日期：2021-04-01 科学家们称，一项新发现可以解释肥胖者更容易患癌症的原因。来自都柏林圣三一学院的研究团队发现，人体用来破坏癌变组织的一种细胞会被过多的脂肪阻塞，从而停止工作。英国癌症研究院（Cancer Research UK）称，在英国，肥胖是仅次于吸烟的最大的、可预防性的致癌因素... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-04-01 一组美国科学家在试图研发一种新型抗流感疗法的过程中请来了一位意想不到的 同伴 大羊驼。研究人员用羊驼的血液制造出了一种新的抗体疗法，这种疗法有可能消灭所有类型的流感病毒，包括突然暴发的流行病毒。 The influenza virus is the ultimate shape-shifter. Its c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-04-01 独立金融研究机构英国财政研究所（The Institute for Fiscal Studies）通过研究得出了这一结论：当前教育政策的目的是给参加 GCSE 、 A-Level 考试和上大学的贫困学生及家庭条件困难的学生们提供更多的教育资助。这个结论与上几代富裕家庭的孩子从教育资助中获益更多形... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-04-01 一项新的研究表明，鲸鱼被渔网缠住的风险似乎被低估了。无人机拍摄的照片上显示，在加拿大圣劳伦斯湾，多达 60% 的蓝鲸与渔绳和渔网接触过，因为从照片中能看到它们身上的疤痕。 Getting caught up in fishing ropes or nets is one of the biggest threats to whales.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-04-01 科学家们首次利用卫星图像统计非洲大象的数量。照片由一颗在地表 600 公里（ 372 英里）外轨道上运行的地球观测卫星拍摄。这一突破可以让人们在无云日里对 5000 平方公里的大象栖息地进行观测。 When you first look at it, the image is a series of grey blobs amid... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-04-01 一项对鸣鸟解决问题能力的测试揭示了交通噪音是如何损害这些动物的能力的。科学家们给珍珠鸟设计了一组 觅食任务，分别在有噪音和无噪音的环境下进行。 Rather than studying birds in the wild, these researchers brought recordings of traffic noise from the near... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-04-01 一家为盲人和弱视者设立的慈善机构英国导盲犬（Guide Dogs UK）制作了一套伴书气味盒，以配合畅销儿童故事书《咕噜牛（The Gruffalo）》。该机构创造了一套鼻腔吸入器，分别代表主人公咕噜牛和它遇到的四个角色：蛇、狐狸、猫头鹰和小老鼠。 The Gruffalo was first pu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-04-01 英国的科学家们表示，一项简单的皮肤拭子检查可用来帮助诊断退化性大脑疾病帕金森... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-04-01 有长效危害的被禁工业化学品可能威胁到在英国附近生活的雄性鼠海豚的生殖能力。多氯联苯在几十年前就被逐渐淘汰了，但这种物质会在鲸鱼、海豚和鼠海豚的体内积聚。 PCBs were once used in everything from plastics to paints. They were banned in the 1980s, but th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-30 In English the colour green is associated with jealousy, which is sometimes jokingly called the green-eyed monster. But its no joke when jealousy takes over your life. Researchers are only starting to understand how jealousy can go wrong in the huma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-30 我们认为人类智慧无穷，动物也一样，但植物呢？ Theres nothing better than a walk in the countryside for lifting our spirits. Connecting with nature has been proven to help our mental health. For some, the best tonic is to stroll through a forest, but... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-25 On a hillside overlooking False Bay [South Africa] shark spotters are keeping a close watch on the waves. 在俯瞰南非福尔斯湾的山坡上，鲨鱼观察者们正在密切关注着海浪。 After all, this coastline near Cape Town has long been home to hundreds if not tho... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-25 This is the worlds biggest underwater telescope plunging into the worlds deepest waters to discover some of the tiniest particles known to man. 这是世界上最大的水下望远镜，潜入世界上最深的水域，探索人类已知的最小微粒。 This massive space telescope i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-23 Were you constantly bored as a child? Maybe that helped you to develop your innate ability to be creative. Boredom can be a good thing for children, according to Dr Teresa Belton, researcher at the University of East Anglias School of Education and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-23 Can you imagine a world where more than half of our common plant species and a third of our known animals disappear from sight? Thats the scenario suggested by new research on the impact of climate change. An international team of researchers looked... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-20 日前，中国睡眠研究会发布了《2021年运动与睡眠白皮书》。数据显示，当下中国有超3亿人存在睡眠障碍，而运动人群失眠困扰比例仅为10%。运动人群中以广东运动人数最多，并且睡眠充足比例位列各省份第一。 While one in five people in China have symptoms of a sleep d... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-06 I love sleeping. Its something Im good at. Theres nothing better than nodding off on the sofa in front of the TV and when my head hits the pillow at night, I have no problem falling into a deep sleep within minutes. There is one place where I never... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-03-03 What will the future be like? Good or bad? A lot of science-fiction writing imagines a world which is dark and scary. In Blade Runner, Harrison Ford hunts robots in a chaotic Los Angeles. Planet of the Apes shows a bleak future for humankind. And wh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-02-27 If you think that running marathons will help you live a long and healthy life, new research may come as a shock. According to a recent scientific study, people who do very strenuous activities are as likely to die as people who do no exercise at al... 阅读全文>>

日期：2021-02-27 Around the world, girls do better than boys at school. These are the findings of a recent study that looked at the test results of 1.5 million 15-year-olds in 74 regions across the globe. The level of gender equality in those regions made no differe... 阅读全文>>