Seals Feast at Offshore Wind Farms 海豹群在海上风力发电场享受盛宴 Offshore wind farms are harnessing more than wind.Says study lead author Deborah Russell, with the University of St.Andrews in Scotland,and her colleagues monitored the...
US Ambassador Calls for LGBT Rights 美国大使呼吁LGBT权利 The U.S. ambassador to Australia said it should not be a crime to be a member of the LGBT community. Ambassador John Berry told the 20th international AIDS Conference that the fight aga...
Aging New York Piano Virtuoso Looks Back NEW YORK The peaceful atmosphere in the Upper West Side apartment where 92-year-old Walter Hautzig plays his piano amid family photographs and framed honors is many worlds away from the pre-war Vienna where he...
Tiny Fly May Hold Key to New Generation of Hearing Aids Ormia ochracea, a tiny yellow parasitic fly native to Central America and the southern United States, has an unusual habit. It deposits larvae onto the backs of crickets, which burrow into the i...
Sex Workers Seek HIV Prevention 性工作者寻求艾滋病预防 A new series in the medical journal The Lancet says achieving an AIDS-free generation will not be possible unless the human rights of sex workers are recognized. Researchers say sex wo...
Relic of Saint Draws Catholics Worried About Immigration Issue 天主教徒担心移民问题 LOS ANGELES A Roman Catholic saint who is a figure of devotion for those crossing the border into the United States is attracting believers concerned about...
Army of Tiny Soldiers Replicates Battle of Waterloo FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA Next year marks the bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo, when French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by an international force led by England and Prussia. Just in time f...
IAEA: Iran Turns its Enriched Uranium Into Less Harmful Form 国际原子能机构称伊朗浓缩铀浓度低 LONDON Iran has converted its stockpiles of enriched uranium into a less dangerous format that is more difficult to use for nuclear weapons,...
NASA Focuses on Earth-Like Planets 美国国家航空航天局寻找类地行星 For decades, looking for life elsewhere in the universe meant listening for signals that could be from distant civilizations. But recent breakthroughs in space technolog...
Circumcision Does Not Promote Risky Behavior 包皮环切术不会增大潜在风险 A new study that could boost HIV prevention efforts says African men do not engage in riskier sexual behavior after being circumcised. Research has shown that circum...
US Awards Medal of Honor for Heroics in Bloodiest of Afghan Battles PENTAGON U.S. combat troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan, on pace to leave the country by the end of this year. But on Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama took time to honor a so...
In NW Pakistan, Army Offensive Causes Massive Number of Displaced 军事行动导致巴基斯坦西北部出现大量难民 BANNU, NW PAKISTAN Pakistans army offensive in North Waziristan has resulted in the large-scale displacement of the local popu...
Chicagos Argonne Lab Developing Battery of the Future CHICAGO In 2012, the Department of Energys Office of Science awarded a $120 million grant to a new technology center focused on battery development - headquartered at Argonne National Laboratory i...
Kurdish Peshmerga Force Secures Kirkuk, Its Oil KIRKUK, IRAQI KURDISTAN The Kurdistan regional government has sent its Peshmerga troops into the adjacent province of Kirkuk to drive out insurgents, and to secure the area's rich oil fields. By doing t...
Kerry Blasts Hamas, Pro-Russia Rebels in Ukraine 克里指责哈马斯和乌克兰境内亲俄叛军 WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and pinning blame for the escalating conflict...
