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For years, thousands of us have been  pounding the   pavements , trying to reach that  magic   goal  of 10,000 steps a day to stay fit and healthy, but new research has found that walking just half of that could also save lives. 多年来，成千上万的人不停地奔走，试图达到 “每天一万步” 这个被视为有奇妙功效的目标，从而保持身体健康，但一项新的研究发现，每天走路的步数只要达到这个...

It's summer, so it's a great time to be outdoors. One way of letting your hair down and enjoying the fresh air is to attend a music  festival , where you can enjoy seeing your favourite  musicians  perform. But it's not just about the music – there are other activities to enjoy. And of course, it's a chance to spend time with your friends. 现在是夏天，正是户外活动的好时机。 放松心情...

A brain doctor in Australia received a huge surprise during an operation on a patient’s brain last year: “Gosh, what is that, it’s moving. Take it out of my hands.” That is what Australian neurosurgeon Hari Priya Bandi said about finding a worm, or parasite, last year in a patient’s brain. Bandi was looking for the unexplained cause of symptoms in a 64-year-old woman. 澳大利亚的一位脑科医生去年在...

Octopuses are not communal animals. Most live alone their entire lives. 章鱼不是公共动物。 大多数人一生都独自生活。 So, scientists were surprised to find thousands of pearl octopuses living together as they protected their developing eggs. The community is on the ocean floor off the California coast. 因此，科学家们惊讶地发现数千只珍珠章鱼生活在一起，保护正在发育的卵。 该社区位于加利福尼亚海岸附近...

India became the fourth country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon on Wednesday. It also became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole. 周三，印度成为第四个成功将航天器登陆月球的国家。 它还成为第一个在月球南极附近着陆航天器的国家。 Its moon lander, called Chandrayaan-3, touched down near the moon’s south pole just after 6 p.m. in...

Three new studies suggest links between natural gas wells and cases of cancer, asthma and birth problems. 三项新研究表明天然气井与癌症、哮喘和出生问题之间存在联系。 Children who lived closer to natural gas wells in heavily- drilled  western Pennsylvania were more likely to develop lymphoma, a rare cancer, researchers found. Nearby  residents  of all age...

As well as impressive  physical   attributes , elephants have a rich cultural  heritage , passed down through  customs  and  social   behaviour  which is learned, remembered, and shared within their  herds . 除了令人印象深刻的身体特征外，大象还拥有丰富的文化遗产，通过习俗和社会行为传承下来，并在象群中学习、记忆和分享。 This is possible partly ...

As a result of trade, travel and migration, different  cuisines  have spread across the world. Many  recipes ,  chefs  and  restaurants  try to claim that their example of a particular  culinary tradition  is the most authentic. But is this a good thing? 由于贸易、旅行和移民，不同的美食已经传播到世界各地。 许多食谱、厨师和餐馆都试图声称他们的特定烹...

Many young Chinese are increasingly turning to online streaming as a way to earn money while selling products for major companies. The job involves livestreaming on popular social media services in China. A person leading such livestreams is known as a host. The goal is to persuade users to spend money with large brands such as Under Armor, Lancôme, YSL Beauty and Hugo Boss. One such streamer is 2...

The United States has launched a competition for developing artificial intelligence (AI) to find and fix security issues in U.S. government infrastructure. Anne Neuberger is the U.S. government's deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology. She told Reuters news agency, "Cybersecurity is a race between offense and defense." She said bad actors are already using AI to identif...

How the brain actually holds memories was for years something that was too difficult to understand. 多年来，大脑实际上如何保存记忆一直是一件很难理解的事情。 But scientists then realised than one part of it, called the hippocampus, plays the crucial role. Inside it there are billions of connections between the brain cells. And when those links becomes stronger, that's the key mechanism allowing us...

A mountain guide who recently climbed the world’s 14 tallest mountains in record time has set a new goal for himself. Tenjen Sherpa of Nepal says he now wants to become the youngest person to climb all the peaks twice. Last month, the 35-year-old Tenjen and 37–year-old Norwegian Kristin Harila, broke the record for the fastest climb of the mountains. All of the peaks are above 8,000 meters. The tw...

Record-breaking heat is affecting plants in many places around the world. But gardening expert Jessica Damiano says selecting the right plants and a little care could save them. Damiano wrote recently that her tomato plants have not developed much in the past few weeks, but her flower garden is doing very well. Despite temperatures over 37 degrees Celsius in the New York area, Damiano said she has...

Weeks after its international launch, Worldcoin is drawing the attention of officials around the world. Kenya’s government has gone so far as to shut down the service. The international ID company, backed by big investors in Silicon Valley’s technology industry, now has to defend itself in investigations. The central question is whether the biometric data that the company is collecting is sec...

Scientists have discovered fossils that might have belonged to the heaviest animal in Earth’s history. The blue whale holds the current record as the largest creature to live on Earth. But a collection of bones found in Peru might break that record. Researchers recently introduced the whale species in a study in the publication Nature. It is called Perucetus colossus, or “the colossal whale from P...

Wildfires on Hawaii’s island of Maui have killed at least 55 people and destroyed a historic town, officials said. The number of deaths is expected to rise even higher. Officials said it will take years to rebuild Lahaina, the one-time capital of the former kingdom of Hawaii. Governor Josh Green said the fire was the worst natural disaster in the state's history, making thousands of people homeles...

This is the moment steam enthusiasts have been waiting for: the moment Flying Scotsman, in its classic green livery, and with steam pouring from its chimney, thunders back onto the East Coast Main Line, where it made its name. 这是蒸汽爱好者一直在等待的时刻：飞行的苏格兰人号穿着经典的绿色制服，伴随着从烟囱中喷出的蒸汽，轰鸣般地回到东海岸干线，并在那里成名。 Passengers, who've paid up to £450 a tic...

Sea ice in the Antarctic area fell to a record low this year. The drop is a result of rising temperatures worldwide. And there is no quick fix to make up for the damage, scientists said recently in a new study. Antarctica’s minimum summer ice cover, which last year dropped below 2 million square kilometers for the first time since satellite monitoring began in 1978, fell further to a new low in Fe...

The players who reached the knockout round of the Women’s World Cup received larger individual bonuses than those of the past. The increased earnings can be life-changing for many of the players. FIFA, the world’s soccer organizing body, pays $30,000 for the 732 players among 32 teams in the 2023 World Cup. The amount rises to $60,000 for players on the 16 teams that advance out of group play. The...

The ancient remains of a female Neanderthal found in a remote cave in the mountains of Siberia are the source of the latest revelations about the sex lives of our ancestors. Hidden within her genome are traces of DNA from modern humans which reveal a genetic crossover that took place 100,000 years ago. 在西伯利亚山区一个偏远的洞穴中发现的女性尼安德特人的古代遗骸是有关我们祖先性生活的最新启示的来源...

Productivity can be a struggle for many of us. Overflowing email inboxes, housework, social obligations – it can be easy to feel overwhelmed. However, one simple tool that can help us stay on top of everything is the to-do list. Write it down, do the tasks and cross them off – simple! 对于我们许多人来说，生产力可能是一个难题。 爆满的电子邮件收件箱、家务、社会义务——很容易让人感到不知所措。 然而，一...

Throughout history, technological progress has brought new wealth but has not always improved people’s lives. Economists now say it is not clear whether artificial intelligence (AI) will help or hurt society. Simon Johnson teaches economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology near Boston. He said AI has a lot of possibilities. But he added, “We are at a fork in the road.” A fork in the ro...

A major American game maker has banned designers from using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create artwork for its games. The company, Wizards of the Coast, owns the product collection for the popular game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). The role-playing game, set in an imaginary world, was first launched in 1974. Toy manufacturer Hasbro is the parent company of Wizards of the Coast and th...

An ocean researcher at the University of California, San Diego says waves are getting bigger and stronger since 1970. There are also more “big wave events” than ever before. A big wave is about four meters tall or more. Peter Bromirski at the university’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography looked at seismic records going back to 1931 in his research. Seismic information is often used to measure t...

Flights coming from the US to Europe normally benefit from the powerful winds from the jet stream, which can boost speeds by up to 300 km/h. But this new study says that advantage will be undermined by rising emissions of CO2. 从美国飞往欧洲的航班通常会受益于急流带来的强大风力，速度最多可提高 300 公里/小时。 但这项新研究表明，二氧化碳排放量的增加将削弱这一优势。 Climate change could increase the j...