Frozen Smoke 固体烟 Male: What's as light as smoke but strong as a brick? Female: I'm gonna take a while guess and say... aerogel ? Male: Sorry,yaoyao,the answer is... Wait a second! Did you say aerogel ? How did you know? F:Yeap! Did you know tha

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Fidel Castro retires after 49 years in power 执政四十九年,古巴强人卡斯楚宣布退休 Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in a statement on Feb. 19 that he would not return to lead the country as president or commander-in-chief, retir

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For most of its running time, Secret lives up to its marketing as a sappy, beautifully shot and competently directed love story featuring Taiwan's own Jay Chou, the singer turned actor and now first-time director and screenwriter. Following a convent

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More and more women have began smoking in the last few decades. One of the reasons is savvy marketing as Don explains to Yael in this Moment of Science. D: Yael, what's that in your hand? Y: Come on, Don. Haven't you seen a cigarette before? Every da

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Yael: Don, are you eating my tulips? Don: Just having myself a little snack. Y: Of MY tulips? I brought those in here to brighten the place up, not for you to eat! And who eats flowers anyway? D: Have you seen that movie, Monsoon Wedding? There's a c

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One thing we're proud of here at A Moment of Science is that there isn't a lot of sex and violence on our program. Although, did you ever stop to wonder why sex and violence so often go hand in hand? How come nobody complains about violence and garde

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As ghost stories go, it's frankly a bit weak. Not very frightening and with a happy ending, it doesn't really prove the existence of the supernatural either. But it does show beautifully the enduring popularity of the offbeat and wacky on the interne

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(Typing sounds) W:Whats that gadget you are playing with Diarmuid? Diarmuid: Its my latest toy a netbook. W: A netbook? Diarmuid: Yes a netbook. N.E.T.B.O.O.K. Its like a laptop computer only even smaller. W: What a cute little computer!I like your n

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Thermometers just tell you the temperature. Thermostats need to do more than that. In addition to reading the air temperature, thermostats also turn your furnace on if the air gets too cool, and turn it off again when the air heats up. How do they do

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Why Giving Birth Hurts 为什么生孩子很痛苦? Y: Don, you sure are lucky dont have to give birth. Im glad were an intelligent species, but boy, that infant head feels mighty large going through that narrow birth canal. And then, after all tha

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绅士的蝴蝶 One thinks of nature as red in tooth and claw, as the old saying goes. Species compete with each other for resources, and members of the same species compete with each other for mates. Theres a lot of scratch ing and biting going on.

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Nutrigenomics The study of genes has shown that every individual is genetic ally unique, and this discovery leads to a host of questions as to the relationship between an individuals genes and environmental factors such as diet. That is, how does die

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重点词汇(填空) mystery novel,float,corpse, initially,putrefaction,digestive tips: 怎样阅读才是有质量的阅读了? 边看边填空吧,重点词汇可是小编为大家认真筛选的,阅读完后,点击【查看答案】和 【查看

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Secrets of Top Student The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techiniques that others can readily learn.These,according to the education experts and students themselves,are the secrets of top student. 1. Set Priorities. T

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Multivitamin tablets. You can buy them very easily in supermarkets or pharmacies. Whether British people take multivitamins every day? No, I dont take them every day. But I cant speak for everyone, so lets meet someone who can tell us more. My name i

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It could be spiders. It could be mice. It could even be people.What are you scared of? Today were looking at phobias. The things that people are scared of. And I cant stand mice. They just make me want to scream. Snakes. I have a fear of snakes. I ju

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D: Congratulations on completing your PhD in Zoology this week, Yael. That makes six advanced degrees for you and eleven for me. Y: Well, we want to make sure Moment of Science listeners know they're getting only the best information. D: You must be

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D: Yael, what's that in your hand? Y: Come on, Don. Haven't you seen a cigarette before? Every day in the United States, about 1500 girls begin smoking, and I figured, why not do my share? D: But Yael, don't you know that tobacco kills more than 140,

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Calm Old Age 淡定的老人们 Ya?l:So here is a question for our listeners: If there were a potion that would allow you to stay young forever, would you take it? Don: Thats obvious, Ya?l? Who wouldnt want to recapture their youth? Y:Im not so sur

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Ocean Heat 海洋热量 Ya?l: I hear a lot about global warming, but how do scientists take the Earths temperature? Don: Great question. Most of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide ends up in the oceans.Thats because the

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