DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Infertility in the Developing World By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, March 22, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Development Report. A man and a woman are consi

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 农业与发展

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

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

How Not to be Wrong, by Jordan Ellenberg 乔丹艾伦伯格《如何避免错误》 Ellenberg, a mathematician and writer, explains how math plays into our daily lives without our even knowing it. Each chapter starts with a subject that seems fairly

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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

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

As time goes by / 时光流逝 Progress in predicting the outcome of relationships, and information about the genetic roots of fidelity, might also make proposing marriage more like a job application—

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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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Five-year-old Rongrong is receiving rehabilitation therapy at a treatment center in Beijing. She is one of some 2-million children in China under the age of 14 that have been diagnosed with autism. 全国助残日关注孤独症儿童 The China Disab

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It may seem hard to believe that such an unusual looking animal has remained hidden for so long. 世界上存在如此相貌罕见而不为人知的动物,这似乎有点难以置信。 But scientists have only just discovered a new species of elep

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CANBERRA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientist on Wednesday said his international research team has discovered the trick on how butterfly learn to change its wing pattern to avoid being eaten by birds. The Amazonian butterfly, Heliconius numata,

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

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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Scientists have discovered a new species of gibbon living in south-west Chinas rainforests. 科学家在中国西南地区的热带雨林里发现了新的长臂猿品种。 Although scientists had been studying the primate for some time new research

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Located on the Svalbard Islands in the Arctic, the Global Seed Vault is home to millions of seeds. The facility is surrounded by permafrost and is naturally cooled to around -3 degrees Celsius. And the main vault is cooled even further to -18 degrees

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1. Why that two-timing! 为什么那么不专情。 2. Don't let it get you down. There are plenty of fish in the sea。 别让这件事影响你的情绪。天涯何处无芳草。 3. Are you cheating on me? Because I've been hearing some rumors。 你

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A cats charity is raising money for one of its felines to have gender reassignment surgery, after vets realised that it was both male and female. 有一家英国猫咪慈善机构正在筹款,目的是为一只喵星人做性别手术,因为他们发

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BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Autism can likely develop when low birth weight babies are combined with other factors such as environment and genetic predisposition, new research suggests. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nu

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Everyone knows that a woman who smokes and plans to become pregnant should stop smoking. A new study suggests that the future father should quit, too. 人人都知道,吸烟的女性如果计划怀孕,就应该戒烟。一项新研究表明,计划

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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

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Genetically-Modified Papaya Hits Shelves in Japan Rainbow papayas recently went on sale in Japan. They are the only gene-altered fruit on the market today in Japan, a country with strict laws regarding genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). Those law

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