February the 12th is Darwin Day. It is to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on February 12, 1809 and his life as a scientist. This day also aims to encourage children to get into science. Darwin was one of the worlds greatest s

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Predicting Earthquakes Can earthquakes be predicted? Scientists are working on programs to predict where and when an earthquake will occur. They hope to develop an early warning system that can be use

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Why Stay in Bed? Some people are night owls; some are early birds. You probably know which one you are, but did you know that there may be a biological reason why some people are out of bed at dawn wh

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For thousands of years, humans have used yeast for making bread and alcoholic drinks, such as beer. But scientists are now constructing synthetic yeast that can do more than make a sandwich or a drink. The synthetic yeast can be used for medicines, v

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Scientists Find Large Amounts of Precious Metals in Wastewater In recent months, stories about sewers getting clogged have made international headlines. For example, a so-called fatberg, a mass of grease and diapers, clogged London's sewers. A new st

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Record Warm Winter in Arctic, Scientists Say New weather information shows the Arctic just had its warmest winter on record. The same information also shows that sea ice hit record lows for this time of year. That means there is plenty of open water

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Scientists Help Insects to Help Colorado River Fish Fish need insects for food. So, healthy rivers have healthy insect populations. However, in the United States, part of the Colorado River has an insect shortage that has left many fish without food.

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吉尔伯特泰勒所拥有的研究机会不是每一位脑科学家都所希望拥有的:她有严重中风,并且观察到她大脑的功能--运动,语言,自我意识-一个接一个关闭。这真是令人惊讶的故事。

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讨论地核物质成分,科学家根据地震波传导的快慢,确定了地核的成分与地表的成分不同。然后科学家发现火山爆发出来的物质有钻石,证明地球深层是一个高温高压的环境,因为钻石只能在

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Scientists Discover Gene Responsible for Multiple Sclerosis 科学家发现导致多发性硬化症基因 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. VOA英语学习健康与生活方式报道。 An estimated two million people ar

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AS IT IS 2016-05-21 US Scientists Say Genetically Engineered Foods Are Safe 美国科学家宣称转基因食品是安全的 American scientists announced this week that genetically engineered food is generally safe for humans and the environment. Th

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Drink and Smoke Go 'Hand-in-Hand,' Scientists Say 科学家们声称饮酒与吸烟似乎密切相关 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Many people who drink alcohol also like to smoke cigarettes. Drinking and smoking se

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连系动词 be 后根据情况可自由地接不定式作表语: My dream is to be a scientist. 我的梦想是当一名科学家。 All you have to do is to listen. 你只需要听。 seem, appear, prove, turn out, grow 等连系动词后也可接不

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美国航空航天局科学家测试新型飞机 The U.S Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, is commonly associated with space exploration, but aeronautics is still a big part of the agencys research. Engineers at its Aeronautics Research Cen

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Star Wars fans love Tatooine and its twin suns, but astronomers working with one of the worlds biggest telescopes have done Luke Skywalkers home planet one better. 《星球大战》中的塔图因星球(Tatooine,天行者家族的故乡行星)以

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If you frequently find yourself covered in mosquito bites, while others escape without so much as an itch, you can blame your genes. 如果你发现蚊子特别喜欢叮你,而其他人都安然无恙,这其实与你的基因有关。 For British

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在TED的NASA,行星科学家Joel Levine展现了一些奇妙且费解关于火星的新发现:被冰层覆盖的环形山、古海洋的遗迹,古代生命存在的强烈迹象。他规划返回火星,探寻更多。

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It may seem hard to believe that such an unusual looking animal has remained hidden for so long. 世界上存在如此相貌罕见而不为人知的动物,这似乎有点难以置信。 But scientists have only just discovered a new species of elep

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Listening to football, noisy restaurants and our favourite tunes on the radio have helped create the perfect shopping music. These are some of the top things that help us make better shopping decisions, according to new research conducted by eBay and

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