12-10-26 Most of the more than 6,000 species of frogs in the world lay their eggs in water. But many tropical frogs lay their eggs out of water. This behavior protects the eggs from aquatic（水生的） predators, such as fish and tadpoles（蝌蚪） , but also in...

12-10-25 Last year, 542 environmental accidents were handled across the country, statistics from the Ministry of Environmental Protection showed. In a recent case in January, cadmium pollution in the upper Longjiang River posed a potential threat to the wate...

12-10-18 University of Delaware researchers are using an underwater robot to find and follow sand tiger sharks that they previously tagged with transmitters. The innovative project is part of a multi-year partnership with Delaware State University to better...

12-10-18 Tea is the steady companion of the Scottish day, and each hotel, no matter how humble, stocks its rooms with supplies for brew-ups: electric pot for boiling water, ceramic（陶瓷的） pot for brewing, china cups and small tea-creamers, a raft of teas,...

12-10-18 Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his...

12-10-15 The most likely source of the water locked inside soils on the moon's surface is the constant stream of charged particles from the sun known as the solar wind, a University of Michigan researcher and his colleagues have concluded. Over the last five...

12-09-24 Fry (cook in hot oil) 油炸 Roast (cook with dry heat, especially in an oven; for example duck) 烘烤（肉类） Pure (process food through a blender to make a soft pulp; for example tomato pure) 把做成酱、浓汤 Mince (chop, cut or grind into very small p...

12-09-14 Every cook knows that boiling water bubbles, right? New research from Northwestern University turns that notion on its head. We manipulated what has been known for a long, long time by using the right kind of texture and chemistry to prevent bubblin...

12-09-13 It's extremely important to always have a goal. I have a new goal this month. I am going to totally improve my health. I must do this for myself. I must do this for my family. I will try to think positive thoughts every day. I will exercise every da...

12-09-06 Increasing fluid intake by about a liter per day appears to have no negative effects in healthy older men, Dutch researchers report. Dr. Mark G. Spigt of Maastricht University and colleagues note in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society that...