SSS 2008-04-30

This is scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. Thisll just take a minute. The Taliban destroyed international treasures when they wrecked the ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistans Bamiyan region. But new treasures have now bee

SSS 2008-07-22

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Not too long ago, scientists had to hoof it to the library to review the literature. And they had to flip through a card catalog to find that dusty old v

SSS 2011-03-30

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. 2011 is the International Year of Chemistry. So scientists at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim raised a glass. (Or a beak

SSS 2011-04-21

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. When it comes to handedness, righties rule. And according to a new study, they have for a long time, because even half a million years ago, nine out of 10

SSS 2012-06-20

This is Scientific American 60 Seconds. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. In Europe and the near east, people went from being mobile hunter gathers to more settled agriculture way of life. But in Africa, no matters domesticated animals

SSS 2012-03-21

This is Scientific Americans 60 second Science, i am Cynthia Graber, this will just take a minute~ When you hear Western music, you generally get the emotional tone. A major key is happy. (music plays) A minor one? Thats sad. (music plays) And spoken

SSS 2010-01-20

Ever wonder what your French fries were fried in? Like bumbling burglars who leave fingerprints at a crime scene, cooking oils leave their own clues. And by measuring the carbon isotopes in French fries, University of Hawaii researchers found that on

欧美电影简介：《现代启示录》

《现代启示录》是一部以越战为背景的影片，由弗朗西斯福特科波拉导演，马丁辛、马龙白兰度、罗伯特杜瓦主演。影片于1979年8月15日美国上映。影片讲述了越战期间，美军情报官员威尔德上

外贸英语一点通第52:外商投资(5)

Look for business opportunities 寻找商机 A: Currently, we're looking for business opportunities in northeast China. B: What kind of business do you do? A: We send analysts to companies that run into financial difficulties. B: What kind of clients

考研英语长难句讲解 第88期

22. Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1926, there were political leaders like John Winthrop, an educated gentleman, lawyer, and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston. 【分析

每日一词【18】wardrobe：一个人的穿着打扮

今天我们要学的词是: wardrobe。 Wardrobe可以指你所有的衣服，也可以泛指一个人的穿着打扮。这篇报导说：Katie Couric's wardrobe has been analyzed by the Wall Street Journal... Katie Couric从NBC跳槽到CBS挑大梁主

托福听力短文 II-03-2

(WA) One reason oceanographers analyze the sediment on the ocean floor is to see how long-terms changes in Earth's temperature have affected the depth of the ocean. By analyzing the remains of sea animals in old layers of ocean sediment, oceanograph

How Art Made The World 人、艺术、世界 -17

They began by analyzing the strain of farmed wheat that goes into our food and extracting its DNA. They did the same to several varieties of wild wheat. Then they compared their genetic makeup . And w

SSS 2008-06-04

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber.This'll just take a minute. On earth, snow crystals as we all know, form from frozen water. But scientists believe there're also flakes that fall on Mercury, and they're made of iro

SSS 2008-12-04

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Its not every day we get a chance to time travel. Other than into the future at the rate of one second per second. But astronomers say theyve done a li

SSS 2008-10-17

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. In 1953 a student named Stanley Miller did an experiment showing that the simple chemicals present on the early Earth could give rise to the basic buildi

SSS 2009-11-11

This book stinks! is really a bad review. But even a classic work can start to smell when it gets old enough. Now chemists have developed a technique that identifies what kind of degradation process an old book or historical document is going through

SSS 2008-04-08

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Western Mexico and countries on the west coast of South America had ancient relationships, involving trade in goods and culture. Now MIT students have

SSS 2009-08-18

How do you know if someones your friend? Ask your cell. Because your phone knows who your friends are. Sometimes even before you do. Or so says a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists who study social networks have

SSS 2009-03-18

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Seventy percent of all antibiotics in this country go to livestock like pigs and chickens. And concern is growing about drug-resistant bacteria that sp