2008-12-01 亚马逊雨林的生命树之果

Across the river from Belem Brazil, the largest city in the Amazon Basin, the channels are busy with boat traffic. Here traditional river dwellers make a living by harvesting the black fruit of the thin acai palm tree. In this part of the Amazon, ac

2008-11-29 以色列发现最古老希伯莱文字

An Israeli archeologist in Jerusalem believes a ceramic shard found in the ruins of an ancient town bears the oldest Hebrew inscription ever discovered. The site overlooks the Elah Valley, said to be the scene of the slingshot showdown between David

2008-11-27 澳洲岩画艺术

Long before the land grew roads and towns, long before the first Westerners arrived, long before humans here even had a word for art, the rock artists of Australia were drawing the Dreamtime. The Dreamtime for the aboriginal people is their story of

2008-11-24 浪漫之滨里约热内卢

In Rio de Janeiro Brazil, where the mountains meet the beach, with six million residents and more than a million tourists a year, a cleanup of the beaches from past years is now a major issue. Until recently, the beach was a place for Cariocas, as R

2008-11-22 地下镇Coober Pedy

Beneath the hot-skillet surface of the outback where the baked soil crumbles like ashes, there are treasures to be found. In endless warrens of burrowing and hole, every hour of every day, you can find people digging. And virtually all of these indi

2008-11-13 中国沙漠化危机

The farmland of Wang Yang-tang in Hubei province lies abandoned. Over the last century, sand has devoured the rich pastures. As sand dunes edge closer to Beijing each year, Northern China's rapidly turning into desert. Shen Zhao-xiang, the director

2008-11-20 三岁女童成尼泊尔活女神

A three-year-old girl is now a new living goddess in Nepal. At a recent religious ceremony, the new Kumari or living goddess was carried from her parents' home to an ancient palatial temple in the heart of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu where she'll

2008-11-15 绿色养牛法

The Underhill Farm in Somerset, England, is the picture of rural tranquility. But the lush green pastures disguise the fact that farms like this are contributing to global warming. That's because just one cow can produce up to 500 liters of methane

2008-12-04 火星也下雪？

NASA scientists report NASAs Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time on Mars. Soil experiments reveal the presence of two minerals known to be formed in liquid

国家地理-2008-06-21 China's Amazing Flowers 繁花似锦的中国

China has more plants than anywhere else in the temperate regions of the world. In fact, it has almost twice as many kinds of plants as there are in the United States which is about the same size and about three times as many as there are in Europe.

国家地理-2008-06-23 Peru's Artifacts Returned 秘鲁古物回归祖国

Over a hundred artifacts from Pre-Inca and colonial times were returned to Peruvian authorities on Monday after being recovered from private collections in Germany and the US. Peru's Minister of Foreign Affairs handed over the ancient objects to the

国家地理-2008-06-26 Mozambique's Better Biofuels 莫桑比克：麻疯树生产绿色柴油

With rising fuel prices, more attention is turning to biofuels. But (the) use of food crops for biofuel raises the concern of food shortages. But one non-food biofuel source is gaining attention. Just inland from the southern Mozambique beach resort

国家地理-2008-06-28 China Pandas' Bamboo Dwindling 地震造成熊猫口粮短缺

Bamboo, the staple diet of pandas, is reportedly in high demand following last months powerful earthquake in Chinas Sichuan Province. Officials say there is only three to five months' supply of bamboo for the pandas to eat. There are many landslides

国家地理-2008-06-30 Green Roofs Are Nothing New 草坪屋顶有利环保

Walk through any town or village in the Faroe Islands, located between Iceland and Scotland, and it will be hard not to notice the green grass roofed houses on every street. A local historian says, because of the lack of natural building resources o

国家地理-2008-07-03 Mating Moments 求偶时刻

Ok, here is the clinic for you guys out there on the Dos and Donts of finding emotional joy and carnal fulfillment in its most primitive form, if you get my drift. This male wildebeest dashes up to this herd of females, oblivious to the fact that ot

国家地理-2008-07-05 Surviving the Tornado 龙卷风来袭大难不死

A tornado rips across the Missouri Plains. Winds over 150 miles per hour shred everything in the twister's path. When it smashes a trailer home, one man is sucked into the heart of the storm, spun and shaken horrifically. His limp body drops out of

国家地理-2008-07-10 Shaolin monks 身怀绝技的少林和尚

The Shaolin monks of China are famous for fighting skills and acrobatics, but above all, for their ability to somehow manage their senses. Does this really not hurt or do they just not mind the pain? To prepare themselves for their grueling acts, th

国家地理-2008-07-12 Lie Detector 测谎仪的奥秘

It might be the cheeks flushing with embarrassment or a voice choking with emotion. Our physical reactions can reveal what we truly feel. And some think they can show when someone's lying. Typically when a person tells a lie, they begin to sweat. I'

国家地理-2008-07-14 Malaria 非洲抗疟疾任重道远

Carried by the female anopheles mosquito, malaria is a disease of the poor. In rural Africa, it is killing the young and the vulnerable. The need for a vaccine which would dramatically reduce mortality has never been greater. Dedicated teams of scie

国家地理-2008-07-17 Atom Smasher Safe 粒子对撞实验可能毁灭地球？

The most powerful atom smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as new forces of nature or even extra dimensions of space, after it's switched on in August. The Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, basically consists of a ring of super