- Depression more common in suburban single-family houses than in city centres: new report
- ‘The truth about applying after-sun on sunburnt skin, according to the experts
- ‘Barbie’ and Ken explore the ‘real world’ and life with flat feet in new trailer
- The languages that make maths easiere
- Scientists have found a way of making electricity from thin air
- A quake on Mars showed its crust is thicker than Earth’s
Depression more common in suburban single-family houses than in city centres: new report
新報告指出抑鬱症在郊區單戶住宅中比在市中心更常見
Health
Urban areas are more affected by depression than rural areas, but dense inner-city centres are not the worst place to live. A new study has found that residents of suburbs are more at risk of depression. According to existing research, people living in urban areas in Western Europe and the US find themselves facing a 39% increased risk of depression compared to those who live elsewhere. You might think that the difference could be explained by high buildings, noise, stress and air pollution. But a new study published in Science Advances has found that some urban areas are better than others... like city centres. Even though it's in the dense inner-city areas that you generally find the most noise, air pollution and high buildings, people living in sprawling residential suburbs are more likely to be depressed than their downtown counterparts.
--from Euronews
城市比鄉村更容易受到憂鬱症的影響，但是人口密集的市中心并不是最嚴重的聚集地。一項新研究發現，郊區居民更容易患上憂鬱症。根據現有研究，西歐和美國城市郊區居民患憂鬱症的風險比其他地方居民高39％。你可能會認為，這種差異可以從高樓、噪音、壓力和空氣污染來解釋 。但是一項最近在《科學進展》上發表的新研究發現，有些城市地區的情況要好於其他地方—例如市中心。即使是在密集的市中心地區，通常會有最多的噪音、空氣污染和高樓，但是郊區的住戶比市中心住戶更容易患上憂鬱症。
--摘錄翻譯自Euronews
‘The truth about applying after-sun on sunburnt skin, according to the experts
根據專家所說的在曬傷的皮膚上進行曬後的修復真相
Health
Taking care of your skin after excessive sun exposure is incredibly important, as failing to do so could lead to long-lasting damage. However, if your first course of action after sustaining a sunburn is to immediately buy and apply after-sun, then you may not be doing an adequate job. According to the experts, applying after-sun could do your skin even further harm if you don’t take a thorough look at the ingredients. That’s why it may be a wise idea to opt for an aloe vera gel instead. “After-sun formulas tend to have rich, thick consistencies containing oils, which create an emollient barrier on top of the skin trapping in the heat in the upper layer of the epidermis and exacerbating the inflammation and ‘burn’ feeling on your face,” Michaella Bolder, Time Bomb skincare expert tells to The Independent.
--from Independent
千萬不要低估過多陽光曝曬後的肌膚照顧的重要性，因為不去做任何處理可能會造成長期性傷害。但是，如果你在曝曬過度後首先採取的行動是立刻入手並塗抹曬後霜，過程中或許你並沒有確切的檢查其成分。這就是為什麼使用蘆薈凝膠會是比較明智的選擇。Time Bomb 皮膚專家 Michaella Bolder 告訴《獨立報》(註解: 獨立報是由Tony O'Reilly出版的一份英國報紙)「曬後霜通常富含濃稠的質地，意味著它含有油脂成分，會在皮膚上形成保濕膜，封鎖在表層皮膚的熱量，並不斷加重炎症，使你臉上有燒燙感。」
--摘錄翻譯自 Independent</ Independentm>
‘Barbie’ and Ken explore the ‘real world’ and life with flat feet in new trailer
「芭比」與肯尼在新預告片中探索「現實世界」和扁平足生活
Culture
She’s just a Barbie girl living in… the real world? The new trailer for the Greta Gerwig-directed “Barbie” movie released on Thursday gives the first full look at Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) leaving Barbie Land to explore the “real world,” and we’re going to go ahead and say that today is “the best day ever!” That is, until Barbie is seen having a full on existential crisis. “Some things have been happening that might be related,” Barbie says to her pals, adding that she’s experienced a “cold shower” and falling off her roof, instead of her usual float. That’s not even the worst part. “And my heels… are on the ground,” Barbie says to her Barbie friends, who shriek and gasp at the sight of Barbie’s flat feet. It’s pandemonium, and it’s hilarious. .
--from CNN
她只是一個生活在…現實世界的芭比娃娃？由Greta Gerwig執導的電影《Barbie芭比》的新預告片於週四(5/25)發布，首次全面展示了芭比（Margot Robbie飾）和肯尼（Ryan Gosling飾）離開芭比樂園去探索「真實世界」的故事，而我們[CNN]想先說今天真是「有史以來最美好的一天！」直到[我們]看到芭比陷入存在危機 (existential crisis)。 「發生了一些可能與其相關的事情」芭比對她的朋友們說，並補充說她經歷了一次「冷水澡」，還從屋頂上掉下來，而不是像平時那樣在泳池上漂浮。這還不是最糟糕的部分。「我的腳後跟……在地上」芭比對她的芭比朋友們說。他們看到芭比的扁平足時尖叫了一聲，並且倒吸了一口氣。此狀況混亂且爆笑。
--摘錄翻譯自CNN
The languages that make maths easiere
讓學習數學更容易的語言
Culture
Is 2/3 bigger than 3/5? How quickly and confidently you can answer this question may depend on your age, education – and possibly, on your native language. According to a growing body of research, the words that different languages use for numbers can affect how easily we learn to count and understand basic concepts such as fractions. For children taking their first steps into the world of mathematics, this can mean that some are presented with additional challenges based on the language they speak, while others are offered a head start. While the effect is subtle, exploring it can help us understand the deeper factors that shape our maths ability – and perhaps, allow the many children and adults who struggle with maths to see their problem in a new light.
--from BBC Future
2/3 大於 3/5 嗎？你回答這個問題的速度和自信程度可能取決於你的年齡、教育程度—甚至可能還取決於你的母語。 愈來愈多的研究表明，不同語言中表示數字的詞彙會影響我們學習計算和理解分數等基本數學概念的難易程度。對於剛邁入數學世界的孩子來說，這可能意味著一些孩子會因為自己的母語而在學習數學時面臨額外的挑戰，而另一些孩子則可能搶先一步。雖然母語影響數學學習力的程度不高，但探索此議題可以幫助我們了解影響我們數學學習力更深層次的因素。這或許可以讓許多在數學學習上有困難的兒童及大人以新的眼光看待他們的問題。
--摘錄翻譯自BBC Future
Scientists have found a way of making electricity from thin air
科學家發現自稀薄的空氣製造電力的方法
Sciences
Scientists in the US have developed a device that can harvest humidity in the air to create a clean electricity supply. A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making clean electricity from thin air. According to the university, “nearly any material can be turned into a device that continuously harvests electricity from humidity in the air”. In the research paper, it is explained, “air humidity is a vast, sustainable reservoir of energy that, unlike solar and wind, is continuously available”. The key lies in nanopores - a nanometre-sized hole that enables air and water to pass through “any material” and ultimately create surface charge.
--from Euronews
美國科學家開發出一種可以收集空氣中的濕氣以產生純淨電力供應的裝置。麻薩諸塞大學Amherst分校的一組工程師持續自稀薄的空氣製造出純淨電力。據該大學稱「幾乎任何材料都可以變成一種可以不斷地從空氣中的濕氣中獲取電能的裝置」。在研究論文中闡釋：「空氣濕度是一個巨大的、永續的能量庫，不同於太陽能和風能，它是可持續取用的」。其關鍵取決於奈米孔—一個奈米大小、可以讓空氣和水穿過「任何材料」、最後產生表面電荷的孔洞。
--摘錄翻譯自Euronews
A quake on Mars showed its crust is thicker than Earth’s
一場火星上的地震顯示其地殼比地球的地殼厚
Sciences
Planetary scientists now know how thick the Martian crust is, thanks to the strongest Marsquake ever observed. Last May, the entire planet shook with a magnitude 4.7 quake that lasted more than six hours. The measurement was based on data from NASA’s InSight lander, a stationary seismometer that recorded waves rippling through Mars’ interior for four Earth years. InSight recorded seismic waves from the quake that circled Mars up to three times. That let the seismologist Doyeon Kim of ETH Zurich and his colleagues infer the crust thickness over the whole planet. Researchers report in a paper to appear in Geophysical Research Letters, on average, the crust is between 42 and 56 kilometers thick, That’s roughly 70 percent thicker than the average continental crust on Earth.
--from Science News
由於觀測到的最強的火星地震，行星科學家現在知道火星地殼的厚度。去年5月，整個星球發生了一場持續6個多小時4.7級的地震。該量測基於來自NASA InSight登陸載具的數據，該登陸載具是一個記錄了地球4年時間的火星內部蕩漾震波的定置式地震儀。InSight記錄了環繞火星三圈的地震產生的震波，這讓蘇黎世聯邦理工學院的地震學家Doyeon Kim和他的同事推斷出整個星球的地殼厚度。研究人員在一篇發表在<地球物理研究通訊>期刊上的論文中報告說，火星地殼厚度平均在42到56公里間，這比地球上的平均大陸地殼厚約70%。
--摘錄翻譯自Science News