SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Device Gives New Meaning to the Idea of Power Walking Also: A common disease many people have never heard of. And scientists say people with blue eyes are genetically related. Transcript of radio broadcast: 10 March 2008 VOICE

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Progress Against Witchweed, a Killer of Sorghum Crops in Africa Researchers may someday copy proteins found in alligator blood to produce infection-fighting drugs for people. Transcript of radio broadcast: 19 May 2008 VOICE ONE

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American beekeeping operations have been hit hard by what scientists call colony collapse disorder. Almost half of their worker bees have disappeared during the past season. C.C.D. has also been re

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Scientists Discover Gene Responsible for Multiple Sclerosis 科学家发现导致多发性硬化症基因 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. VOA英语学习健康与生活方式报道。 An estimated two million people ar

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Science and Technology Extending lifespan Thanks, Mum! 科技 延长寿命 谢啦,老妈! An obscure group of animals may reveal the secret of elongating life 一群不为人知的动物可能会揭开长寿之谜 THE one sure way to prolong an a

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(36) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

You could have lots of analytical intelligence and very little practical intelligence, or lots of practical intelligence and not much analytical intelligence, 你也许拥有很高的分析推理智商,但实用智商却可能比较低;或者你拥

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Genome: Now in 3-D! In a study in the journal Science, researchers report the mapping of the three-dimensional structure of the human genome, and the finding that the cell's nucleus is divided into two regions, one where DNA goes to get expressed. Cy

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Tried everything and still got the flu this year? While some friends and colleagues always seem to avoid it. Well, they may have more than luck on their side. Scientists have discovered that however hard you try to avoid it; flu is in your genes。 A

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A new study suggests morning people are born, not made. 一项新的研究表明,早睡早起是与生俱来的特质,不是后天养成的。 Here's some good news for all you night owls desperately trying to get better at mornings - new researc

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Science and technology 科学技术 Genetically modified tree 转基因树木 Into the wildwood 进军森林 A GM species may soon be liberated deliberately 一种转基因树木不久或将大量种植,但很审慎 ONCE upon a time, according to f

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A gene that causes shortsightedness has been pinpointed by British scientists, paving the way for eye drops that could make glasses history. Within just ten years, a drug that prevents short-sightedness or stops it in its tracks could be in widesprea

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If you frequently find yourself covered in mosquito bites, while others escape without so much as an itch, you can blame your genes. 如果你发现蚊子特别喜欢叮你,而其他人都安然无恙,这其实与你的基因有关。 For British

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Scientists have identified bacterial genes that lead to antibiotic resistance, including several that can be resistant to most powerful antibiotics, in air samples from Beijing, which is frequently cloaked in heavy smog, 科学家已经在北京的空气

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当下,全球城市化进度迅猛。在城市人口超过全球人口总数一半的21世纪初叶,城市成为上海世博会的主题别有深义。 Today, the world is rapidly urbanizing. With half of the world population expected to live in

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It's perhaps the most controversial pick in the history of a respected award. Three pioneers in the science of genetically modified crops are receiving this year's prestigious World Food Prize, Thursday, Oct. 17 in Iowa. According to the prize citati

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BEIJING, August 1 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. researchers have discovered a genetic mutation unique to African Americans that links to heighten their asthma risk, according to reports published on Sunday in the journal Nature Genetics. Researchers of Univers

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Leaders 头条关注 Genetically modified crops 转基因作物 Fields of beaten gold 遭受捣毁 Greens say climate-change deniers are unscientific and dangerous. So are greens who oppose GM crops 环保主义者表示,气候变化否认者是不科学

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

编者按: 就其带给我们的美好感觉的度和量而言,美的最主要来源是我们与外界的美好关系,它们给我们的生活带来源源不断的感情--让我们茁壮成长,超越自我。这一有力的和谐关系可以存

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Something called the Danish Twin Study 一个叫丹麦双胞胎的研究表明, established that only about 10 percent 普通人在生物学允许的限度内的寿命, of how long the average person lives, 仅仅有百分之十 within certain bi

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Now, extinction is a different kind of death. It's bigger. We didn't really realize that until 1914, when the last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, died at the Cincinnati zoo. This had been the most abundant bird in the world that'd been in N

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