Category: Science In The News (科学新闻报道)

Each year, more ice disappears from the Arctic Ocean. A new study blames human activity for the loss. The damage is caused, the study says, by greenhouse gases coming from…

In the American state of Idaho, a robot moves between lines of fruit trees and grapevines. It is doing farm work. Called “IdaBot,” this robot is a prototype, or model.…

A self-driving truck has completed a delivery of goods for a company for the first time. The truck recently transported a full load of Budweiser beer in the western state…

Mars—how to get there and maybe even live there— has been in the news a lot lately. Governments and private industry around the world are discussing ways to get people…

Scientists in Scotland are using modern technology to examine the bones of a large sea creature that lived 170 million years ago. First found 50 years ago in Scotland’s Isle…

Paper plates full of fruit, a colorful sign and dolls for children were all part of a birthday party recently in the American state of Washington. The party was for…

A new study suggests there may be a limit to how long people can live. American researchers found that the longest a human being can live is about 115 years.…

This is the sound of a fish “singing:” Hmmmmmmmm. It is a male fish — a plainfin midshipman, to be exact — from the Pacific Ocean. He is singing, or…

What covers nearly 29 million square kilometers of this planet beneath the sea? The answer is seamounts. Seamounts are mountains, usually volcanoes, that rise up from the sea floor. Some…

What do otters, chimpanzees, and one species of crow have in common? All three are animals. They also use tools. Scientists have long known that a crow native to New…

The average American throws away about 84 kilos of plastic every year. Much of that ends up in the ocean, according to the marine research group Algalita. Almost half is…

Scientists say they discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting the star closest to our planet other than the Sun. It is the closest planet ever found outside our solar system that…

A surprising discovery has been made in the treatment of Alzheimer’s, the brain disease that causes memory loss and other problems. A drug used to treat women’s menstrual pain made…

The spacecraft Juno successfully passed close to Jupiter Saturday as it orbits the solar system’s largest planet. NASA, the American space agency, said the spacecraft passed about 4,200 kilometers above…

To most of us, medicine comes from a drugstore. But originally, much of the medicine developed in the last century came from natural sources: plants, bacteria and fungi. Now, a…