Rising Temps Lower Polar Bear Mercury Intake气候变暖为北极熊健康带来福音 As climate change warms the Arctic, sea ice there is disappearing at record ratessea ice that polar bears prefer to prowl. As a result, some bears are spending mor

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Opioids Still Needed By Some Pain Patients阿片类镇痛药仍有需求 The opioid epidemic is a national crisis that should not be underestimated. Thats a quote from a June 1st New England Journal of Medicine perspective piece by Susan Glod. Shes a

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Forensic Science: Trials with Errors法医学真的科学吗 We have increasing doubts about this evidence, but we dont feel yet that we have the scientific knowledge and basis to exclude it altogether. 虽然对这一证据的怀疑日渐加深,但我

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Large Impacts May Cause Volcanic Eruptions巨大冲击引发火山喷发 Other rocky planets in our solar system show a common feature: within giant craters caused by impacts theres evidence of volcanic activity. Which made scientists wondercan big i

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Gophers versus the Volcano囊地鼠对抗火山大爆发 May 18th is the 37th anniversary of the massive explosion of Mount Saint Helens. But within days of the volcano erupting, the local ecosystem started to bounce back. Thanks to some unassuming l

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French Prez Invites Trumped Researchers马克龙盛邀美国研究人员到法发展 I wish to tell the United States, France believes in you. The world believes in you. 我想告诉你美国,法国相信你。世界相信你。 New French Presiden

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Chromosomes Combat Counterfeit Caviar染色体来打击冒牌鱼子酱 Caviar is one of the world's priciest foods: it can cost thousands of dollars a pound. And caviar from the beluga sturgeon is the most exclusive of all. But even experts have a ha

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Alaska Accelerates Indoor Agriculture阿拉斯加农业大爆发 What comes to mind when you think of Alaska? Probably snow. And ice. And extreme cold. But what about tomatoes? 当你想到阿拉斯加时脑海里会想到什么?可能是雪、冰、

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Bronx River's Cleanup Brings Herring Home清除水污染 大鱼小鱼满 So heres the first of the alewives, all silvery, theyre all about the same size, you cant tell the boys from the girls. These will be the first. 这就是第一批大眼鲱鱼,全

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Field Study: Worms Leave 'Til No-Till无犁也来把田耕 Charles Darwin is, most famously, the author of The Origin of Species. But the last book he ever wrote gets far less attention today. It's called The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the

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Why the Cross Put Chickens on a New Road探秘家禽的驯化之路 Why did the chicken cross the road? Well, thats a philosophical pickle. But if you want to know why chickens dont get cross at peoplewhy theyre content being kept in their coopsscien

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Heat Sensor Has Snaky Sensitivity敏感如蛇的热传感器 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. 世界上有一种最精敏的热传感器,它

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High-Sugar Diet Makes Flies Drop Like...Flies高糖饮食加速老化 I dont believe, in all my years, I have ever seen a fruit fly I would consider obese. But, thanks to the wonders of modern science, thats all about to change. Because a team of res

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Neandertals Live On in Our Genomes也许你身上存有尼安德特人的基因 Fifty thousand years ago, Homo sapiens weren't the only game in town. We were just one of several species of hominids roaming the Earth, like the Neandertals in Eurasia.

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Spiders Gobble Gargantuan Numbers of Tiny Prey蜘蛛竟是大胃王 By now, you may have heard about a study that came out a couple of weeks ago about spiders. The study got a lot of attention because coverage of the research often focused on the ide

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The True Bottom of the Food Chain Is Plenty Polluted食物链最底层遭污染的深海食物 The Mariana Trench is the deepest spot in the worlds oceans. Only three humans have ventured into the trench in submersibles. But plenty of our pollution h

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Some Hotel Bed Bug Sightings May Be Bogus酒店有臭虫?可能是假的! If you're a savvy traveler, when you hunt for a hotel you probably search TripAdvisor for any mention of bed bugs. But here's the dirty secret behind those bed bug sighting

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Bacterially Boosted Mosquitoes Could Vex Viruses蚊子也能抑制病毒传播? It may sound strange, but scientists are celebrating the survival and spread of tens of thousands of mosquitoes they released in Northeastern Australia. The whole thing

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Engineers Build Bendy Batteries for Wearables可穿戴设备和可拉伸电池更配哦 The flat lithium ion batteries that power smartwatches are built by stacking the battery components: positive and negative electrodes, current collectors and a se

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Guppy Groups Provide Friendly Protection against Foes大敌当前小鱼也会为朋友两肋插刀 Humans aren't the only species that forms friendships. Lots of animals prefer to spend their time only with certain individuals. 人类并不是唯一一

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