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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

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? It's been more than a decade since the human genome was published. And some critics have wondered where the promised medical applications are. Well, a review article in

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? City living has obviously influenced human cultureas have often been noted, how you gonna keep em down on the farm after theyve seen Paree'? But urban life may h

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will take just a minute. Spend any time in a bar, and sooner or later youll hear, Ill have what shes having. It sounds like a bad pickup line, but there may be an actual biological

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You cant judge a book by its cover. But you can judge a dog by its coat. You can even read right through to its genes. Because a study in the August 27th online issue of Science shows that just three key genes govern the length and texture of dog fur

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On Mondays we focus on the business of techonology and today we'll hear about an effort to make money with blogs. Millions of people publish internet weblogs or blogs but among the few people who do it for profit is Jason McCabe Calacanis. A year and

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It's no secret that good genes can explain why some people age well. But researchers said last Thursday they have identified a specific gene variant that can make people look about two years older than their actual age. 众所周知，有些人看起来

科学家发现基因决定人们对咖啡的需求

Whether a cup of java will leave you craving more could be chalked up to your genes. 一杯咖啡是否会使你上瘾也许是由你的基因决定的。 People with a newly identified genetic variant in their DNA, called PDSS2, may be inclined to d

Bird flu discovered in Dutch farm

THE HAGUE, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Bird flu was discovered at a poultry farm in the central Dutch province of Flevoland, the Ministry of Agriculture said Friday. It said the virus discovered was a mild variant. The farm's 47,000 chickens were slaughtered

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中国秘密的“驼背”隐形核潜艇浮出水面

China's secret 'humpback' stealth nuclear sub surfaces with missiles that could reach ANYWHERE in the US 中国秘密的驼背隐形核潜艇浮出水面，所携带导弹可攻击全美 New photos of China's latest secret stealth submarine have emer

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Asthma gene found in African Americans

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

U.S. expects Canada to buy F-35

OTTAWA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of Defense（防卫,防护） Robert Gates said here on Thursday that he expects Canada's continued support for the F-35 joint strike fighter plane program, which is under fire from opposition politicians he

“撒切尔”基因让人每天仅睡4小时

A gene that controls how long we sleep has been discovered by scientists explaining why some people have their own internal alarm clock. Scientists identified a gene called ABCC9 that can reduce the length of time we sleep. The same gene has previous

Bird flu appears returning: UN

EIJING, Aug. 30 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations is warning authorities to be on high alert of bird flu as the virus appears to be returning. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said in a statement Monday a mutant strain is spreading across par

小米将不会参加全球移动大会 旗舰小米6延期发布

Rumors of a successor to Xiaomi's 2016 Mi 5 flagship smartphone have begun to heat up, but the company has cooled off any hype by announcing that it will skip Mobile World Congress this year. 虽然关于2016年小米5旗舰版后续型号的传闻越炒

基因的作怪导致男人的“好色”

Swedish researchers said Tuesday what women have suspected all along: that marital woes can often be attributed to men's genetic make-up, according to a study linking a common male gene to relationship problems. The gene variant, which is present in

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The new Jeep Compass has been launched on the Chinese car market and the first cars have just arrived in Jeep dealerships throughout the country. China is only the second country in the world to get the Compass, after Brazil where sales started last

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