13-10-17 Earth's most eminent（杰出的） emissary to Mars has just proven that those rare Martian visitors that sometimes drop in on Earth -- a.k.a. Martian meteorites -- really are from the Red Planet. A key new measurement of Mars' atmosphere by NASA's Curi...

13-10-17 Enhanced growth of Earth's leafy greens during the 20th century has significantly slowed the planet's transition to being red-hot, according to the first study to specify the extent to which plants have prevented climate change since pre-industrial...

13-10-10 Located about 1200 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Carina (The Ship's Keel), the Toby Jug Nebula, more formally known as IC 2220, is an example of a reflection nebula. It is a cloud of gas and dust illuminated from within by...

13-10-09 If you've ever whirled（旋转，回旋） a ball attached to a string around your head and then let it go, you know the great speed that can be achieved through a slingshot（弹弓） maneuver. Similarly, NASA's Juno spacecraft will be passing within some 3...

13-10-06 The mystery of why life on Earth evolved when it did has deepened with the publication of a new study in the latest edition of the journal Science. Scientists at the CRPG-CNRS University of Lorraine, The University of Manchester and the Institut de...

13-09-26 Oxygen appeared in the atmosphere up to 700 million years earlier than we previously thought, according to research published today in the journal Nature, raising new questions about the evolution of early life. Researchers from the University of Co...

13-09-23 片段对白 Agent K: (A long pause) Have any specials? Agent J: My associate will have the same thing he always has after he looks at the menu for 10 minutes and asks about specials twice. He's gonna have a slice of apple pie with a nasty piece of ched...

13-09-17 A group of international scientists including a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher have confirmed that life really could have come from out of this world. The team shock compressed an icy mixture, similar to what is found in comets, w...

13-09-06 A University of Houston (UH) professor led a team of scientists to uncover the largest single volcano yet documented on Earth. Covering an area roughly equivalent to the British Isles or the state of New Mexico, this volcano, dubbed the Tamu Massif,...

13-09-06 Clifton Gorge Gerard Manley Hopkins Balsam floods the woods, swathing（包围） our senses like moss swaddles roots and earth. Ferns flutter in the shadow of the wind moving through, while we descend into the sanctuary（避难所） of the gorge like the...