目录
丛书序
前言
Universe Exploration宇宙新探
News1Scientists Say Universe Is Expanding
科学家称宇宙正在膨胀 /
News2Five New Planets Are Discovered by NASA's KeplerSpacecraft
美国国家航空航天局的开普勒太空船发现五颗新行星 /
News3NASA Issues Safety Report on Columbia Disaster
美国国家航空航天局发布哥伦比亚号灾难的安全性报告 /
News4NASA Delays 2009 Mars Mission Due to Technical Problems
美国国家航空航天局因技术问题推迟了火星任务 /
News5NASA Looks Forward beyond 2008 Successes
美国国家航空航天局期待超越2008年的成就 /
News6 Astronauts Review Spacewalks after Tool Bag Loss
宇航员回顾工具袋丢失情况下的太空行走 /
News7 NASA's Unveils New Lunar Rover
美国国家航空航天局公布了新型月球车 /
News8 Shuttle Astronauts Attach Logistics Module toInternational
Space Station
航天飞机宇航员将后勤舱贴附在国际空间站上 /
News9 Mercury Spacecraft Reveals New Details of MysteriousPlanet
水星号宇宙飞船揭示了神秘星球的一些新细节 /
News10 Scientists Confirm There Is Ice on Mars
科学家证实在火星上存在冰 /
Space Launch空间发射
News11India Launches First Unmanned Mission to Moon
印度首次向月球发射无人飞船 /
News12Mars Lander Phoenix Exceeds Time and Expectations
凤凰号火星登陆器超过预期时间 /
News13 India Launches Multiple Satellites into Space
印度将多个卫星送入太空 /
News14 U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches with NewLab
美国奋进号航天飞机携新实验室发射 /
News15 South Koreans Are Celebrating the Launch of TheirCountry's First
Space Traveler
韩国庆祝国内首个太空人升空 /
News16 South Korea Postpones First Rocket Launch
韩国推迟发射首枚火箭 /
News17 Australian Company Develops Junk-tracking SpaceLaser
澳大利亚公司开发太空垃圾跟踪激光器 /
News18 Iran Test Fires Second Round of Missiles
伊朗第二轮试射导弹 /
News19 Electric-powered Aircraft Closer to Reality
电动飞机将成现实 /
News20 Shuttle Discovery Launches Mission to SpaceStation
发现号航天飞机飞往太空站 /
Medical Progress医疗进步
News21New Research Uses Male Testicle Cells to Create StemCells
新技术可用男性睾丸细胞生成干细胞 /
News22 Bionic Hand Is Now a Reality
仿生手诞生了 /
News23 Scientists Take Steps toward Universal FluVaccine
科学家开始进行通用流感疫苗的研制 /
News24 Genes Predict Who Will Live to Age 100
基因预测谁将活到100岁 /
News25 Birth Control Pill Sparked ContraceptiveRevolution
避孕药激起避孕革命 /
News26 Study: H1N1 Not More Serious than Seasonal Flu
研究证明H1N1不会比季节性流感严重 /
News27 New AIDS Strategic Plan Unveiled
新的艾滋病战略计划问世 /
News28 When Your Surgeon Is a Robot
当你的外科医生是机器人时 /
News29 Fish Oil Supplements Might Lower Breast CancerRisk
鱼油补品可能降低患乳腺癌风险 /
News30 Report: HIV Prevention Research Enters New Era
报道称:艾滋病毒预防研究进入新纪元 /
Energy Issues能源问题
News31 California Company Unveils Innovative Rooftop SolarPanels
加利福尼亚公司推出创新屋顶太阳能板 /
News32 Bio-fuel Researchers See Bright Future
生物燃料研究人员相信未来是光明的 /
News33 Both Old and New Cutting-edge Technology Used in OilSpill
新老高端技术用于解决石油泄漏 /
News34 China Working Toward Green Energy Solutions
中国朝绿色能源的方向发展 /
News35 Deep Water Plume Persists Months after BP Oil WellBlowout
英国石油油井爆炸数月后深海羽流仍没有消失 /
News36 Polar Explorer Takes Clean Energy Campaign toCopenhagen
极地探险者把清洁能源运动带到哥本哈根 /
News37 Scientists Estimate 4.4 Million Barrels of Oil EscapedBP's Broken Well
据估计约有440万桶油从英国石油公司钻井泄漏 /
News38 California Woman Uses Local Cotton, Wool for HerClothes
加利福尼亚妇女用当地棉花、羊毛自制衣服 /
News39 U.S. Funding Aims to Boost Renewable Energy
美国投入资金推动可再生能源 /
News40 Largest U.S. Solar Energy Plant Comes on Line inFlorida
佛罗里达州将建美国最大的太阳能发电厂 /
Information Express信息高速
News41 Internet Cable Cut Plunges Egypt into DigitalDarkness
网络电缆被切断导致埃及陷入数码黑暗中 /
News42 Intel Pulls Out of One Laptop Per Child Program
英特尔撤出“每个孩子一台笔记本”计划 /
News43 TV, Internet Inspire Americans to Search forAncestors
电视、因特网激发美国人探寻祖先 /
News44 Fish “Cell Phones” Track Marine Life
鱼类“手机”追踪海洋生物 /
News45 Technology Changes Peace Corps Experience
科技改变美国和平部队的经历 /
News46 Robotic Age Draws Closer
机器人时代将要来临 /
News47 Caterpillar Crawl Could Inspire New Robots
毛毛虫的爬行可启发新型机器人的研发 /
News48 Website Helps Dieters Keep Kilos Off
网站帮助减肥者保持体重 /
News49 UAE BlackBerry Ban Is Latest Clash over InformationControl
信息控制新冲突——阿联酋禁止黑莓服务 /
News50 Pentagon Faces Massive Cyber Threats
五角大楼面临大规模网络威胁 /
Flourishing Agriculture欣欣农业
News51 New Initiative to Boost Crop Yield in South Asia
增加南亚农作物产量的新举措 /
News52 Rare Russia Crop Collection at Risk
俄罗斯稀有果树恐被砍 /
News53 Mobile Phones Help Farmers Feed Their Fields
手机帮助农民给土地施肥 /
News54 Wheat Reaches Its Limit
小麦产量达到极限 /
News55 Going on a Bee Hunt That Helps the Planet
帮助地球的“寻蜂行动” /
News56 Historic Fish Market Goes Green
历史著名鱼市走向绿色化经营 /
News57 Scientists Unravel Chocolate's Genetic Code
科学家揭示了巧克力的基因序列 /
News58 Aid Organizations Use Technology in Africa'sDevelopment Work
援助组织在非洲发展任务中使用高科技 /
News59 U.S.: Antibiotic Use in Livestock Harms People
美国:给牲畜用抗生素会危害人类健康 /
News60 Hot Nights in Louisiana
路易斯安那州的炎热之夜 /
Environment Technology环境新知
News61 Green Packaging Replaces Petroleum-based Foam
绿色包装取代汽油制造的泡沫 /
News62 Book Explores Use of Technology to Reverse GlobalWarming
新书探讨利用科技扭转全球变暖 /
News63 Computer Model Helps Minimize WaterPollution
计算机模型有助于将水污染降至最小化 /
News64 Spinning Exercise into Environmental Action
运动转变成环保行动 /
News65 Jakarta Struggles to Provide Clean Water to All
雅加达设法为居民提供洁净水 /
News66 Oil-tainted Waste Raises Health, EnvironmentalConcerns
油污垃圾引发健康与环境担忧 /
News67 Scholar Hopes to Cool City by Covering Roofs withGreenery
学者希望用绿色植物覆盖屋顶来给城市降温 /
News68 Dry Water Makes Waves in Fight against ClimateChange
干水可遏制气候变化 /
News69 Biodegradables Seen as Future for Asia's PlasticsIndustry
可降解材料被看做是亚洲塑料行业的未来 /
News70 Competition Shows Off Super Fuel-efficientAutomobiles
竞赛展出了超节能轿车 /