Researchers believe they now know why the supersonic trans-Atlantic Concorde aircraft went the way of the dodo（古代巨鸟） -- it hit an evolutionary cul-de-...
Both shale gas and conventional natural gas have a larger greenhouse gas footprint than do coal or oil, especially for the primary uses of residential...
Storm-triggered landslides cause loss of life, property damage, and landscape alterations. For instance, the remnants（残余） of Hurricane Camille in 1969...
A team of scientists from around the world led by Baylor College of Medicine and Washington University in St. Louis has completed the genome sequence ...
A study of 473 sets of twins followed since birth found that compared to single-born children, 47 percent of 24-month-old identical twins（同卵双胞胎） had l...
By using sophisticated GPS tracking to monitor seals' every movement, researchers have shown for the first time that some individuals are repeated...
University of Southampton researchers have found that rainwater can penetrate below the Earth's fractured upper crust, which could have major impl...
Removal of river water for irrigation and habitat fragmentation（生境破碎化） by irrigation dams were shown to be the principal factors contributing to the d...
In what parts of the world and to what degree have groundwater reservoirs been depleted over the past 50 years? The Frankfurt hydrologist（水文学者） Prof. ...
New research from The University of Texas at Dallas demonstrates that drug paraphernalia triggers the reward areas of the brain differently in depende...