Imperial College of London and Harvard University researchers studied body mass index, cholesterol and high blood pressure data from 1980 to 2008.

伦敦帝国理工学院和哈佛大学的研究人员对1980年到2008年平均体重指数、高血压和胆固醇数据进行了分析。

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James Bentham, a co-author of the research from Imperial College, London, says the global trend is likely to be due primarily to improvements in nutrition and healthcare.

伦敦帝国理工学院的詹姆斯·边沁是这项研究的合著者之一。他表示，这种全球趋势可能主要归因于营养和医疗条件的改善。

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Britain might still be part of France if it weren't for a disastrous flood 200,000 years ago, according to scientists from Imperial College in London.

伦敦帝国理工学院的科学家称，如果不是20万年前的一场灾难性的洪水，英国可能仍然是法国的一部分。

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Sir Richard Sykes, a former rector of Imperial College London, recently headed a review of academic qualifications and assessment and is similarly critical.

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Tim Coulson of Imperial College, London, and his colleagues examined the weights of about 2, 000 female sheep that lived on the island in the two decades of their study.

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Other theorists, such as Georgi Dvali of New York University and Joao Magueijo of Imperial College, London, say a changing alpha might come from a hitherto unknown force of nature that could modify the law of gravity.

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