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

Entomologists — scientists who study insects — are working with other scientists to learn why bee colonies are dying in the United States. They call the problem “colony collapse disorder.”…

Experts say ground-based radar is unable to track more than 70% of aircraft flights. But that has continued to be the usual method since the 1940s. This is one reason…

In the United States, a company is working on a project that could change the way we think about public transportation. Its planned system would move people around in steel…

Earth is in the middle of its sixth mass extinction. The last such event took place 66 million years ago, when an asteroid – a huge space rock –- hit…

Tigers are the most powerful cats on the planet. Tigers are also endangered. A new study shows that the animals are far more at risk of extinction than wildlife experts…

Controlling traffic is a complex and high cost problem in many developed countries. It becomes more difficult and costly with the ever-increasing number of cars on the roads. But scientists…

Scientists who study the sun watch for sunspots — violent storms that can affect communications, navigation systems and even electric power stations on Earth. One of those scientists is Alex…

American researchers spent two summers studying polar bears on the Arctic sea ice. They found that sea ice, where polar bears spend much of their lives, is melting faster than…

Mosquitoes have an extraordinary ability to target humans far away and fly straight to their unprotected skin. Regrettably, mosquitoes can do more than cause an itchy wound. Some mosquitoes spread…

Wind turbines are tall structures with large blades used to produce electricity. They are useful sources of low-cost, renewable energy. But they can also be deadly to birds and bats.…

Fish are animals that live in the water. They are also vertebrates – animals that have a backbone and a spine. They have gills that permit them to take oxygen…

Our Milky Way solar system began as small pieces of star-created gas and dust. They came together to form the Sun, the Earth and other planets, and life as we…

Many people have long dreamed of being able to fly around as simply as riding a bicycle. Yet the safety and strength of a flying bike was always a big…

While flying high above Earth’s surface, jet fighter pilots may suffer loss of eyesight for brief periods. Some pilots may even lose consciousness — not being able to recognize what…

The Blue Point oyster is returning to the Great South Bay of New York after almost disappearing from the world marketplace. Over-farming, pollution and Hurricane Sandy had severely damaged the…