• 小行星或成为研究地球物种起源的“活化石”

    10-04-29 The first-ever discovery of ice and organic molecules(分子,微粒) on an asteroid(小行星) may hold clues to the origins of Earth's oceans and life 4 billion years ago. University of Central Florida researchers detected a thin layer of water ice a...

  • 水中瑜伽在印度日渐流行

    10-04-24 You've probably heard of hot yoga and power yoga, but now there's another form of the physical and mental activity that's gaining in popularity in India -- water yoga. 你可能听说过高温瑜伽和力量瑜伽,但现在有一种新的瑜伽在印度日渐流行,这就是水中瑜...

  • 狼和小羊

    10-04-01 Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping(舔) at a spring on a hillside, when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little lower down. Theres my supper, thought he, if only(只要,要是多好) I can find some excuse to seize...

  • 美国杀人虎鲸重新登场表演

    10-02-28 SeaWorld Orlando's killer whale show has reopened, three days after an orca killed one of the trainers. 奥兰多海底世界发生虎鲸伤人事件三天之后,虎鲸表演馆重新开放。 A SeaWorld spokesman said 2,200 people had watched the new show, in which staff were...

  • 如何降低意外俘获红海龟的几率?

    10-02-27 Spanish scientists have studied interactions(相互作用,相互交流) between the loggerhead turtle ( Caretta caretta赤蠵龟 ) and fishing gear(钓鱼用具,打捞用具) such as longline hooks used at the water surface, mass beachings, and the effects of cl...

  • 可“自行设计实验”的海洋机器人投入使用

    10-02-25 Scientists in the US are using an underwater vehicle that can plan its own experiments on the seafloor. 美国科学家使用一种新型的、可自行设计实验的水下机器人在海底进行科学研究。 It goes, it comes back, the data is downloaded The Gulper AUV is program...

  • 葡萄牙马德拉群岛发生洪涝灾害

    10-02-21 Portugal's armed forces are sending two ships with helicopters and medical supplies to Madeira island, where floods have killed at least 32 people. 葡萄牙马德拉群岛发生洪涝灾害,造成至少32人死亡,当局派遣两艘载有直升机和医疗用品的舰船进行援助。 Floo...

  • 美国向海地灾区空投水和食物

    10-01-19 The US military has begun airdropping water and food into earthquake-hit Haiti, after earlier ruling out such a delivery method as too risky. 在排除空投危险性后,美国军方已开始向海地地震灾区空投水和食物。 Airdrops were earlier ruled out amid fears t...

  • 科学家使用水滴塑造石墨烯纳米结构

    09-12-18 A single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, like those seen in pencil marks -- offers great potential for new types of nanoscale纳米级 devices, if a good way can be found to mold the material into desired shapes. Chemists at the University of Illinois at C...

  • 伊朗海军拘捕五名英国人

    09-12-01 Five Britons have been detained by the Iranian navy while sailing a racing yacht from Bahrain to Dubai, the Foreign Office (FCO) has said. 英国外交部称,五名英国人驾驶赛艇从巴林岛开往迪拜的图中被伊朗海军拘留。 They were on a Volvo 60 yacht belonging...