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Noise can make food taste more bland, but also increase the perception of its crunchiness. Christopher Intagliata reports 餐館里的噪音除了會打擾到你的交談之外還會對食物的口味產生什么影響呢？ A noisy restaurant can di...
人類的許多藥材資源都來自于植物，而根據種種事例顯示，人類并非植物藥材的唯一受益物種，許多動物也會尋找特定的植物來治療自身傷病。 Infected monarch butterflies will lay their eggs on plants t...
有許多人認為愛會帶來傷痛，但兩位美國大學的研究專家得出的結論是愛能緩解疼痛。 Contemplating a new love can reduce pain by activating the same brain region that processes addictions and analgesic drugs. Cynthia Gra...
研究表明，在晚上給老鼠給光照，老鼠會變得不那么活潑，而且會發胖。 Light at night increases mice's body mass, apparently by shifting food intake to times when the animals are less active. Karen Hopkin reportsYouve tried...
很多人都相信上帝是公平的，關上眼前的一扇窗會為你打開另一扇窗。在最新的科學研究中我們也能得到類似的結論：天生聽力有缺陷的人會有更好的視覺。 Recent research explains how the deaf can...
New data show that when bystanders without emergency medical training try CPR using only chest compression, the results can be better than if they also attempt mouth-to-mouth. Christopher Intagliata reports 看見身邊有人突然倒了， 想救人家...
諸多線索綜合起來為我們描繪出一幅畫面：那是火星遙遠的過去，那時的火星還有著一層厚厚的大氣層，令這顆星球溫熱暖和，從而使水能夠在火星表面流淌。但如今，地表的水消失不見，而...
10月4日，在瑞典首都斯德哥爾摩的卡羅林斯卡醫學院，諾貝爾獎評審委員會宣布，英國生理學家羅伯特愛德華茲獲得2010年諾貝爾生理學或醫學獎。 85-year-old Englishman Robert Edwards wins the Nobel Pri...
啟用GPS，智能手機里很多應用程序就能助你一臂之力。不過啟用之后，那些應用程序到底干了些什么，你清楚嗎？ Researchers tracked the activity of 30 popular Android apps and found that half reported info to th...
研究表明，那些社交能力強的團隊的要優于僅僅智商高的團隊。 Groups of two to five members who interacted with each other best outperformed groups whose individual members had higher intelligence scores. Karen Hopkin reports I...
人的身高很大程度上取決于基因，其他因素如飲食和環境對身高也有所影響。 Analysis of DNA from 180,000 people finds dozens of gene regions associated with height differences, and shows how researchers can analyze traits t...
研究表明，老年人喝酒后會影響行路時避開障礙物的靈活性。 Subjects with an average age of 62 had trouble avoiding an obstacle placed on a treadmill after consuming even small amounts of alcohol. Cynthia Graber reports A signif...
The descendants of longtime urban dwellers show increased genetically driven resistance to tuberculosis, due to evolutionary selection pressure over millennia. Christopher Intagliata reports 城市長久居住民的后代，經過數千年的自然選擇...
最新研制一種新的醫療設備，可以利用身體動作來充電。 Novel materials could allow the implantation of flexible, rechargeable batteries that would constantly recharge from the body's own movements--even just breathing. Cynthia Gr...
Subjects varied their estimates of the calorie content of a food depending on the assumed negative or positive healthful qualities of the food item they had previously been shown--with weird consequences. Cynthia Graber reports Dieters may try to est...
