This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. For those of you whove spent many of your waking hours this winter washing your hands and fretting about getting sick, you might be better off just stayi

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Hello. My name is Birke Baehr, and Im 11 years old. I came here today to talk about whats wrong with our food system. First of all, I would like to say that Im really amazed at how easily kids are led to believe all the marketing and advertising on T

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Go Away! You're Buggin' Me! 走开,你别烦我! Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. 这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故故事。 There are many American expressions about insects -- like bees, for example. Bees

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How the Wren Family Moved 鹪鹩搬家记 All the birds were wondering about the strange-looking man that stood in farmer Brown's cornfield. 所有的鸟儿都想知道那个站在农夫布朗的稻田里、长相怪异的人。 The bluejays, the bla

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GETTING READY FOR WINTER 为冬天做准备 As the summer passed, the cubs grew bigger and stronger every day. 夏天过去了,小熊们一天天长大,越来越强壮。 They did nothing but eat, and yet the fishes, bugs, nuts, and berries were

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Hello I'm Melissa long here at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS on this Wednesday June 24th. Iranian officials extended yesterday's deadline to file complaints about the disputed electi

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Sometimes a bit of bacteria can be just what the doctor ordered. If you prize yogurt for its active cultures, you know what Im talking about. Now a new s

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Animals rely on all sorts of cues to find their next meal. Monkeys and birds are attracted to the colors of ripe fruits and berries. And snakes find thei

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. In the spring of 1912 an iceberg in the Atlantic took down the Titanic. Now, some humble bacteria are trying to finish the job. Scientists analyzing rust f

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How much involvement do you have with PHP development today? 你目前在多大程度上参与了个人网页程序(PHP)的开发? A lot less now than 10 or 15 years ago, thats for sure. 肯定比10或15年前少多了 But I still read the mailin

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(BBC News)Scientists in Japan have reported a big advance in the fight against superbugs. (英国国家广播公司报道)日本科学家发表了一项对抗超级细菌的重大进展。 Thousands of people fall ill every year from bacteria the

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Why Can't You Tickle Yourself Have you ever thought about why people are ticklish? According to scientists, ticklishness is a defense mechanism humans developed against bugs, spiders, and other critte

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绝对是雪树蟋蟀 That is a snowy tree cricket. 雪树蟋蟀[拉丁语] Oecanthus fultoni. 我早在五年级就通拉丁语了 I was done with Latin by fifth grade. 好吧 这么着吧 Okay,okay,tell you what. 这绝对是一只普通平原蟋蟀

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THIS IS AMERICA - History of Children's Television By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, May 24, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And

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This is scientific Americans 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. Time for another episode of those amazing alligators. On March 14th, we told you how gators use their lungs to steer through the water. Now, Louisiana bi

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Thrill-seeking stunt pilots spend years learning to perform maneuvers that birds and bees know how to do from birth. Now a new study in the journal Scien

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Imagine antibiotics that would never lose their punch. New research focuses on drugs that bacteria simply cant resist. Most antibiotics work by killing p

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Toss a piece of leaf onto a spider web. The spider is indifferent. Because leaves don't squirm like captured flies. But Australia's assassin bug turns the tabl

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We all know that elephants arent really scared of mice. But a new study shows that theyre really not crazy about something even smaller: ants. In fact, elephants dislike ants so much that they avoid acacia trees that harbor the tiny, six-legged necta

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In the day of the dinosaur, insects had wingspans of nearly 2.5 feet. So why are today's bugs so puny? According to researchers at U.C. Santa Cruz, we may have birds and bats to thank. Their concludes appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy

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