Electric Fish 发电鱼 One way that Harold Zakon and his team find fish to study is to put electrical detectors into the bottom of murky streams in Venezuela. This works because certain fish emit pulses of electricity. Discover electric fish -- on tod

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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

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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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Amazon Trends 亚马逊河流域 More than 1/3 of Earth's species -- and about 30% of the total living plants and animals on Earth -- live in the Amazon. Discover a noted scientist's perspective on the perils and promise of this region -- today on Earth a

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Spider Widows 蜘蛛寡妇 Spiders give many of us the shivers, though they usually leave people alone. Sometimes these spectacular predators instead prey on each other. Learn more about when spiders serve themselves as dinner -- today on Earth and Sky.

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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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Acid Rain 酸雨 Damage from acid rain is widespread - not just in eastern North America, but throughout Europe, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. Is the rain that's falling on your umbrella acidic? A listener's question -- on today's Earth and Sky. J

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September Equinox 秋分 We have an equinox because an imaginary plane extending outward from Earth's equator isn't the same as the plane of Earth's orbit around the sun. Learn more about today's equinox -- on Earth and Sky.. JB: This is Earth and Sky

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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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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

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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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Fire Cycle 火灾规律 The El Nino phenomenon of 1997-98 unleashed torrential rain in some parts of the world, while creating abnormally dry conditions in others. And it sparked record numbers of wildfires. Learn more about climate and wildfire -- toda

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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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Climate Puzzles 气候之迷 Scientists who predict Earth's future climate wish they knew how climate has changed in the past few thousand years. Learn more about modeling global climate -- today on Earth and Sky. JB: This is Earth and Sky. Most scienti

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Titicaca Reedbeds 的的喀喀湖的芦苇地 An ancient lake high in the mountains of South America holds lessons about indigenous peoples and sustainability. Discover Lake Titicaca -- today on Earth and Sky. DB: This is Earth and Sky. Lake Titicaca is high

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Moon and Venus月球和金星 The planet Venus is now low in the west after sunset. It's not up for long after the sun goes down, but it's very, very bright. Learn how to see Venus tonight near Earth's companion moon -- today on Earth and Sky. JB: This i

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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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Galactic Rotation 银河系自转 Astronomers calculate there is ten times more matter in our Milky Way galaxy than we can actually see. Discover how the orbital motions of stars in the galaxy reveal dark matter -- on today's Earth and Sky. JB: I'm Joel

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