AZUZ: It's been a while since we reported on the dangerous Zika virus, a disease carried by certain mosquitoes that are present all over the globe. The World Health Organization, part of the United Nations, recently ended its classification of Zika a

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2016年12月

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - California Voters Reject Food Labeling Requirement From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im Bob Doughty. And Im Faith Lapidus. Today, we tell about an effort to require food producers to iden

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AS IT IS 2014-01-26 Meat Demand Leads to Changes in Farming 肉类的大量需求导致了农业生产上的变化 From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is. Im Steve Ember in Washington. Today on the program, we visit a banana farm in Uganda an

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 White rice is the world's most popular form of rice. But it goes through a milling process that removes many nutrients. As a result, people who eat a

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By Steve Baragona Washington 29 October 2009 Garden pest As farmers across the United States are bringing in the harvest, silos are filling up with record or near-record quantities of corn and soybeans. To an extent not seen anywhere else in the wor

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: A Chinese researcher is claiming to have created the world's first genetically edited human babies. According to the scientist, the genes of two twin girls have been modified to resist HIV infection. That's the virus that causes A

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Unit 75 The Concerns about Genetically Modified Food Genetic Modification (GM) has the power to save lives through its use in medicine, such as the production of insulin for diabetics or the treatment of genetic disorders. The current outcry comes wh

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One of the concerns about working with genetically modified crops has been that vegetation growing in agricultural fields might escape out into the world. Now, for the first time in the U.S., researchers report a large population of GM crops beyond t

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By Nico Colombant Abidjan 03 April 2006 Man holds biological cotton Africa's biggest cotton producer, Mali, is struggling to renovate its labor-intensive cotton sector and keep growers out of poverty.

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By David McAlary Washington 23 November 2006 Scientists have genetically engineered two crops in a way they say will help improve nutrition in poor countries. One group has boosted the levels of certain nutrients in wheat and another team has made t

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By Paul Sisco Washington 23 March 2007 U.S. scientists in the United States say they have moved a step closer toward success in the fight against malaria, by developing mosquitoes that are resistant to at least one form of the deadly illness. More o

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French Experts Question GMO Cancer Study French officials and experts have added their voices to the chorus of criticism over a recent study linking genetically modified corn to tumors in experimental rats. The French national food safety agency join

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University of Maryland scientists are working on a genetically-engineered fungus that would kill the malaria parasite. The battle against malaria continues to challenge doctors, scientists, and public health officials. Now, a team of British and Amer

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Breaking Taboo, Swedish Scientist Seeks To Edit DNA Of Healthy Human Embryos play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:12repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or updat

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: What if scientists could genetically modify mosquitoes to wipe out a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year? They're trying to do that with a new genetic engineering technique. They hope it will help them fi

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Pentagon is funding some new research on insects and plant viruses. It says the goal is to protect agricultural crops. Some critics say it looks more like an attempt to make biological weapons. Here's NPR's Dan Charles. DAN C

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Why do Stradivarius violin s sound so good? 为什么史特拉第瓦里小提琴声音那么美妙? A:What did i tell you? B:You're right Yaoyao.This is a beautiful piece. A:It should be. B:What's so special about Stradivarius violin s ? A:Thats

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a butterfly with glowing eyes Believe it or not, Monteiro and her team insert ed a new gene into the butterflys genetic sequenceone taken from a jellyfish . No, I know you're fooling. Actually I'm not. This gene codes for a green florescent protein t

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Starting with a big new step for America's food supply. The FDA has approved genetically modified apples that won't brown as quickly and potatos that won't bruise. But not anyone is on board, McDanold says it won't use GMO potatos, neither will ?, a

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By Paige Kollock Washington, DC 09 February 2006 watch Biotech Crops Genetically modified corn For years, the European Union has banned the sale of genetically modified foods in most European countrie

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