• 科学家对同行科研成果的评价不可靠

    13-10-10 Are scientists any good at judging the importance of the scientific work of others? According to a study published 8 October in the open access journal PLOS Biology (with an accompanying editorial), scientists are unreliable judges of the importance...

  • 世界最大冰川比想象中稳定

    13-05-17 For decades, scientists have used ancient shorelines to predict the stability of today's largest ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. Markings of a high shoreline from three million years ago, for example -- when Earth was going through a warm pe...

  • 解剖学家竭力使恐龙化石具体化

    13-04-23 Accurately depicting dinosaur anatomy(解剖学) has come a long way since the science fiction films of the 1960s. In celebration of the American Association of Anatomists' (AAA) 125th anniversary, renowned dinosaur anatomy expert Dr. Lawrence Witmer...

  • 美宇航局观测到土星上风暴过后的情形

    12-10-26 NASA's Cassini spacecraft has tracked the aftermath of a rare massive storm on Saturn. Data reveal record-setting disturbances in the planet's upper atmosphere long after the visible signs of the storm abated(减轻) , in addition to an indication t...

  • 菲律宾发现新品种竹节虫

    12-09-04 A mysterious new species of stick insect has been discovered living in the Philippines by scientists. 一种神秘的竹节虫在菲律宾被科学家发现。 Conlephasma enigma: a stick insect unlike any other The stick insect is wingless, lives on the ground rather...

  • 114号、116号元素被命名

    11-12-02 The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) have recommended new proposed names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table(周期表) . Scientists of the Lawrence Livermore National Laborat...

  • 科学家首次发现怀孕蜥蜴化石

    11-07-21 A 120-million-year-old fossil is the oldest pregnant lizard ever discovered, according to scientists. 根据科学家研究显示,一具有1.2亿年历史的化石是迄今发现的最古老的怀孕蜥蜴化石。 The lizard was just days from giving birth when it died and was burie...

  • 科学家创造出世界最先进的基因图谱

    11-07-21 A consortium(财团,联合) led by scientists at the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School has constructed the world's most detailed genetic map. A genetic map specifies the precise areas in the genetic material of a sperm or egg where the...

  • 意科学家因未成功预测地震被起诉

    11-05-29 Seven scientists and other experts were indicted on manslaughter charges Wednesday for allegedly failing to sufficiently warn residents before a devastating earthquake that killed more than 300 people in central Italy in 2009. 周三,意大利7名科学家...

  • 国际空间站寿命需要“延长至2020年”

    10-01-15 Europe wants a decision in 2010 on an extension to the life of the International Space Station (ISS). 欧盟希望将国际空间站的使用寿命延长到2020年。 Europe's Columbus science module was attached to the ISS in 2008 At the moment, no programme for its u...