Many animals have eyes that are incredibly complex others manage without. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have shown that sea urchins（海胆） see with their entire body despite having no eyes at all. The study has been published in th...
What links speed, power, and the color red? Hint: it's not a sports car. It's your muscles. A new study, published in the latest issue of the journal Emotion, finds that when humans see red, their reactions become both faster and more forceful. And p...
Ionizing radiation（电离辐射） is not without danger to human populations. Indeed, exposure to nuclear radiation leads to an increase in male births relative to female births, according to a new study by Hagen Scherb and Kristina Voigt from the...
A University of Utah study shows that men hit harder when they stand on two legs than when they are on all fours, and when hitting downward rather than upward, giving tall, upright males a fighting advantage. This may help explain why our ape-like hu...
Exposure to secondhand smoke, even at extremely low levels, is associated with increased blood pressure in boys, according to new research being presented Sunday, May 1, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver. Children wit...
Easy-to-follow recipes for radioactive compounds like those found in nuclear fuel storage pools, liquid waste containment areas and other contaminated aqueous（水的） environments have been developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories...
Scientists have identified a new species of gigantic theropod（兽脚亚目的） dinosaur, a close relative of T. rex, from fossil skull and jaw bones discovered in China. According to findings published online (01 April 2011) in the scientific jou...
The psychological impact of natural disasters such as the Japan earthquake can be revealed in the way people inherently（内在地） respond to unpredictable situations, according to a psychology expert at Queen Mary, University of London. Dr Magda...
The long-time practice of using police facial sketches to nab（捉住，逮捕） criminals has been, at best, an inexact art. But the process may soon be a little more exact thanks to the work of some Michigan State University researchers. A team l...
Nearly 16 million Americans will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia（痴呆） by 2050, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Symptoms（症状） include mood and behavior changes, disorientation（迷失方向）...
