A 2,700-year-old portico（门廊） was discovered this summer on the site of the ancient city of Argilos in northern Greece, following an archaeological exc...
Though it's barely the beginning of autumn, scientists at the University of Toronto are one step closer to explaining why winter's icicles（冰锥）...
The greater the empathy（神入，移情作用） skills of children, the easier it is for them to recognize sarcasm（讽刺，挖苦）, according to a new study in the open-acces...
Over 80% of the world's ice-free land is at risk of profound ecosystem transformation by 2100, a new study reveals. "Essentially, we would be...
Brain training games, apps, and websites are popular and it's not hard to see why -- who wouldn't want to give their mental abilities a boost?...
Eating disorders like anorexia nervos（神经性厌食症） and bulimia（易饿病） often run in families, but identifying specific genes that increase a person's risk...
A recently published study suggests that exposure to social stress not only impairs a mother's ability to care for her children but can also negat...
If you've ever whirled（旋转，回旋） a ball attached to a string around your head and then let it go, you know the great speed that can be achieved throu...
Heated debates about the quantifiable value of arts and literature are a common feature of American social discourse（论述，谈话）. Now, two researchers from...
Exposure to common air pollutants found in diesel（柴油） exhaust pollution can affect the ability of honeybees to recognise floral odours, new University...