PCRthe polymerase chain reactionis a crucial tool. The DNA amplification technique is used in genome sequencing, forensics and the diagnosis of various diseases. To give researchers more genetic material to work with, a PCR instrument repeatedly heat

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This is Scientific Americans 60 Second Science, I am Rose Eveleth. Got a minute? Sound and touch may seem completely separate, except possibly when playing the game Operation. But it turns out that the two senses are actually quite entwined: a new st

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The presidential nominees have been dashing through key battleground states and hammering familiar campaign things on this final day before the election. John McCain had seven states on his itinerary. Barack Obama had three. During their all-out pus

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The Justice Department has unsealed terrorism charges against the man who has been linked to a Somali terrorist group called Al-shabaab. Authorities say he had bomb-making instructions in his possession when he was arrested. NPRs Dina Temple-Raston r

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It might be cold comfort for those of you struggling with bad skin right now, but a new study has found that people with acne tend to have younger-looking skin as they grow older. 也许对于正在与坏皮肤斗争的你们来说无济于事,但是

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Historians often regard the latter part of the 19th century as a time of great flowering in the evolution of medicine. New insights in to how germs affect the human body, as well as advancements in microscopy, led scientists to discover the root caus

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翻译是靠平时不厌其烦的练习而提高的,不能只是单纯的看看读一读。所以希望同学们能每天抽出45分钟进行练习。让我们开始吧。 1. 我赞同许多东亚学者的观点,即东方文明可以医治盛行西

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1. counterproductive adj.产生相反效果(结果)的e.g. It is counterproductive to be too tough: it just makes the staff resentful. e.g. Although the speaker overlooks certain circumstances in which undueskepticism might be counterproductive, and

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about mammal populations in danger of disappearing. We will also tell about one kind of animal that disappeared

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers in China have reported on a rare human-to-human case of bird flu. They say it is likely that a twenty-four year old man in the eastern province of Jiangsu infected his father last December. T

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists continue to look for ways to deal with the deadly form of bird flu virus. Medical workers care for a bird flu patient in Medan, Indonesia, last year Researchers in Singapore, for example, hav

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study has found that a fat cell gene may reduce the risk of colon cancer in some people. The study provides what scientists say is the first evidence of a genetic link between a fat cell gene and

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Plankton More Important than Scientists Thought 浮游生物比科学家认为的重要的多 For years, most people thought of small organisms called plankton as food for whales and other large sea animals. But a four-year long study discovered that

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Copper Metal Kills Viruses on Contact 铜能杀死细菌和病毒 Even in the world of medicine, what is old is new again. 医药界也刮起了复古风。 Thousands of years ago, Egyptians used it to sterilize drinking water. Ancient Romans, Aztecs

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AS IT IS 2015-11-02 Can Fish Teach Humans to Regrow Teeth? 人类能学习鱼类的牙齿再生术么? Most people are born with two sets of teeth. They use baby teeth to break down food as children. As they become adults, the baby teeth are replaced

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UK scientists have developed what's believed to be the world's first blood test for detecting post natal depression or PND. [Photo: mlczyys.com/Agencies] UK scientists have developed what's believed to be the world's first blood test for detecting po

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转基因的东西越来越多,食用这些转基因食品是否会对人体健康造成不利? Jen: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Jen and with me today is Neil. Neil: Hello there. Jen: Todays story is all a

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WASHINGTON, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Rice originated(起源) in China, a team of U.S. genome researchers has concluded in a study tracing back thousands of years of evolutionary(进化的) history through large-scale gene re-sequencing. Their findings,

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Science and Technolgy 科技 Invasive species 入侵物种 Boom and bust 繁衍与湮灭 Invasive Argentine ants may be less persistent than once feared 入侵性阿根廷蚂蚁可能没有想象的那么可怕 DESPITE their name, Argentine ants are

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Alzheimer's disease remains among the most devastating diseases that medicine has yet to crack. There's no known cure or treatment that has substantially helped curb memory loss and the decline in cognitive skills. One in eight America

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