Whether a cup of java will leave you craving more could be chalked up to your genes. 一杯咖啡是否会使你上瘾也许是由你的基因决定的。 People with a newly identified genetic variant in their DNA, called PDSS2, may be inclined to d...
The 11,700-year-old Holocene epoch is over. We're now living in the Anthropocene epoch. 长达11700年的全新世结束啦。我们如今正生活在人类世纪元。 编者注:全新世(Holocene Epoch),是最年轻的地质年代,它与更...
Doping scandals marred the runup to the Rio Olympics and other games of the recent past. Now, scientists warn that cheating could rise to a new level using genetic research. 兴奋剂丑闻给里约奥运会和最近的其他比赛蒙上了一层阴影...
Chinese scientists have defined a subset of a type of virus-specific cells that could pave the way for new ways to treat chronic diseases like HIV/AIDS and cancer, Xinhua News Agency reported last Saturday. 据新华社上周六报道,中国科学家...
For many people, getting out of bed in the morning is no easy feat, and feelings of sleepiness can drag on long into the day ahead. 早上起床对很多人来说都不是件容易的事,昏昏欲睡的感觉可能会持续一整天。 You may auto...
A groundbreaking trial to see if it is possible to regenerate the brains of dead people, has won approval from health watchdogs. 探究死者大脑能否重获新生的开创性实验已获卫生监管部门批准可以开展。 A biotech company in...
They say friends are forever, but as it turns out, that old adage is actually not quite true. 人们都说友谊地久天长,科学家却证明,这条老格言未必十分可信。 More than two thirds of Americans say they have lost at least 90...
The real reason people close their eyes when they kiss is because the brain can't deal with more than two things at once. 接吻时闭眼的真正原因是大脑无法同时处理两件以上的事。 That is the finding of academics who have explore...
Researchers are now pretty certain there's a ninth planet in the solar system. 研究人员如今相当确定,太阳系中存在着第九颗行星。 Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown, two CalTech scientists, say the new planet is about 10 times th...
There is a new substance that is harder than diamond. It's called Q-carbon, and it was created by researchers at North Carolina State University. 北卡罗莱纳州立大学的研究人员研发出一种名为Q-碳的新物质,其硬度比钻石还高...