News Spotlight (4) News 1: 政治 In Canada, Quebec's pro-independence party has suffered a 1) setback. Partial results show the Party Quebecois has lost its bid for a third straight term in the 125-m

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(183) / 评论(0) 分类 疯狂英语2003年

Alice: Hello, I'm AliceStephen: And I'm Stephen. Alice: And this is 6 Minute English! This week were talking about sleepwalking. Have you ever walked in your sleep, Stephen? Stephen: I dont think so, but Ive been known to tell stories in my sleep. Al

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(156) / 评论(0) 分类 六分钟英语

Even before scientists sort this out, this information is actually really good news for us, 即使科学家还尚未解决问题,这一好消息确实振奋人心, because it turns out that the way we live can influence the accumulation of amyloi

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲国际问题篇

Neil: Hello and welcome to Six-Minute English from BBC Learning English, I'm Neil and with me today is Rosie. Rosie: Hi there. Neil: Well, today we're talking about men. Rosie: That sounds interesting. Neil: It is very interesting especially if you'r

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(145) / 评论(0) 分类 六分钟英语

By Stephanie Ho Washington 24 August 2006 The MacArthur Foundation, better known for offering so-called genius grants each year to individuals, will now recognize small non-profit organizations. The groups are diverse and are in different countries,

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(八月)

Science and Technology The science of stuttering Speech therapy 科技 口吃科学 演讲疗法 Unravelling the mystery of faltering speech 解秘演讲时的口吃 DOWN the ages stuttering has been blamed on many things. 多年来,口吃可以归咎

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Science and Technology Cancer and obesity Malignant flab 科技 癌症与肥胖 恶性松弛 At last, an understanding of how overeating causes cancer 吃得过多如何导致癌症 OVERWEIGHT women are more likely to develop breast cancer than lean

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

By Jessica Berman Washington 03 April 2008 Three independent teams of researchers have found genes that may explain why some smokers get cancer and others do not, and why some people who never smoke also get the disease. Investigators say the discove

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(四月)

Researchers at Boston University have identified a kind of genetic signature in people who are likely to live to age 100 or older. The technique may also help doctors predict whether you're likely to get a disease, decades before the symptoms show up

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

Happiness is in your genes it seems, according to research that shows the more people in a country who have a particularly gene, the happier the nation will be. 一项研究发现可能存在幸福基因,国家的居民拥有的这种特殊基因越多

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Red wine can extend life and counter the negative effects of an unhealthy high-fat diet, according to a new study by Harvard Medical School. A natural substance found in red wine can extend life and counter the negative effects of an unhealthy high-f

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(162) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Some people are born with the belief that they are masters of their own lives. Others feel they are at the mercy of fate.New research shows that part of those feelings are in the genes. Psychologists have long known that people confident in their abi

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

And there are certain forms of the FOXO gene 我们发现活到90或者100岁人里 that have found to be more frequently present 最常有的 in people who live to be 90 or 100. 某种FOXO基因 And that's the case all over the world, 这是遍布全球

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(187) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

Science in Japan 日本科学界 Stress test 压力测试 After a scandal, a renowned stem-cell scientist commits suicide 爆出丑闻后,一位大名鼎鼎的干细胞科学家自杀 Dr Sasai faces the music 聚光镜前的笹井博士 WHAT happen

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Reproductive technology 生殖技术 Mum, Dad and Mitomum 妈妈,爸爸与代孕妈妈 Britain may allow babies with three biological parents 英有望允许新生儿有三个亲身父母 ASSISTED reproduction is one of those rare areas in which Br

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Science and technology 科学技术 Misconduct in science 学术不端 An array of errors 一系列的错误 Investigations into a case of alleged scientific misconduct have revealed numerous holes in the oversight of science and scientific publishin

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Oncology and genetics 肿瘤遗传学 Grabbing cancer by the short and curlies 短发卡钳住癌症的新武器 A new technique for analysing tumours promises better understanding and more effective treatment 一项研究肿瘤的新技术为人类更

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

毫无疑问,科技正在改变我们的生活。但我们是否能意识到它在我们生活中的存在,以及它是如何影响我们和至亲的人之间的交流吗? 尼尔森今年的一项调查显示,美国人平时每天在社交媒体

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Science and technology 科学技术 Biotechnology patents 生物技术专利 Natural justice 自然正义 America's Supreme Court is to rule on the patenting of genes 美国最高法院将对基因专利做出裁决 THE nine justices on America's Sup

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Many young scientists are having a difficult time getting their careers going, and the reason is often funding - a lack of it. The National Institutes of Health agrees this is a problem, so it established the New Innovator Award.

发表于:2019-02-27 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习