"This is our first detailed look inside the biggest storm of the Solar System," says Glenn Orton, who led the team of astronomers（天文学家） that...
Researchers have discovered that infants respond to the rhythm（节奏，韵律） and tempo（拍子，速度） of music and find it more engaging than speech. The findings, b...
Increased understanding of the Skp2 gene and its relation to cellular senescence（衰老） may lead to the development of novel agents that can suppress（抑制，...
Studies in the United States have long shown that rich people tend to be healthier than poor people, and that this "health gap" between the ...
Images from the recent flyby（飞越） of Phobos（火卫一） , on 7 March 2010, are released today. The images show Mars' rocky moon in exquisite（优美的，精致的） deta...
A quest that began over a decade ago with a chance observation has reached a milestone: the identification of a gene that may regulate（调节，规定） regenera...
UC Irvine researchers have played a leading role in the genome sequencing of Hydra, a freshwater polyp（珊瑚虫，水螅虫） that has been a staple（主题） of biologic...
Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered the unique genes that allow the opium poppy（罂粟） to make codeine（可待因） and morphine（吗啡） , thus ...
The second–ever known tropical cyclone（热带气旋） in the South Atlantic Ocean can't escape satellite eyes, and today, the Geostationary Operation...
Reading this story requires you to willfully（故意地） pay attention to the sentences and to tune out nearby conversations, the radio and other distraction...