A recent paper, titled "The Natural Selection of Bad Science", published on the Royal Society's open science website, attempts to answer this intriguing and important question.
最近发表在英国皇家学会开放科学网站上的一篇题为《烂科学的自然选择》的论文,试图回答这个有趣而重要的问题。
The researchers got some intriguing answers. Here are a few.
调查人员得到了一些有趣的答案。
I personally think the idea of a clown in a graveyard is very intriguing and worth exploring.
我个人认为那个小丑在墓园的想法是非常有趣值得探索的。
Although this is intriguing evidence, no one's actually observed a Venus volcano erupting yet, so we can't be positive.
尽管这是一个有趣的证据,但是还没有人观察到金星的火山喷发,所以我们不能肯定。
It is also intriguing that the brain appears to process movement when we see a handwritten letter, as if we are replaying the writer's moment of creation.
另一个有趣的事情是,当我们看到手写信件时,大脑似乎在处理动作,就好像我们在重演作者的创作时刻。
The intriguing results indicate a new property of the enigmatic particles known as neutrinos.
这个有趣的结果指出神秘粒子的新属性被称作中微子。
The pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star which is spewing energy out into the space around it to create complex and intriguing structures, including one that resembles a large cosmic hand.
脉冲星是快速旋转的中子星,它向周围的太空抛射出能量,制造出复杂和有趣的结构,这个类似于太空巨手的结构便是其中之一。
Wimbledon librarian Alan Little, who boasts an encyclopaedic knowledge of tournament history, has compiled for his annual Wimbledon compendium a history of the most intriguing Centre Court invasions.
熟知温网历史的温布尔登图书管理员阿兰·里特专为他的温布尔登年鉴编撰了温网中央球场“最有趣的入侵史”。
The intriguing theory comes from a study of mice exposed to varying amounts of light in the first months of life.
这一离奇有趣的理论来自一项对老鼠的研究,该研究把刚出生的老鼠暴露在不等量的光线下长达数月。
The LCROSS finding is, nevertheless, a successful confirmation of an intriguing hypothesis.
不管怎样,LCROSS的发现成功地确认了一项很引人的假说。
The results are "intriguing," says Ary Hoffmann, a geneticist at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
研究结果是“迷人的”,AryHoffmann说,作为澳大利墨尔本大学的遗传学者。
The intriguing finding comes from a U.S. study scrutinising the DNA and diets of 45,000 people, one of the first to examine links between foods and genes.
这一项有趣的美国研究报告上首次证实了人体的DNA与食品之间的关系,通过对4万多名志愿者进行调查,专家们逐渐建立起“食品”和“基因”之间的关系。
The intriguing claims come from researchers at Harvard University, who reviewed a series of studies into how the mind influences the body.
这个有趣的断言来自哈佛大学的研究人员,他们对思想如何影响身体机能进行了一系列研究和考察。
It also poses a couple of intriguing questions.
它也带来了几个耐人寻味的问题。
But an intriguing idea proposed by the paper's authors is that such a system might help us choose behaviors of our own.
然而本文作者提出的一个复杂的观点是,这样的一个系统,可能能帮助我们选择自己的行为。
Another intriguing consequence of this result is that a pair of white dwarfs is relatively hard to spot, even with the best telescopes.
这一结果带来的另一条让人感兴趣的推论是,白矮星双星相对难以探测,哪怕是使用最好的望远镜。
Rich colours, a robust 3D experience and some intriguing games, this was my moment of the E3 experience so far.
丰富的画面色彩,强烈的立体效果,加上些迷人的小游戏,这是目前我对E3展会的感觉。
An expedition into the chaos of a cell's control center has returned with intriguing insights into a poorly understood process that shapes every cell in the body.
科学家们对混乱的细胞控制中心的探索又回归到一个不为人熟知的过程,即对形成身体每一个细胞的过程的深入了解。
It was yeast and, later, flies and rodents that provided the first findings about caloric restriction, the intriguing hypothesis that a drastically reduced intake of calories can extend life span.
先是酵母,接着是苍蝇和啮齿类动物提供了有关热量限制的最初发现,激发了大大减少热量摄入可能延长寿命的假设。
Its script is certainly intriguing, but it's little more than a modified rehash of what we've seen too often before. And like its predecessors, the latest version is over the top.
该影片的剧本解说词当然打动人心,但它的内容是我们太过熟知的故事加了少许改动的版本, 长相和它的前辈们差不多,只不过,最新的版本放了最上面。
The most intriguing of all is how much of a front-runner is Mrs Clinton?
其中最有意思的要数克林顿夫人要花多少钱才能当上这领头羊?
The outdoor performances are part cultural event, part tourist attraction, with a dash of Hollywood and an intriguing blend of high and pop culture.
这个户外表演在某种程度上是文化事件,另一方面是旅游名胜,有些像好莱坞,又是混合着经典和流行的文化。
They left few written records, just the ruins of their city and intriguing clues about a once powerful culture.
除了极其稀少的书面记录,更多留给我们的是曾经有着鼎盛文化的城市废墟和一些神秘的线索。
Tucked behind this central conclusion, however, is a suite of more intriguing observations about readership and audience habits.
支撑这一结论的是一系列关于受众习惯的有趣发现。
A person's future is determined by this intriguing system.
一个人的未来就被这种让人琢磨不透的体系决定了。
A person's future is determined by this intriguing system.
一个人的未来就被这种让人琢磨不透的体系决定了。
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