A cat can recognize a face faster and more efficiently than a supercomputer. That's one reason a feline（猫科的） brain is the model for a biologically...
New research reveals a brain circuit that seems to underlie the ability of humans to resist instant gratification（满意，喜悦） and delay reward for months, ...
This image, acquired today by ESA's Envisat satellite, shows the vast cloud of volcanic ash（火山灰） sweeping across the UK from the eruption（爆发，喷发） i...
NASA's Terra satellite has captured another image of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano ash cloud, now moving into Germany. Eyjafjallaj&o...
Banning trans fats（转化型脂肪酸） from all foods in the UK would prevent thousands of heart attacks and deaths every year, and would be a simple way to prote...
A firewall is the safety barrier between a computer network and the outside world. Individuals, companies and large organizations alike rely on a fire...
NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites fly around the world every day capturing images of weather, ice and land changes. Over the last three days these ...
A study by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) carried out in Krakow, Poland has found that prenatal（产前的，胎儿期的） exposur...
The discovery 15 years ago that the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 confer（授予，给予） high risks for breast and ovarian（卵巢的，子房的） cancer was a breakthrough for cance...
Venus Express has completed an 'aerodrag' campaign that used its solar wings as sails to catch faint wisps（小捆，小缕） of the planet's atmosphe...