60秒科学:Torture Interferes with Memory

Torture Interferes with Memory In the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, psychologist Share O'Mara notes that torture can interfere with the brain's memory retrieval apparatus, making it counterproductive to the aim of producing useful informatio

TED演讲：为什么健康的生活方式几乎把我害死(5)

The World Health Organization just did a big study that they published this year. 世界卫生组织做了一个大型研究，并于今年出版。 And it was done in Europe. 研究在欧洲进行。 And they estimated that 1.6 million years of heal

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We all know that talking on a cell phone can impair our ability to drive (although too many of us do it anyway). Now a study in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin and Review shows that the reverse is also true: driving makes it hard to keep track of wh

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Youve heard of waterboarding used as a means to get suspected terrorists to talk. Some people object to such methods on the grounds that they amount to torture. But in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, psychologist Shane OMara of Trinity Coll

欧美电影简介：《记忆碎片》

《记忆碎片》是根据乔纳森诺兰的短篇小说《Memento Mori》改编而成的悬念影片，影片由克里斯托弗诺兰导演，盖皮尔斯、凯莉安妮莫斯、乔潘托里亚诺、小马克布恩等人主演。影片讲述了患有

蜜蜂也老年痴呆 竟和人类一样会迷路

It is not just humans that get stuck in their ways. For scientists have discovered that old bees have trouble finding their way to new hives as their learning behavior becomes increasingly inflexible. 世界上迷路的不仅仅是人类。科学家发

英语短文：Cells and Temperature

英语短文：Cells and Temperature Cells cannot remain alive outside certain limits of temperature and much narrower limits mark the boundaries of effective functioning. Enzyme systems of mammals and birds are most efficient only within a narrow ra

TED演讲:麸质有什么大不了的(2)

Celiac disease is an inherited disease, 乳糜泻是遗传性疾病， in which eating foods with gluten leads to inflammation and damage of the lining of the small intestine. 患者在进食麩质食物时，会出现发炎，并损害小肠绒毛。

【英语语言学习】什么样的生活方式才健康

I've spent the last decade subjecting myself to pain and humiliation, hopefully for a good cause, which is self-improvement. And I've done this in three parts. So first I started with the mind. And I decided to try to get smarter by reading the entir

Sleep deficiency affects many Americans: CDC

LOS ANGELES, March 3 (Xinhua) -- More and more American adults are suffering from a decline in overall sleep duration(持续时间), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (疾病防治中心) said on Thursday. It's recommended tha

每日一词【766】impair：损害、损伤

今天我们要学的词是impair。 Impair是损害、损伤的意思。一项最新研究建议美国军方全面禁止吸烟。According to the study, tobacco use impairs military readiness in the short term, 研究显示，吸食烟草短期内有损

苏亚雷斯咬人事件的科学解析

The most feared jaws in football have again snapped shut on human flesh. Renowned Uruguayan jerk Luis Surez appeared to chomp the shoulder of Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match on Tuesday. The player's latest chomp raises questions ab

英语视频：为什么健康的生活方式几乎把我害死

A.J.雅各布斯用了整整一年的时间，遵循他听到的每一条健康建议--从用玻璃杯来抹防晒霜到戴着自行车头盔购物。在TEDMED的演讲台上，雅各布斯与大家分享了他在这个过程中发现的许多让人意

英语专四:15招教你变身聪明达人

1. Get News from Al Jazeera 收看阿拉伯世界半岛电视台的新闻 Dont shut yourself out from new ideas. A 2009 study found that viewers of Al Jazeera English were more open-minded than people who got their news from CNN International and BBC

双语文摘：研究发现长期缺觉没法补

Sleeping in on Saturday after a few weeks of too little shuteye may feel refreshing, but it can give a false sense of security. New research shows chronic sleep loss cannot be cured that easily. Scientists teased apart the effects of short- and long-

双语：女性过量饮用咖啡或导致不孕

Scientists say they have discovered why drinking coffee makes it harder for women to conceive. 科学家宣称，他们已经发现了饮用咖啡所导致女性怀孕几率下降的原因所在。 Caffeine, the stimulant in coffee, impairs the trans

经济学人235:智利大麻 减轻痛苦

Cannabis in Chile 智利大麻 Easing the agony 减轻痛苦 The state relaxes its stance on the use of the drug as a painkiller 政府立场松绑，允许大麻作为止痛药使用 CECILIA HEYDER has breast cancer. She also has systemic lupus, a d

双语有声阅读：细胞与温度

Cells and Temperature Cells cannot remain alive outside certain limits of temperature, and much narrower limits mark the boundaries of effective functioning. Enzyme systems of mammals and birds are most efficient only within a narrow range around 37 ℃

英语听书《白鲸记》第742期

Could annihilation occur to matter, this were the thing to do it. 一旦发生什么毁灭性的事情，一定是从这里产生出来的。 Nor does thisits amazing strength, at all tend to cripple the graceful flexion of its motions; 它这种惊人

中英双语新闻——243 为何网络多“暴民”？

Mi Lan loves to buy clothes from Taobao. It saves time and sometimes you can find really amazing bargains. 米兰（音译）喜欢在淘宝上买衣服。这既节省时间，有时你也会发现真正的惊喜折扣。 After a recent online shoppi