Black and White黑与白 Sometimes you hear it said that white is a combination of all the colors of the rainbow -- and that black is the absence of color. Find out more about whether black and white are colors -- today on Earth and Sky. JB: This is Ear

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 (科普英语)Earth and Sky

Narrowing Uncertainties 新发现 In science, theories abound. Some are proven true, some are modified, some are completely abandoned. But even discrediting a theory is progress. Learn more about sorting through the uncertainties -- on today's Earth an

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Aqua Spacecraft 水资源监测太空船 NASA's latest and most ambitious weather satellite is measuring Earth's water cycle. Learn more about the Aqua satellite -- today on Earth and Sky. DB: I'm Deborah Byrd. JB: And I'm Joel Block for Earth and Sky. This

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Politics of CO2 二氧化碳的影响 Mention global warming to a room full of politicians, and you might just start an argument. But one thing most everyone can agree on is the need for more research. Learn more about the next phase of climate study -- to

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Raindrops 雨滴 From a light rain to a heavy downpour, raindrops fall to Earth's surface. And if you watch over time, you'll see that some raindrops are small and some much larger. Find out why -- on today's Earth and Sky. DB: This is Earth and Sky,

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Which of these politicians would you vote for? Theyre the same, right? Not exactly. In an experiment, Danish Researchers modified the real face to make it look more dominant or more feminine. Those subtle changes made a difference, says Princeton Uni

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(十月)

Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University. Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged o

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King of Beasts 狮子 Even skywatchers connect lions with royalty. For example, the brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion is called Regulus -- which means little king. Discover why lions are said to be the king of beasts -- today on Earth a

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 (科普英语)Earth and Sky

Fire Regime 火 Fire was a creation of life -- born from oxygen and organic matter -- ignited by lightning. Thus fire has been a fundamental feature of the Earth for at least 400 million years. A scientist talks about fire -- today on Earth and Sky.

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Sunscreened Plants 遮光植物 A NASA researcher is finding that alfalfa plants grow more poorly when exposed to UVB -- ultraviolet B radiation from the sun. Learn more about sunscreened plants -- today on Earth and Sky. JB: This is Earth and Sky. Eart

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Amazon GIS 亚马逊地理信息系统 In the Amazon, there's a growing human population in a region that also contains 30% of Earth's total plants and animals. Learn how scientists have put together an Internet window to the Amazon -- today on Earth and Sky

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Forests and CO2 森林和二氧化碳 The amount of fossil fuel emissions released into the atmosphere has steadily risen since the Industrial Revolution. But recently, part of those emissions have been disappearing. Learn more about forests and CO2 -- on

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What can Internet do for us? Internet has four main applications as follows: l. E-mail. With Internet, people can compose, send, and receive electronic mails. Many people get dozens of messages a day and consider it as their primary way of interact

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ARPANET started by the US Dept. of Defense for research.It is the original basis for what now forms the Internet.It was opened to non-military users later in the 1970s. The first international connections to ARPANET are established. The TCP/IP Protoc

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The Internet is a giant network of computers located all over the world that communicate with each other. The Internet is an international collection of computer networks` that all understand a standard system of addresses and commands, connected tog

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Sugar-It Could Age You 吃糖一向被视为肥胖者的大忌,除此以外,一般读者可能还知道吃糖与蛀牙、与某些心血管疾病的关系。可你是否想到过吃糖与人的衰老也有关系呢?本文则报道了这方面的最

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NASDAQ, acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system, is one of the largest markets in the world for the trading of stocks. The number of companies listed on NASDAQ is more than that on any of the other stock

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What Does the Multimedia Actually Mean? Literally, multimedia means TWO or more media. If the publisher of this book Wanted to join the Current hype about multimedia, he could advertise the book as using multimedia technology. After all, it contains

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Unencrypted messages can be hijacked in transit and read or altered.If the mail is not digitally signed,you can't be sure where it came from. 未加密的信息可能在传输中被截获、偷看或窜改。如果邮件不是数字签名的,你

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区块链英语怎么说? 区块链英语和中文字面一一对应: Blockchain: 区块链 Block: 区域,区块 Chain: 链条 如果你是科技小白,也别怕,今天的推送是科普贴: Blockchain for dummies: 区块链科普贴 XXX

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