仿生學：如鳥喙的火車和狀似鰭狀的渦輪機 (上)

Biomimicry: Beaks on trains and flipper-like turbines

By Katia Moskvitch Technology reporter, BBC News

Katia Moskvitch科技記者，BBC新聞

“智能”窗玻可切換黑暗模式，以節省能源

'Smart' window switches to dark mode to save energy

Source: 27 September 2011 Last updated at14:18 GMT

"Smart" windows could help save energy costs

智能型窗(玻璃)戶可幫助節省能源成本

A new type of "smart" window that switches from summer to winter mode has been made by South Korean scientists.

南韓科學家已經製造了一個新型的“智能”窗玻，能切換夏季 / 冬季模式。

為什麼任何事物都能成癮 ?

Why anything can be addictive ?

25 November 2011 Last updated at02:17 GMT
Source: By Dr Mark Griffiths Gambling studies expert, Nottingham Trent University

英國諾丁漢特倫特大學，馬克格里菲思博士賭博研究專家 撰

Even work can be addictive, according to Dr Griffiths

根據格里菲思博士研究表示，即使工作也可以讓人上癮

英國醫學協會呼籲，禁止在車內吸煙

Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association

16 November 2011 Last updated at01:13 GMT

Source: By Nick TriggleHealth correspondent, BBC News

Dr James Cant of the British Lung Foundation carried out an experiment to measure the amount of toxins passed on to passengers.   

英國肺臟基金會James Cant博士完成了一項測量乘客吸收的毒素量實驗

All smoking in cars should be banned across the UK to protect people from second-hand smoke, doctors say. 


醫生說：在英國各地應禁止所有在車內吸煙的情形，以保護人們免於二手煙的侵害。

爵士樂成為雋永歷史

Jazz gets a history

23 December 1938: Number 12 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of jazz music

Richard Williams  The Guardian, Friday 17 June 2011

Benny Goodman and his orchestra at Carnegie Hall, New York, 1938. Photograph: Frank Driggs Collection/Archive Photos

邦尼古德曼和他的樂團在卡內基音樂廳，紐約，1938年。照片：Frank Driggs收集/存檔照片

第一把電子吉他

The first electric guitar

1932: Number 7 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of jazz music

• John Fordham
• The Guardian, Friday 17 June 2011
  
  

Guitarist Charlie Christian circa 1940 in New York. Photograph: Frank Driggs/Getty Images
大約在1940年紐約一名吉他彈奏者Charlie Christian。照片：Frank Driggs/蓋蒂圖片社

來自人體的動力能量

Power from the people

17 October 2011 Last updated at 02:41 GMT

Source: By David CohenTechnology Reporter

2011年10月17 日最後更新在2時41分 （格林威治時間）

The biofuel cell, uses glucose and oxygen at concentrations found in the body to generate electricity.

生物燃料電池，採用在體內的葡萄糖和氧的濃度以供應發電。

*所謂的生物燃料電池(Biofuel cell)，就是按照燃料電池的原理，利用生物質能將有機物(如醣 類等)中的化學能直接轉化成電能的一種電化學裝置。

食品標籤：歐盟新規則將意味著什麼

Food labelling: what the new EU rules will mean
Food safety − 29-06-2011 - 10:43
Source: EU
What is the mandatory nutrition declaration, and where will consumers find it? Under the new rules, the energy content and amounts of fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates, sugars, protein and salt, must all be stated in a legible tabular form on the packaging, together and in the same field of vision. Where space does not permit this, the information may be presented in linear format.

什麼是必要性營養說明，而消費者可在哪裡找到它？

在新規則的規定下，能量含量和脂肪總量，飽和脂肪，碳水化合物，醣類，蛋白質和鹽，在包裝上量都必須在同一個視野領域以一個清晰的表格形式表示。如果
空間不允許這樣的信息顯示則可以直線形式呈現。

食物標籤:罐裝食物說明什麼?

Food labelling: What does it say on the tin?

7 July 2011 Last updated at 10:51 GMT

Source: By Denise Winterman BBC News Magazine

The complicated job of reading food labels is set to get easier thanks to a groundbreaking EU deal, but what are the key things that campaigners want people to look out for?

感謝一個突破性歐盟協議的設置，讓閱讀食品標籤這項複雜的工作變得更加容易，但社會工作者希望人們尋找出關鍵的事情是什麼？

消費者“忽略營養標籤”

Consumers 'don't pay attention to nutrition labels'

24 October 2011 Last updated at 07:46 GMT

Source: BBC Health News 

Nutrition labels should be placed in the centre of food packaging, rather than in one corner, if shoppers are going to read them, says a US study.

根據美國一項研究表示，如果顧客要參閱食品成分，營養標籤應放置在食品包裝的中心，而不是在某一個角落裡。