At the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, an infant gorilla named Wumundi gets some tender loving care from a dedicated keeper and lots of attention from curious visitors. He is on with a keeper all the time 24 hours a day. Zoo spokesman Sean Anglum explains tha

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U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the record Monday for the most total time spent in orbit by an American. Commander Whitson, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has been in space a total of 534 days during her career. U.S

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Kids Save the World from Zombies, Once a Week After School 孩子们通过僵尸游戏缓解压力 BOULDER, COLORADO Even before George Romero put out Night of the Living Dead in 1968, zombies were a thing. But ever since, Zombies have been a constan

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Effort Launched to Save Africas Lions The African Lion Environmental Research Trust, or ALERT, a conservation and restoration charity, is one of the organizations that will help to kick off the event. The non-profit organization said the lion is a na

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32 Botany Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible

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Japan's obsession with the machines has gone one step further with this creation - a ramen noodle robot chef. At the Fuamen Ramen Noodle shop in the central Japanese city of Nagoya, two robotic arms are busy serving their hungry customers, doling out

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Some scientists say that the use of fire helps to make us the modern humans it dramatically changed what and how we eat or may have even altered our enemy. But the University of Utah anthropologist Polly Wisner thinks that the fire is also important

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Eton College Jin Lu: What did these famous people have in common? Helen: The Duke of Wellington, the writers Shelley and George Orwell, Prince William and Prince Harry? Jin Lu: Any ideas? Well they were all educated in the boys only school Eton Colle

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Why Dont Humans Have Spots Or Stripes? 为什么人类身上没有斑点或条纹? Have you ever wondered why we humans dont have spots or stripes? Well, maybe you havent, but it is interesting that so many creatures are multicolored but we are not

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The natural History of the Cockroach, on this Moment of Science. 科学一刻为您揭秘蟑螂的自然发展历史。 For certain species of cockroach, humans make the perfect roommates. Why do cockroaches like living in our houses? And what do the

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What Makes Dogs Such Great Sniffers?是什么让狗狗拥有极好的嗅觉呢? Watch a dog greeting the world with its nose, or following invisible trails of scent, and you might wonder what youre missing. In one study, dogs were able to smell a p

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It is the year 2374 and the machines have taken over. The earth is ruled by a great computer named Q12 that uses robots to make people work for it. It is not a happy world. The few surviving human beings are being used in the way that we use machines

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Human vision like that of other primates has evolved in an arboreal environment. In the dense complex world of a tropical forest, it is more important to see well that to develop an acute sense of smell. In the course of evolution members of the prim

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The human vs. the technology, which is more important? 人类和技术 哪个更重要? Almost everyone you out there would say the human but it's very intersting when you get into companies 几乎你们每个人都会说人类可是等你们进了公

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A New York City entrepreneur is seeking investors for his No Bark startup. With enough investment money, Ty Cobb says, he will be able to discover the melodies that, when played, will instantly quiet barking dogs. Because dogs hear sound frequencies

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There's a good reason why people should be concerned about having a healthy environment containing lots of animal and plant species. A new study says the loss of biodiversity may make humans more vulnerable to infectious diseases. Biodiversity is one

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Smithsonian Artist Brings Faces from Past to Life The Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington is a magnet for tourists. Five life-size bronze dioramas weave a tale of everyday life stretching back m

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Cave Dwellers Battled Bed Bug Bites, Too古人也挨臭虫叮 Picture a prehistoric human encampment, in a cave. What do you see? Maybe some animal hides, bones from last night's dinner, a small fire? But what you might not picture are the other cave

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Robin Basselin. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Carol Witcher has a dog nam

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The biggest gathering of human beings anywhere in the world has kicked off in India. It's the Kumbh Mela, an ancient Hindu pilgrimage to dip in the waters of the Ganges River. Up to 120 million people are expected to do so

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