>Acupuncture cuts period pain
研究:針灸能夠緩解痛經(jīng)
Acupuncture can significantly reduce the severity and duration of period pain, a study has found.
一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，針灸可以極大地減少痛經(jīng)的嚴(yán)重程度和持續(xù)時(shí)間。
The study conducted by Australian and New Zealand researchers also found it relieved associated headaches and nausea.
這項(xiàng)由澳大利亞和新西蘭研究人員開展的研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)，針灸能緩解與痛經(jīng)相關(guān)的頭痛和惡心問題。
It was a small pilot study of 74 women aged between 18 and 45 which found that more than half had at least a 50% reduction in the severity of their period pain after undergoing acupuncture treatment.
這是一個(gè)針對(duì)74位年齡在18到45歲之間的女性的小型初步研究，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)接受針灸治療后，超過一半的人痛經(jīng)的程度至少減輕了一半。
The women underwent the treatment for three months, with the effects lasting for up to a year.
她們接受了為期3個(gè)月的針灸治療，療效持續(xù)了長達(dá)1年。
Many of the women also reported less of a need to use painkillers to treat their period pain and an improvement in secondary symptoms including headaches and nausea.
許多女性還表示，她們沒那么需要用止痛藥來治療痛經(jīng)了，并且頭痛和惡心等次要癥狀也得到改善。
Many also experienced improvements in PMS-related symptoms such as mood swings.
很多人還稱，情緒波動(dòng)等經(jīng)前綜合征相關(guān)癥狀也有所改善。

>More women freeze eggs
更多女性選擇冷凍卵子
In western countries, soaring numbers of women are freezing their eggs as an "insurance policy" to beat their biological clock.
在西方國家，將卵子冷凍起來作為"保險(xiǎn)對(duì)策"對(duì)抗生理時(shí)鐘的女性數(shù)量大幅增長。
Career women have long been thought to be putting motherhood on ice because they choose their job over a baby.
長期以來，人們認(rèn)為職業(yè)女性推遲當(dāng)媽媽是因?yàn)樗齻冞x擇的是事業(yè)而非孩子。
However, most women who freeze their eggs are doing so not because of their career but because they cannot find a similarly successful man.
但大多數(shù)女性并非為事業(yè)才選擇冷凍卵子，而是因?yàn)樗齻冋也坏胶妥约和瑯映晒Φ哪行浴?br>Marcia Inhorn, professor of anthropology at Yale University, said of women who freeze their eggs: "There are not enough graduates for them. In simple terms, this is about an oversupply of educated women."
耶魯大學(xué)人類學(xué)教授馬西亞?英霍恩表示，冷凍卵子的女性"可選擇的高材生不夠多。簡而言之，就是知識(shí)女性供過于求。"
The gender gap for higher education is now as large as that between rich and poor people.
如今高等教育的性別差距和貧富差距一樣大。
Describing the phenomenon, Professor Inhorn said: "Maybe women need to be prepared to be more open to the idea of a relationship with someone not as educated."
針對(duì)這一現(xiàn)象，英霍恩教授稱："也許女性需要做好準(zhǔn)備，以更加開放的態(tài)度對(duì)待和教育程度不如自己的人談戀愛這件事。"

>Smartphone makes you dumb
研究:智能手機(jī)讓人變笨
Now there is evidence for the common belief that the smartphones in our pockets are actually making us dumber.
人們普遍認(rèn)為，我們口袋里的智能手機(jī)其實(shí)在使我們變笨，現(xiàn)在有證據(jù)證明這一觀點(diǎn)了。
The constant presence of a mobile phone has a "brain drain" effect that significantly reduces people's intelligence and attention spans, said researchers at the University of Texas.
德克薩斯大學(xué)的研究人員稱，手機(jī)的長期在場會(huì)產(chǎn)生一種"腦力流失"效應(yīng)，使人們的智力和專注時(shí)長嚴(yán)重降低。
They discovered that people are worse at conducting tasks and remembering information if they have a smartphone within eye shot, even when the phone is set up not to disturb or switched off.
他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，當(dāng)手機(jī)在視線范圍內(nèi)時(shí)，即便將其設(shè)置成防干擾模式或關(guān)機(jī)，人們在處理任務(wù)和記憶信息方面的表現(xiàn)也會(huì)更糟。
Meanwhile, the negative effect was worse for those who were deemed more dependent on their mobiles.
同時(shí)，越依賴手機(jī)的人受到的負(fù)面影響越嚴(yán)重。
The researchers said the effect arises because part of a smartphone users' mind is dedicated to trying to not think about distractions, such as whether they have any messages, when the handset is in their line of sight.
研究人員稱，"腦力流失"效應(yīng)之所以產(chǎn)生，是因?yàn)楫?dāng)智能手機(jī)在視線范圍內(nèi)時(shí)，使用者的部分注意力被用來努力阻止自己去想"有沒有收到短信"之類令人分心的事。

>US, China lead digital economy
中美數(shù)字經(jīng)濟(jì)全球領(lǐng)先
The United Nations, in its first Digital Economy Report, states that the US and China are creating the vast majority of wealth in the digital economy.
近日，聯(lián)合國在其首份數(shù)字經(jīng)濟(jì)報(bào)告中表示，美國和中國正在創(chuàng)造數(shù)字經(jīng)濟(jì)中絕大多數(shù)的財(cái)富。
According to the report, the US and China "account for 75% of all patents related to blockchain technologies, 50% of global spending on the "Internet of Things", and more than 75% of the world market for public cloud computing. The two nations also account for as much as 90% of the market capitalization value of the world's 70 largest digital platform companies.
根據(jù)報(bào)告，美中兩國占區(qū)塊鏈技術(shù)所有相關(guān)專利的75%，全球物聯(lián)網(wǎng)支出的50%，云計(jì)算市場的75%以上，全球70家最大數(shù)字平臺(tái)公司市值的90%。
Seven "super platforms" - Microsoft, followed by Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba - account for two-thirds of the total market value, the report said.
報(bào)告稱，七大"超級(jí)平臺(tái)"，即微軟、蘋果、亞馬遜、谷歌、臉書、騰訊和阿里巴巴占據(jù)了前70大平臺(tái)總市值的2/3。

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