通过利用藻类中首次发现的感光蛋白,一名完全失明男子的部分视力得到了恢复。The man from Brittany in France was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa 40 years ago. Doctors used a pioneering te...
你是在家还是在办公室工作?不论你在何处办公,同事之间的友谊仍然很重要。Many among us spend a considerable part of our lives working – with many of us, these days, working from home...
据最新估计,世界上至少有 500 亿只野生鸟类。Counting the number of wild birds in the world is no easy task. Scientists turned to a database, known as eBird, where birdwat...
如果你对可爱的袋熊有所了解,你会知道袋熊是地球上唯一能拉出方形便便的生物。多少年来,科学家一直无法弄明白袋熊为什么能拉出立方体的便便,而今他们终于找到答案了。Despite having round anuses like all other mammals, bare-nosed wombats ...
在当地团体、环保组织大自然保护协会(The Nature Conservancy)和宠物品牌希宝(Sheba)的合作努力下,约有四万平方米的珊瑚礁已被重新注入生机。这是到 2029 年修复世界上 18.5 万平方米珊瑚礁计划的其中一部分。Over the years, there have been...
你的身边有热爱运动健身的人吗?锻炼身体固然对健康有益,但有些人却过分地沉迷于此。Do you like to keep fit? We're always told that regular exercise is good for our body and mind. More and m...
雷雨时划破长空的闪电有一个你不知道的功能,那就是净化空气,而且还有助于抗击全球气候变暖。新研究发现,闪电会释放大量的化学清洗剂”,帮助大气自我净化。What is the purpose of lightning? That might sound like a deeply philo...
你爱看电影吗?你喜欢大制作的灾难片吗?如果喜欢,那你可能会对 气候变化类虚构作品(climate fiction,简称 cli-fi)” 感兴趣。这类作品主要围绕哪个题材进行创作?If you could travel back in time, which period of hist...
一份报告警告说,淡水鱼的数量将出现 灾难性” 下降,近三分之一的淡水鱼面临灭绝的威胁。More than half the world's fish are found in lakes, rivers and wetlands – from carp and min...
过劳死一词虽然诞生于日本,但早已成为全球各地的普遍现象。世界卫生组织和国际劳工组织联合开展的研究发现,2016年全球过劳者近5亿人,其中超74.5万人死于过劳引起的中风和心脏病。Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kil...