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Noise can make food taste more bland, but also increase the perception of its crunchiness. Christopher Intagliata reports 餐馆里的噪音除了会打扰到你的交谈之外还会对食物的口味产生什么影响呢？ A noisy restaurant can di...
人类的许多药材资源都来自于植物，而根据种种事例显示，人类并非植物药材的唯一受益物种，许多动物也会寻找特定的植物来治疗自身伤病。 Infected monarch butterflies will lay their eggs on plants t...
有许多人认为爱会带来伤痛，但两位美国大学的研究专家得出的结论是爱能缓解疼痛。 Contemplating a new love can reduce pain by activating the same brain region that processes addictions and analgesic drugs. Cynthia Gra...
研究表明，在晚上给老鼠给光照，老鼠会变得不那么活泼，而且会发胖。 Light at night increases mice's body mass, apparently by shifting food intake to times when the animals are less active. Karen Hopkin reportsYouve tried...
很多人都相信上帝是公平的，关上眼前的一扇窗会为你打开另一扇窗。在最新的科学研究中我们也能得到类似的结论：天生听力有缺陷的人会有更好的视觉。 Recent research explains how the deaf can...
New data show that when bystanders without emergency medical training try CPR using only chest compression, the results can be better than if they also attempt mouth-to-mouth. Christopher Intagliata reports 看见身边有人突然倒了， 想救人家...
诸多线索综合起来为我们描绘出一幅画面：那是火星遥远的过去，那时的火星还有着一层厚厚的大气层，令这颗星球温热暖和，从而使水能够在火星表面流淌。但如今，地表的水消失不见，而...
10月4日，在瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩的卡罗林斯卡医学院，诺贝尔奖评审委员会宣布，英国生理学家罗伯特爱德华兹获得2010年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。 85-year-old Englishman Robert Edwards wins the Nobel Pri...
启用GPS，智能手机里很多应用程序就能助你一臂之力。不过启用之后，那些应用程序到底干了些什么，你清楚吗？ Researchers tracked the activity of 30 popular Android apps and found that half reported info to th...
研究表明，那些社交能力强的团队的要优于仅仅智商高的团队。 Groups of two to five members who interacted with each other best outperformed groups whose individual members had higher intelligence scores. Karen Hopkin reports I...
人的身高很大程度上取决于基因，其他因素如饮食和环境对身高也有所影响。 Analysis of DNA from 180,000 people finds dozens of gene regions associated with height differences, and shows how researchers can analyze traits t...
研究表明，老年人喝酒后会影响行路时避开障碍物的灵活性。 Subjects with an average age of 62 had trouble avoiding an obstacle placed on a treadmill after consuming even small amounts of alcohol. Cynthia Graber reports A signif...
The descendants of longtime urban dwellers show increased genetically driven resistance to tuberculosis, due to evolutionary selection pressure over millennia. Christopher Intagliata reports 城市长久居住民的后代，经过数千年的自然选择...
最新研制一种新的医疗设备，可以利用身体动作来充电。 Novel materials could allow the implantation of flexible, rechargeable batteries that would constantly recharge from the body's own movements--even just breathing. Cynthia Gr...
Subjects varied their estimates of the calorie content of a food depending on the assumed negative or positive healthful qualities of the food item they had previously been shown--with weird consequences. Cynthia Graber reports Dieters may try to est...
