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4. Why Hearty Women Outlive Men? The age-old riddle of why many women live longer than men has been solved. It's their pumping power, British researchers have found. On average, women live five years longer than men and women over the age of 60 are n

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ork Pressure Work pressure refers to the compelling force or influence that comes from one's work. Nowadays with the competition in the work field becoming more and more fierce (激烈), work pressure has become a serious problem for every person. It

VOA标准英语2015--Researchers Create Artificial Skin With Sense of Touch

Researchers Create Artificial Skin With Sense of Touch Scientists have recently made considerable gains in creating human-like artificial limbs, but they still look and feel artificial. That could change with a development from South Korea. Researche

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Real-time information about whats happening in our bodies at the cellular level could be crucial for fighting cancer and other life-threatening conditi

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Electronics come in all shapes and sizesbut theres been a limit on their flexibility. Now, researchers say theyve created electronics that can be shape

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One of the most exquisite heat sensors in the worldits not in some government lab. It's in the head of a snake. The pit viper, to be specific. They're incredibly sensitive. They beat any of the synthetic counterparts, even the most expensive semicond

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High Inflation Fairs, carnivals, festivals or anywhere you can buy helium-filled balloons, youre sure to see at least one balloon rising into the sky after someone accidentally lets it go off. What happens to the balloon after it rises out of sight?

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VOA标准英语2008年-Israel Warns Against US, International Pressure

Israel is warning the United States and other countries not to pressure it into reaching what it says could be a premature Palestinian peace agreement. Israel's chief negotiator says too much pressure could result in another Palestinian uprising and

VOA英语2010年-New Technique Avoids Major Surgery If Aneury

The American Heart Association reports that the death rate from diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels has dropped by almost 30 percent since the 1990's. Still, heart disease remains a major killer in the United States. It is what claimed the

VOA常速英语2015--科学家研制出可伸缩触感材料人造皮肤

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HEALTH REPORT - Blood Pressure Drugs May Prevent Dry Eye Syn

HEALTH REPORT - Blood Pressure Drugs May Prevent Dry Eye Syndrome By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Many people around the world suf

VOA标准英语2010年-New Device, New Studies Hold Out Hope

The device is a tiny sensor, implanted through a catheter in the heart's pulmonary artery. The procedure takes just seven minutes. The patient passes a wand over his chest, collecting data on heart pressure. That data is sent electronically to the do

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Cat lovers of the world, rejoice! You finally have the chance to understand what your pet is saying thanks to a smart collar that can interpret feline meows and translate it into human speech. Aptly named Catterbox, the collar supposedly has a digita

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Faces Mounting Pressure to Change Iraq Str

By Bill Rodgers Washington 10 July 2007 President Bush is facing mounting pressure to change his Iraq policy as the U.S. Senate begins debate on military spending priorities. The pressure is not just coming from opposition Democrats, but from some se

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学个词Learn a Word 第522期 peer pressure

今天我们要学的词是peer pressure。 Peer, 是同伴，同龄人；peer pressure, 就是来自同伴的压力。 Teenagers tend to give in to peer pressure, 青少年很容易受同龄人的影响。 Peer pressure plays a part in youth drinkin

Pressure

A 104 year-old woman was being interviewed by a reporter: And what do you think is the best thing about being 104? the reporter asked. She simply replied, No peer(窥视）pressure.