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摘要： China is now home to the world's largest diabetes population. The number of people who have diabetes or early signs of the disease is greater than the entire population of the U.S.diabetes：糖尿病 An estimated 113.9 million Chinese adults 18 years or older--60.5 million men and 53.4 million women--m 阅读全文

摘要： Going to bed at the same time every night could give your child's brain a boost, a recent study found.Researchers at University College London found that when 3-year-olds have a regular bedtime they perform better on cognitive tests administered at age 7 than children whose bedtimes weren't 阅读全文

摘要： Mom always told us we'd go blind if we read in the dark. Does science back her up? Jim Sheedy, a doctor of vision science and director of the Vision Performance Institute at Oregon's Pacific University, sets his sights on the truth.back up:支持，援助 Dark MatterTurns out, our parents were wrong. 阅读全文

摘要： By reducing the activity of one type of gene, scientists said they increased the average life span of mice by about 20%, a feat that in human terms is akin to extending life by about 15 years.manipulation：操作，处理 akin to：同类，近似 Moreover, the researchers at the National Institutes of Health found ... 阅读全文

摘要： Li Shan's oldest son was the perfect candidate to join the throngs of Chinese students studying abroad. But he chose Tsinghua University in Beijing.throng：人群，拥挤，众多 That is an unusual choice for a graduate of the elite Hong Kong International School, whose students mostly go to colleges in the U. 阅读全文

摘要： President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the entire world drew strength from the March on Washington 50 years ago, but that continued economic inequality and stagnant wages show that only part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dreams have been fulfilled.stagnant：停滞的，不景气的 Mr. Obama, speaking in front o 阅读全文

摘要： Hong Kong's rapacious consumption and waste production is straining its natural resources and could leave the city vulnerable to global price swings and supply shortages, the World Wide Fund for Nature warns.The organization's latest report notes Hong Kong's ecological footprint is more 阅读全文

摘要： Weight-loss companies are becoming savvier about getting men to go on a diet.savvier：更加精明Men and women diet and lose weight differently, research has shown. Men often go for diets with a simple message -- eat this, avoid that -- and don't care about the ins and outs of nutrition science as much 阅读全文

摘要： Anyone who has searched for a job fresh out of college knows how difficult it is to get that first job. Sending out hundreds of resumes, only to get a few interviews in the end –if you’re lucky! —and if you’re VERY lucky, eventually there’s a job offer on the table.resume：摘要，简历 Should you take it... 阅读全文

摘要： Samuel Johnson called it the vanity of human wishes, and Buddhists talk about the endless cycle of desire. Social psychologists say we get trapped on a hedonic treadmill. What they all mean is that we wish, plan and work for things that we think will make us happy, but when we finally get them, we a 阅读全文