining asteroids 小行星采矿 Going platinum 小行星采矿淘铂去 Mining metals from asteroids seems a bonkers idea. But could it work? 小行星采矿这想法听似疯狂,但行得通吗? CAN reality t
Science and technology 科学技术 Psychology 心理 Tall, dark and stable Wobbly furniture leads to a desire for emotional stability 摇摇晃晃的家具让人在情绪上追求稳定 CLEARLY, a persons decisions are determined by circumstances. 显
Science and technology 科学技术 Robots and psychology 机器人与心理学 Mapping the uncanny valley 了解恐怖谷理论 Why androids are scary 为什么人形机器人那么吓人 Who are you calling inhuman? 你说谁不像人呢? ARTIFIC
Science and technology 科学技术 Scientific publishing 科技出版业 Brought to book 好书来了 Academic journals face a radical shake-up 学术期刊面临彻底改变 2_副本.jpg IF THERE is any endeavour whose fruits should be freely avail
Science and technology 科学技术 Psychology 心理 Snot fair! 太不公平啦! Exactly when is something perceived as not fair? 究竟在什么情况下人们会觉得不公平? AS THE bankster phenomenon has so eloquently illustrated, Homo sa
Science and technology 科学技术 A synthetic jellyfish that swims 人造水母水中游 Meet Medusoid, a bioengineered artificial jellyfish created by researchers at the California Institute of Technology and Harvard University. 这就是梅多索依
Mitochondria and male lifespan 粒腺体影响男性寿命 Power down 粒腺体阻断 Women outlive men. An evolutionary curiosity may explain this 女性比男性寿命长久。欲知为何,请看进化学分解 Mankiller? 男性健康杀手? WH
Display screens 显示屏 Going through a phase 相转变 A new way to create electronic images 新的电子图案显示方法 Wave of the future? 未来之波 LIQUID-CRYSTAL displays are a familiar and ubiquitous technology. But if Harish Bhaskaran
Science and technology 科学技术 Why zebra are striped 为啥斑马身上是条纹 Horse sense 马识 Are zebra stripes just an elaborateinsect repellent? 斑马身上的斑纹只是精致的驱虫器吗? Imagine what it looks like to a fly 想象
Science and technology 科学技术 The nature of humanity 人类本质 What's a man? 什么是人类 Studies of brain genetics are starting to reveal what makes humans human 大脑遗传研究,为你解开人之所以为人的奥秘 THE problem wi
Science and technology 科学技术 Colony collapse disorder 蜂群崩坏症候群 Bee off 蜂群崩坏 A possible explanation of why beehives sometimes vanish 有可能解释清楚为什么蜂群有时会突然死亡 HONEYBEES are sensitive creature
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