Reminiscing with friends about the good old days may be fun, but it's unlikely to be accurate. Social pressure when recalling a shared event with somebody else who was also there causes false memories to be formed, according to scientists. People reg

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

科学家研究火星“殖民”

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What Scientists Do and Do Not Know About Zika and Babies Three years ago, Brazil experienced a major sudden spread of the Zika virus. Doctors learned that the sickness can cause severe development problems for unborn babies. 3年前,巴西经历了一

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(六)月

The 11,700-year-old Holocene epoch is over. We're now living in the Anthropocene epoch. 长达11700年的全新世结束啦。我们如今正生活在人类世纪元。 编者注:全新世(Holocene Epoch),是最年轻的地质年代,它与更

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Whether a cup of java will leave you craving more could be chalked up to your genes. 一杯咖啡是否会使你上瘾也许是由你的基因决定的。 People with a newly identified genetic variant in their DNA, called PDSS2, may be inclined to d

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When scientists inadvertently killed what turned out to be the worlds oldest living creature, it was bad enough. 一只被证明是世界上最古老的生物被科学家不小心弄死了,这似乎已经够糟糕的了。 Now, their mistake has be

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called upon the country's best and brightest to make more breakthroughs in science and technology, with billions of yuan being pumped into higher education. 中国国家主席习近平号召中国最杰出的优秀人才

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A groundbreaking trial to see if it is possible to regenerate the brains of dead people, has won approval from health watchdogs. 探究死者大脑能否重获新生的开创性实验已获卫生监管部门批准可以开展。 A biotech company in

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Chinese scientists have defined a subset of a type of virus-specific cells that could pave the way for new ways to treat chronic diseases like HIV/AIDS and cancer, Xinhua News Agency reported last Saturday. 据新华社上周六报道,中国科学家

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

In a bid to prove that showering is overrated, an American scientist hasnt had a bath in 12 years. Instead, he sprays his skin with a mist containing live bacteria, which he claims has kept him clean all these years! 为了证明洗澡是小题大做,

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Anirudh Sharma doesn't just want to pull harmful carbon from the air. He wants to offer a cheaper alternative to the exorbitant costs of ordinary printer ink. 阿尼鲁德夏尔马不仅想除掉空气中的有害炭物质,还希望创造一种更便

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The real reason people close their eyes when they kiss is because the brain can't deal with more than two things at once. 接吻时闭眼的真正原因是大脑无法同时处理两件以上的事。 That is the finding of academics who have explore

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

A group of scientists from the Ohio State University are trekking to the top of the Quelccaya Ice in the Peruvian Andes to try to measure the effects of climate change on the world's glaciers. The average distance above sea level on the glacier is ar

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It may be a la mode to create lighter versions of our favourite snacks but one company has taken the trend rather literally. 创意美食,点亮生活。不过,一家公司当真做到了把那些最受人们欢迎的副食点亮了。 The world'

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Doping scandals marred the runup to the Rio Olympics and other games of the recent past. Now, scientists warn that cheating could rise to a new level using genetic research. 兴奋剂丑闻给里约奥运会和最近的其他比赛蒙上了一层阴影

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- By changing some particular brain chemicals lab mice would become hyperactive and sleep for just 65 percent of their normal time, according to a study released Wednesday by the Imperial College London. The chemicals, hista

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Wikipedia is becoming Wookiepedia as boffins hope the informative website will help us reach out to intelligent life forms. 维基百科(Wikipedia)真的要变身星战维基(Wookiepedia)了。加州研究人员希望这个百科式网站能帮

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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 m

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Clifford Stoll用一连串充满狂放、活力的奇闻趣事,观察,乃至于当场演示的科学实验紧紧抓住观众。当然,用他自己的话来说,他是一个科学家,当我在着手一件事情的时候,我已经开始想着下

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The researchers report an experiment in Iceland where they have pumped CO2 and water underground into volcanic rock. 研究人员发表了一项在冰岛的实验:把二氧化碳和水注入地下变成火山石。 Reactions with the minerals in th

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