Always finding excuses to skip the gym? Congratsyou might be able to blame your genes. Because the mere desire to exercise may be inherited, at least in mice. So says a study in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The experiment started b

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(九)月

Do-It-Yourself Genetic Tests Raises Questions for Consumers “自己动手”基因测试引起消费者疑问 Alison (not her real name), is 32 years old and a magazine editor. She has a baby and is

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(上)--环境科学探索

Geneticist 遗传学家 If you mom's blood type is O and your dad's blood type is A. 如果你妈妈是O型血,你爸爸是A型血。 Your blood type must be either A or O. 那你不是A型血就是O型血。 How do we know this fact? 我们是怎么

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 与美国小学生一起学英文第11册

AS IT IS 2014-09-20 Scientists Discover Secrets of Coffee 科学家发现咖啡的秘密 An international team of researchers has created a sequence, or map, of the genes of the coffee plant known as Robusta. About one-third of the coffee drunk world

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(九)月

When faced with a big challenge where potential failure seems to lurk at every corner, 当面临一个巨大的挑战时,失败的可能性貌似在各个角落潜伏着, maybe you've heard this advice before: Be more confident. 也许你曾听过这

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

Retail therapy has long been a treat for millions of women who enjoy nothing better than a trawlround the shops. 购物疗法一向是众多女性的乐事,对她们而言,再没有什么比逛商店更好的事情了。 For those who pause long

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Feb 28th, 1953, in Britain, scientists say and they found the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes. Years later, Francis Crick describes this discovery that he and fellow scientist James Watson made. Biological sy

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 历史上的今天-2012年

Feb 28th, 1953, in Britain, scientists say they found the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes. Years later, Francis Crick describes this discovery that he and fellow scientist James Watson made. Biological system

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Feb 28th, 1953, in Britain, scientists say and they found the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes. Years later, Francis Crick describes this discovery that he and fellow scientist James Watson made. Biological sy

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Better Sleep 高质量睡眠 Know your sleep type 了解你自己的睡眠类型。 Some people like Margaret Thatcher,Gandhi and Winston Churchill may have famously thrived on less sleep but they're a rarity. 诸如撒切尔、甘地和丘吉尔等人

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(176) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力广播—Listening

Science and Technology Healthy living Mind and body 科技 健康生活 身与心 The reason loneliness could be bad for your health 孤独会对你的健康不利的原因 SCIENCE has many uses, but it doesn't often produce handy pick-up lines. Rece

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Science and technology 科学技术 Epigenetics and health 表观遗传学与健康 Grandma's curse 祖母的诅咒 Some of the effects of smoking may be passed from grandmother to grandchild 祖母吸烟产生的影响可以会遗传至孙子或孙女

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

59 美国科学家正试图培育抗叶锈病小麦 DATE=6-19-01 TITLE=AGRICULTURE REPORT - Developing Wheat Resistant to Leaf Rust BYLINE=George Grow (Start at 59

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64 基因疗法治疗血友病疗效有限 DATE=6-28-01 TITLE=SCIENCE REPORT - Gene Therapy to Treat Hemophilia BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach (Start at 01'02

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soybeans are eaten by people and fed to animals. Some farmers grow them to replace lost nitrogen in the soil. Soybeans were first grown in Asia thousands of years ago. Now scientists have a full gen

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年慢速英语(二)月

今天我们要学的词是breakthrough。 Breakthrough, 是突破的意思。最近,加拿大的一组科研人员发现了一种独特的基因,可以阻止癌细胞繁殖,发展成为肿瘤。They made a significant cancer breakthrough, 他们

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

The number of people living past 100 has soared by 71 per cent in the past decade. And while one expert believes this figure will continue to rise, he stated that anyone hoping to live for double or triple this time will be disappointed. Speaking at

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Scientists: Gene Editing Should Stay in Laboratories 科学家称基因编辑技术应该留在实验室 Scientists are debating how to limit their newly-discovered power to change genetic structure. Scientists already modify the genes of farm animal

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(七)月

清晨起来,一杯新鲜的研磨咖啡可以让人精力充沛。 A cup of freshly ground coffee is what it takes to get some people moving in the morning. 但一项最新的研究表明,这种功效可能是咖啡的香气而不是咖啡本身产

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Sally and Gene were running late. It was a hot summer evening. It was even hotter in the underground subway station. Finally, the train arrived. It was crowded. The doors opened. Nobody exited. Sally tried to get inside. But a woman was standing near

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)