LONDON: Life on Earth may not have emerged in oceanic thermal vents as many scientists believe... life than the salt water in oceans. ……

it will leave marks on your T-shirt? The marks are tiny bits of salt.If you go to the seaside, you will know that seawater does the same to your clothes, because it also has a lot of salt in it.Water ……

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The Salt Lake City Olympics will be the most expensive winter Olympics in history, said Salt Lake Organizing Committee president Mitt Romney on Monday. The Winter Games ……

A CAPSULE carrying comet dust particles successfully returned to Earth last weekend.Scientists..., with a teaspoonful of comet dust inside.In fact, comet dust is surprisingly common on Earth. More than 30 ……

of years ago, there were no oceans on the earth. The surface of the earth was very hot, so water boiled away. As the earth cooled down,steam(水蒸气) in the air began to fall down as rain. It rained ……

the earth at 28,000 kilometres per hour, daily working and living routines have been refined to make... research to improve life on earth.But a stint on the outpost has its chores too, like any home ……

on your T-shirt? The marks are tiny bits of salt. If you go to the seaside, you will know that seawater does the same to your clothes, because it also has a lot of salt in it.Water evaporates from ……

Sea. On the border between Israel and Jordan, the Dead Sea is the lowest spot on Earth. It has an unusually high salt content which means everyone just floats on the surface of the water. ……

this water mixes with hot rock from the earth's core, the rock becomes soft enough to flow. In the same way that salt melts ice by lowering its melting point, water lowers themelting pointof rock ……

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Organizers of the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics have broken with tradition and come up with a new design for medals to be won at the games.Instead of conventional disc-shaped ……

salt and cracked black pepper crisps, a bag of Maltesers and a candy bar. "I'm stocking up for winter," he joked."People down here think he is quite down to earth. Two or three people in the shop ……

in space are very different from those on earth. Zero gravity in space may cause motionsickness(运动.... There's drinkable water, salt, life jackets, fishhook and line, a compass (指南针), windproof matches ……

Disabled torchbearer (火炬接力手) Philip Newbury carries the Olympic Flame during the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Torch Relay in Texas (德克萨斯州), US, on December 11. The 2002 Winter Games will be held from ……

NEW ORLEANS — A diet low in salt and meat can dramatically reduce the risk of kidney stones, according to an Italian study released recently. The result could spell the end for the low-calcium diet ……

SALT LAKE CITY: IOC President Jacques Rogge faced a diplomatic headache last week: whether to ask for a world cease-fire during the opening Olympic ceremony on Friday. The UN did not calling ……