Back in Houston, the country's fourth largest city is a hub of the nation's oil refineries, and, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, gas prices are up. AAA says the national average for regular gas is now $2.59 a gallon. That's 23 cents higher than just

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈商业系列

AS IT IS 2015-05-29 Extreme Heat in India Kills Over 1100 印度持续高温已导致超过1100人死亡 Usually hot weather is affecting people across large parts of India. Temperatures reached and even topped 46 degrees Celsius. Indians who had a c

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狂犬病每年导致数万人死亡 Canine rabies kills tens of thousands of people every year and costs economies billions of dollars. A new global study said understanding the true burden of the disease may result in more resources to prevent it. 狂

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This is AP News Minute. At least 29 people are now known dead in the destructive wildfire in northern California. That's as many as the deadliest wildfire in California history. Many more people are unaccounted for. The huge wildfire in Los Angeles,

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Lisa与KYLE两位豪门贵妇之间的战火再次升级,人生攻击相互报复,两人之间的矛盾导致两个家庭之间出现不和,她们之间究竟发生了什么事情呢?敬请期待本期节目。

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AS IT IS 2014-12-03 Indian Deaths Blamed on Tainted Drugs 受污染药物导致印度人死亡 Laboratory tests have confirmed that tainted drugs killed at least 13 women and sickened many others at a government-operated camp in India. The drugs were

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BBC News with Julie Candler. The US secretary of state Rex Tillerson says there will be no role for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in the future Syria. Mr. Tillerson called the suspected use of chemical weapons on Tuesday a serious matter that req

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Snow Travel Chaos If you are thinking about coming to Britain for Christmas, it might be a good idea to think again. Thats because thousands of Christmas travellers have been stranded in the UK as adverse weather conditions caused massive disruption

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In the Rocky Mountains of Central Colorado, the forces of nature create a landscape of alpine lakes, high-altitude ponds teeming with life and mountain meadows bursting with wild flowers. It is amidst these beautiful wildflower fields that one scien

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Study Suggests Possible Bacteria Link to Nervousness, Depression A new study of mice suggests bacteria may help to cause anxiety and depression in overweight people. The research raises questions about whether changing organisms living inside our bod

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AS IT IS 2016-09-09 Study: New Dengue Vaccine Could Cause Serious Illness 研究称新登革热疫苗或导致严重疾病 A new study shows a vaccine designed to prevent dengue fever could actually be making people sick. 一项新的研究显示旨在

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Climate Change Leading to Strange Poisonous Fish People in Japan pay good money to eat the deadly pufferfish. There, the food is called fugu. The fish can cost more than $100 a kilogram. Eating fugu is especially popular now, during the winter holida

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肥胖女性更有可能流产或导致婴儿死亡 Women are counseled not to be too thin or too heavy before getting pregnant, and new research gives even more reason for women to watch their weight: obese pregnant women stand a much greater chance

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This morning on Health Watch, were talking about alcohol actually shrinking the brain. That happens to people who drink a lot, according to the latest research. Doctor Robert Millman is a psychiatrist and a substance abuse expert at New York Presbyte

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Scientists say they have discovered why drinking coffee makes it harder for women to conceive. 科学家宣称,他们已经发现了饮用咖啡所导致女性怀孕几率下降的原因所在。 Caffeine, the stimulant in coffee, impairs the trans

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Moon's Tug Doesn't Cause Big Quakes On March 27th, 1964, a huge earthquake struck the Prince William Sound, off the coast of Alaska. Out in the gulf of Alaska, the ocean bottom plunges, then heaves upward a full 50 feet, and a wave starts racing towa

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Tourists from around the world have been flocking to Cuba, anxious to explore th country before it's overwhelmed by US visitors. I think all of them came like we did before they opened it up to everyone. We wanted to see Cuba in its natural setting,

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Does Facebook Lead To Loneliness? Dear A Moment of Science, Im not a big Facebook user, but I have friends who are. And Ive noticed that some of them are constantly updating their status. Where some people might post a message once a day, others seem

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: The second most common cause of fatigue comes from lack of physical activity and a poor diet. Study after study finds that adults who began light exercise a few times a week reported more energy

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: By warming up the planet, we are, among many other things, breaking up the team that built the ocean's most diverse ecosystem. But bleached corals don't necessarily die. What happens next depends

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