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在法国首都巴黎，共享电动滑板车造成的伤亡人数不断增加，针对这个情况，一项禁止这种交通工具的法令已在该市生效。 Over the last few weeks, the estimated 15,000 e-scooters run by the three operating companies have been gradually withdrawn, mostly being redeployed to other cities in Europe, including London.…
一项新研究证实，儿时学习演奏乐器与日后思维能力的提高存在关联。研究发现，会演奏乐器的人在认知能力测试中的表现略优于没有演奏过乐器的人。 The physical and mental dexterity needed to master a musical instrument has long been associated with improved cognitive performance. But now, researchers at the University of Edinburgh have demonstrated…
在英格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰的 A-level 考试（普通中等教育证书考试高级水平课程）中考取高分的人数连续第二年下降，27.2%的考生成绩为 A* 级（最优）或 A 级（优）。 It’s the second year in a row that the proportion of top grades has fallen. Around 27% of exams were graded A* or…
长久以来，人们一直认为要保持身体健康，需要达成 “每天一万步” 这个 “神奇的” 目标，但一项新的研究表明，每天走不到5000步可能就足以给健康带来好处。 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…
瑞典的一项研究显示，人工智能可以 “可靠地” 从医学检测图像中识别出乳腺癌。来自瑞典隆德大学的研究人员发现，计算机辅助检测能够以与两位放射科医生一同评估筛查图像 “相似的效率” 发现癌症。 There is growing interest in how AI could transform healthcare. The idea of using it to help with breast cancer screening is one of the…
一项研究表明，力量训练运动，如靠墙静蹲和保持平板支撑姿势，是降低血压的最佳方法之一。英国研究人员表示，应该更新有关锻炼身体的指导建议，该建议目前主要关注走路、跑步和骑自行车等运动对身体健康的益处。 If you’ve never planked, it involves holding the starting position for a push-up. A wall squat requires you to hold a sitting position with your back against a wall.…
在政府的新计划下，英格兰的大学里开设的质量欠佳的专业课程可能被限制招募学生。英国政府表示，这类无法为学生提供 “令人满意的结果” 的课程包括辍学率高和学生就业率低的课程。 These plans would see the Office for Students asked to limit the number of students universities could take on courses that had high dropout rates or did…
一个装饰着蛇的形象的灶房神龛、一个面包房、一些骨架遗骸、精美的湿壁画，甚至还有一幅图画中的事物看起来很像披萨饼。这些都在意大利庞贝遗址考古公园内挖掘出土的新发现之中。 Dig anywhere in Pompeii and you’ll uncover an ancient treasure, a snapshot of a lost Roman world. Most of those who lived in the city probably escaped the eruption…
尽管阿斯巴甜最近被列为 “可能” 致癌物，但专家并未对建议的阿斯巴甜饮食摄入量做出改变。 The WHO says it has listed aspartame as possibly carcinogenic on the basis of limited evidence that it may increase the risk of liver cancer. This places…
研究人员发掘出土了一些迄今为止在英国发现的最大的早期史前石器。挖掘工作发现了在英国肯特郡一个河谷上方的山坡中留存的深层冰河时期沉积物中的文物。 At almost a foot long, researchers say the knapped-shaped stone axe heads, thick at the base and tapering to a finer point, would have been so heavy that it…
一台埋在南极冰层中的探测器为人们了解银河系提供了一个前所未有的视角。研究人员们用收集到的数据制作了一张模糊而美丽的银河系图像，但这张图像其实是由 “幽灵粒子” 中微子组成的。 Neutrinos, or ‘ghost particles‘ as they’re known, are made when cosmic rays that are rattling around space at near light speed, smash into other matter. Astronomers say…
巴西的研究人员们一直在试验培育天然低咖啡因的咖啡豆。他们希望开发出一个具有商业潜力的咖啡豆品种，以替代目前市场上需人工处理才能得到的低因咖啡。 For the last few years, researchers at the Instituto Agronomico de Campinas in Brazil have been interbreeding different coffee plants that are naturally very low in caffeine in order…
一颗用于绘制建筑物热量特征图的新型英国卫星已经发射升空。发射这个航天器的目的是让人们看到那些浪费能源并可以从更好的隔热层中受益的住宅。 The relatively small spacecraft is called, appropriately, HotSat, and it’ll act like a thermometer in the sky. Its infrared sensor, developed with funds from the UK and European space…
在哥斯达黎加的一家动物园里，人们发现了首个美洲鳄单性繁殖的案例。这只雌性美洲鳄产下的胎儿与母亲的基因相似度达99.9%。 The egg was laid by an 18-year-old female American crocodile in Parque Reptiliana in January 2018. The foetus inside was fully formed, but stillborn, so didn’t hatch. The mother…
濒危兰花品种佛罗里达鬼兰首次在英国开花。这株兰花近日被运至位于伦敦西南部的英国皇家植物园 —— 邱园（Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew）展出。 The Florida Ghost Orchid, or Dendrophylax lindenii, gets its name from its striking white flower, which resembles a ghost floating in the air. 佛罗里达鬼兰，又名…