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哈佛大学联合几所著名高校开展了一项大型研究，只为了调查高温天气对学生成绩的影响。结果显示，天气太热真的会让学生成绩普遍降低，解决办法就是，多开空调。

In years with hotter weather pupils are likely to perform less well in exams, says a major study from researchers at Harvard and other US universities.

哈佛等美国大学的研究人员开展的大型研究指出，在天气炎热的年份，学生们的考试成绩会变差。

There is a "significant" link between higher temperatures and lower school achievement, say economic researchers.

这些经济学研究员称，高温天气和考试成绩下降之间有“重大”关联。

An analysis of test scores of 10 million US secondary school students over 13 years shows hot weather has a negative impact on results.

这项研究在分析了1000万名美国中学生13年间的考试成绩后发现，炎热天气对考试成绩有负面影响。

The study says a practical response could be to use more air conditioning.

研究指出，比较实际的应对措施就是多开空调。

How Long Your Sunscreen Actually Protects You, According to Dermatologists

让皮肤科医生告诉你，防晒霜究竟能防晒多长时间

Protect your DNA！

保护你的DNA

Sun-soaking season is here, and that means if you don't lather up with sunscreen, you could be doing serious damage to your skin cells' DNA, setting yourself up to develop a potentially deadly form of cancer.

最适合阳光浴的时节已经来到，这意味着如果你不适当涂抹防晒霜的话，强烈的日光很有可能会严重损坏你皮肤细胞的DNA，最终导致你得上一种可能致命的癌症。

Melanoma kills more than 10,000 Americans every year, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation.

根据皮肤癌基金会的资料显示，在美国，每年因黑色素瘤去世的人就高达一万多名。

Those deadly cancer cases are typically caused by UV radiation you get from either baking in the sunshine, or lounging in a tanning bed.

Green tea could hold the key to preventing thousands of deaths each year caused by strokes and heart disease , a new study has claimed.

一项新的研究表明，每年都有上个人因中风和心脏疾病而死亡，而常喝绿茶则是预防这种死亡的关键。

Scientists had been researching epigallocatechin-3-gallate （EGCG）, a compound found in green tea, for its ability to reduce amyloid plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients.

科学家一直在研究绿茶中的一种成分epigallocatechin-3-gallate（简称EGCG），看其能否减少阿尔兹海默（老年痴呆）病人脑中的淀粉样斑块”（这些斑块会损害大脑细胞之间的联系，导致记忆力退化）。

However, a team from Lancaster University and the University of Leeds now believe EGCG can also break up potentially dangerous protein plaques found in blood vessels.

但是，来自兰开斯特大学和利兹大学的研究小组发现EGCG可以破坏血管上面有潜在危险的蛋白质沉积。

Atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty material inside arteries that reduces the flow of blood, can lead to an increased risk of heart attacks or stroke.