Broadcast: July 15, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: I'm Sarah Long with Bob Doughty, and this is the VOA Special English program, SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. VOICE TWO: This week -- a report on the problem of drug r

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(191) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2003(下)-发展与科学

If a potential mate has managed to pass all these tests, there's still one more: the infamous first kiss, 即便一个潜在的伴侣已经成功通过以上所有的测试,这里还有最后一关:初吻, a rich and complex exchange of tactile

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Want to ward off memory issues and other cognitive problems as you age? Looks like low blood glucose levels are an important factor. New research finds that individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in middle age had greater cognitive impairment in

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Supercharge your memory 强化记忆 Alzheimer's and dementia affect over 47.5 million people worldwide and there are still no known cures. Yet research has found that certain foods and drinks can help keep your mind healthy for longer. 全世界范围

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YOU'RE AT HIGHER RISK OF HEART DISEASE. 你很有可能得心脏病。 If you snooze a ton, you lose...at least when it comes to heart health. Heart disease is already the number one cause of death in the US, and sleeping more than 8 hours a night in

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Hard-training athletes boost their performance with a variety of popular sports drinks. These drinks do work. But not in the way youd think. Thats acco

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Sugar-It Could Age You 吃糖一向被视为肥胖者的大忌,除此以外,一般读者可能还知道吃糖与蛀牙、与某些心血管疾病的关系。可你是否想到过吃糖与人的衰老也有关系呢?本文则报道了这方面的最

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As if WWDC didnt give the Apple AAPL -0.28% bloggers enough to write about, Friday brought a fresh round of rumors about what everybody is calling the iWatch. By Saturday, Techmeme had collected 68 stories on the topic. You can ignore 65 of them. The

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HEALTH REPORT - Diabetes Called a Growing Worldwide Epidemic By Barbara Klein / Broadcast: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Today is World Diabetes Day, part of a campaign to urge governments to do more to

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Science and technology 科学和技术 Medical technology 医疗技术 A not-so-hard graft 一个不那么难的移植 Transplantable blood vessels can now be grown as desired 可移植的血管现可随意培育 The old-fashioned way 古老的方式

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1. That sex ratio will be favored which maximizes the descendants an individual will have and hence the number of gene copies transmitted. 2. Hardys weakness derived from his apparent inability to control the comings and goings of these divergent imp

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UNITED NATIONS, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called on countries to reduce sugar intake among adults and children to less than 10 percent of their total energy intake. According to WHO, a further reduction to b

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Here are some key highlights from the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, which concluded recently: 2016国际消费电子展刚刚落下帷幕,以下是本届展会的部分看点: 1. Netflix stunned the show with the announcement that it added 130

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水桶腰并非久坐导致 We all know that too little exercise can pack on the pounds and contribute to heart disease and other ills, but a new study published in the European Heart Journal on Jan. 12 shows that we can even cause ourselves harm sim

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WASHINGTON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Mothers who are overweight or obese during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to bigger babies, new research suggested Tuesday. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, also found

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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

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Lack of Sleep Could Slowly Kill You You know the old adage You can sleep when youre dead? Turns out you just might get to terminal dreamland a lot faster if you dont get a regular good nights sleep. New research suggests that your risk of developing

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The smartphone is already the Swiss Army knife of the digital age, replacing the need for alarm clocks, GPS units and even digital cameras with the flick of a finger. 智能手机已经是数字时代的瑞士军刀,它用手指轻轻一点,就代替

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LONDON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Weight loss surgery could reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by around 80 percent in obese people, according to a new research published Monday in the British medical journal The Lancet Diabetes Endocrinology. Us

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Being cold helps you lose weight, a new study found. 一项新研究发现,寒冷的感觉有助于减肥。 Exercise or being exposed to low temperatures creates more 'good' brown and beige types of body fat which burns calories in the body. 体育锻

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