Psychological acupuncture（针刺疗法） has been shown to be successful in reducing food cravings（渴望） for up to six months in people who are overweight or obe...
An increased proportion of male African buffalo（水牛，野牛） are born during the rainy season. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutiona...
According to legend, it was The Fountain of Youth that the famed Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon was seeking when he landed on the Floridian coast in 1...
Information processing（信息处理，信息加工） circuits in digital computers are static（静态的，静力的） . In our brains, information processing circuits—neurons&mda...
Two studies in the April 27th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, offer rare glimpses into the ways that chimpanzees（黑猩猩） deal with th...
In dark, rich soils on every continent, microbes（细菌，微生物） dealing with the effects of climate change aren't accelerating（促进的，加速的） global warming th...
Levels of a key type of immune cell are higher in head and neck cancer patients whose tumors are linked to the human papillomavirus（乳头瘤病毒） , or HPV, a...
The first-ever discovery of ice and organic molecules（分子，微粒） on an asteroid（小行星） may hold clues to the origins of Earth's oceans and life 4 billio...
ANAHEIM, CA: Could organic labels（标签，分类） lead you to overeat? These labels certainly appear to make people think their organic snack（小吃，快餐） has a lot ...
Using a rare metal that's not utilized（利用） by nature, Rice University chemists have created a synthetic（合成的） enzyme that could help unlock the ide...