英文书摘精选 心脏正确的位置

Are You Sure Your Hearts In The Right Place?你能确定自己的心脏是在正确的位置上么？ On todays Moment of Science, were sure your hearts in the right place. But where is it exactly?!? CPR classes show how to press on the sternum, in t

英语听力文摘 English Digest 567、睁一只眼睡觉！！

Sleeping With One Eye Open Theres an old saying that if you think youre in danger, you might ought to sleep with one eye open. Well it turns out that many kinds of birds do just that. A group of scientists at Indiana State University studied mallard

英语听力文摘 English Digest 550、大脑和内脏之间有联系吗？

Is There A Connection Between The Brain And The Gut? Most people realize there is a brain gut connection. Nervous tension can aggravate irritable bowel syndrome and common dyspepsia, or stomach upset. If the brain can upset the gut, can the gut upset

英语听力文摘 English Digest 545、为什么高海拔会引起头痛？

Why Does Altitude Cause Headache? Mountain climbers face many dangers as they brave the cold winds and icy slopes and jagged cliffs of the peaks they climb. But one of the most serious dangers they face is all in their headsliterally. Why does altitu

英语听力文摘 English Digest 595、恐惧闻起来像糖！

Fear Smells Like Sugar Scientists have suspected for many years that fish might give off a chemical signal to warn other fish about the presence of predators. When a fish in a school is injured, for example, the rest of the school will panic and swim

英语听力文摘 English Digest 487、小猴子如何表达爱

When Marmoset s Think About Love 小猴子表达如何爱 狨猴（ Marmoset ），又称指猴，是生活在在南美洲亚马逊河流域的森林中的一种世界上最小的猴子。这种猴长大后身高仅1012厘米，重80100克。新生猴只

英语听力文摘 English Digest 65、腿部神经过敏综合症

I slept last night with my wife but those crazy legs of hers are driving me crazy. Did she kick you in her sleep? Sometimes,but that's not the half of it.She's got this thing called Restless leg syndrome and it makes the legs sort of itch, and the on

WHO Campaign Against Epilepsy

10 世界卫生组织制定反癫痫症计划 DATE=3-7-01 TITLE=SCIENCE REPORT - WHO Campaign Against Epilepsy BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach (Start at 59

英语听力文摘 English Digest 385、音乐可以帮助记忆

Music and Verbal Memory 音乐和非文字记忆 Even if you havent touched a piano in years, if you suffered through music lessons as a kid you may have benefited from those lessons in ways you wouldnt expect. When you train on a musical instrument

英语听力文摘 English Digest 388、目光交流很重要

Are You Looking at Me? 你在看我吗？ You know how eye contact is a pretty important component of interacting with people,right? So scientists recently tested this by measuring peoples brain activity as they responded to pictures of angry people

英语听力文摘 English Digest 407、头球有害健康吗？

Is Heading in Soccer Dangerous? 头球危险吗？ Is heading in soccer dangerous? Its a question that has met its fair share of controversy. If youve never played soccer, heading may look pretty dangerous to the poor brain. Where else in life do you

英语听力文摘 English Digest 423、幽默不老

Do Old Folks Still Appreciate Humor? 老人们仍能欣赏幽默吗？ Maybe when people get older, sense of a humor is the first thing to go. Actually, research suggests that old folks, if theyre healthy, can still appreciate humor as much as a youn

英语听力文摘 English Digest 431、爱很伤？

Love Really Does Hurt 爱很伤？ In a recent study, scientists observed that when the participants felt reject ed , the flow of blood increased to the area of their brain known as the anterior cingulated cortex . This same area has been associated

英语听力文摘 English Digest 98、你真的曾经到过这里吗？

Have you really benn there before? Many people at one time or another have experienced dj vu. French for already seen, dj vu is a sudden strong feeling that a moment identical to the present one has occurred at some earlier time. To a cognitive psych

英语听力文摘 English Digest 339、是什么触动笑神经？

Get It? 明白了吗？ Did you ever wonder what occurs inside your body when something funny happens? What is this thing we have in our brains that makes us say ha-ha when someone slips on a banana? One way to find out is to watch the brain laugh. T

英语听力文摘 English Digest 343、人人都会读心术？

Mind Reading 读心术 Sometimes we get letters here asking whether psychic s are for real. Well, despite the t.v. shows, there isnt any scientific evidence that psychic powers, such as mind-reading, actually exist. That doesnt prove they dont existj

英语听力文摘 English Digest 175、药物与学习能力

When you experience something new, do you know what happens to your brain? Some of the neurons in your brain build new connections. The brain is rewired, as scientists often put it. Our brains are always changing, in response to new experiences or as

英语听力文摘 English Digest 214、动作与大脑

Word Up, Brain 新发展起来的大脑皮层在调节机能上起着主要作用；而皮层下各级脑部及脊髓虽也有发展，但在机能上已从属于大脑皮层。高等动物一旦失去大脑皮层，就不能维持其正常的生命活

英语听力文摘 English Digest 217、利用脑力

Harnessing Brain Power 美国科学家发表研究报告说，他们已训练两只脑中装了电极的猕猴，光靠意念即可操作仿生机械手臂拿取食物，甚至能调整送进嘴巴食物的大小与黏稠程度。科学家希望两年内

英语听力文摘 English Digest 248、猫薄荷

Catnip 猫薄荷是一种草本植物，闻上去非常清凉，是一种可以让猫咪疯狂和开心的植物，所以被广大猫友戏称为猫毒品。猫薄荷，Nepeta cataria，为唇形科荆芥属的植物，茎直立多分枝，茎叶有白