英语科普大全

一项对鸣鸟解决问题能力的测试揭示了交通噪音是如何损害这些动物的能力的。科学家们给珍珠鸟设计了一组 觅食任务”，分别在有噪音和无噪音的环境下进行。Rather than studying birds in the wild, these researchers brought record...

一家为盲人和弱视者设立的慈善机构英国导盲犬（Guide Dogs UK）制作了一套伴书气味盒，以配合畅销儿童故事书《咕噜牛（The Gruffalo）》。该机构创造了一套鼻腔吸入器，分别代表主人公咕噜牛和它遇到的四个角色：蛇、狐狸、猫头鹰和小老鼠。The Gruffalo was first pub...

英国的科学家们表示，一项简单的皮肤拭子检查可用来帮助诊断退化性大脑疾病帕金森病。对志愿者的研究表明，该检查能快速测出皮脂中显示患病迹象的化合物，皮脂是一种保护皮肤的油性物质。There are an estimated 145,000 people living with Parkinson'...

有长效危害的被禁工业化学品可能威胁到在英国附近生活的雄性鼠海豚的生殖能力。多氯联苯在几十年前就被逐渐淘汰了，但这种物质会在鲸鱼、海豚和鼠海豚的体内积聚。PCBs were once used in everything from plastics to paints. They were banne...

In English the colour green is associated with jealousy, which is sometimes jokingly called 'the green-eyed monster'. But it's no joke whe...

我们认为人类智慧无穷，动物也一样，但植物呢？There's nothing better than a walk in the countryside for lifting our spirits. Connecting with nature has been proven to hel...

On a hillside overlooking False Bay [South Africa] – shark spotters are keeping a close watch on the waves.在俯瞰南非福尔斯湾的山坡上，鲨鱼观察者们正在密切关注着海浪。After a...

This is the world's biggest underwater telescope – plunging into the world's deepest waters to discover some of the tiniest particles kn...

Were you constantly bored as a child? Maybe that helped you to develop your innate ability to be creative.Boredom can be a good thing for children, ac...

Can you imagine a world where more than half of our common plant species and a third of our known animals disappear from sight? That's the scenari...