Scientists have identified a new species of gigantic theropod（兽脚亚目的） dinosaur, a close relative of T. rex, from fossil skull and jaw bones discovered in China. According to findings published online (01 April 2011) in the scientific jou...
The psychological impact of natural disasters such as the Japan earthquake can be revealed in the way people inherently（内在地） respond to unpredictable situations, according to a psychology expert at Queen Mary, University of London. Dr Magda...
The long-time practice of using police facial sketches to nab（捉住，逮捕） criminals has been, at best, an inexact art. But the process may soon be a little more exact thanks to the work of some Michigan State University researchers. A team l...
Nearly 16 million Americans will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia（痴呆） by 2050, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Symptoms（症状） include mood and behavior changes, disorientation（迷失方向）...
Psychologists at Harvard University have found that infants less than one year old understand social dominance and use relative size（相对大小，相对量） to predict who will prevail when two individuals' goals conflict. The finding is presen...
Strokes are a leading cause of mortality and adult disability. Those that involve intracerebral hemorrhage（脑内出血） (bleeding in the brain) are especially deadly, and there are no effective treatments to control such bleeding. Moreover, diab...
Intensive early education programs for low-income children have been shown to yield numerous educational benefits, but few studies have looked more broadly at their impact on health and health behaviors. A new study conducted by researchers at Columb...
The cocktail of hormones cascading（串联，传递信息） through depressed mothers' bodies may play an important role in the development of their unborn children's brains. A higher level of depression in mothers during pregnancy was associated w...
Many brain imaging studies have reported that tobacco smoking is associated with large-scale and wide-spread structural brain abnormalities（畸形，异常） . The cerebral cortex（大脑皮层） is a specific area of the brain responsible for m...
Even though most people are aware that good oral health is essential for the overall health of both mother and child, misunderstandings about the safety of dental（牙科的） care during pregnancy may cause pregnant women to avoid seeing their den...
