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Study: Parasite May Be Killing US Soldiers Who Fought in Vietnam Fifty years after serving in the United States military, hundreds of Americans have a reason to believe they may be dying from a silent killer. Test results show some of the men may hav

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Northern Sudan Set to Eliminate River Blindness In 1998, residents of this Nile River town began a community-directed treatment program of ivermectin, a medication that stems the infestation of worms. In 2012, treatment was halted after scientists fo

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Pinpointing TB Treatment in Cities A new study says targeting treatment programs at specific neighborhoods may be a better way of controlling tuberculosis in some cities. The study looks at so-called TB hotspots. Lead author Dr. David Dowdy said a ho

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CNN 2012-07-09

it is a small caterpillar fungus that is believed to boost sexual performance naturally. Then it is found only in the high altitudes of the Hymalayas, and earning the nickname Himalayan Viagra. So, it doesn't pop out in the backyard. You won't find i

SSS 2011-05-18

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Princess Ahmose-Meryet-Amon enjoyed a privileged lifestyle in what is now Luxor about 3,500 years ago. But she may not have been a happy princess towar

2008-11-24 浪漫之滨里约热内卢

In Rio de Janeiro Brazil, where the mountains meet the beach, with six million residents and more than a million tourists a year, a cleanup of the beaches from past years is now a major issue. Until recently, the beach was a place for Cariocas, as R

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How Insects Fight Bacteria And Parasites Imagine that youre an insect, and that youve fallen ill because some bacteria or parasites have invaded your body. If you want to make it to a ripe old bug age, your body will need to fight off these invaders.

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莎士比亚说，一条虫可以吃掉一个死去的国王。不幸的是，寄生虫可以感染活着的人类，特别是小孩。 Shakespeare noted that a worm may eat a king, after that king is dead. Sadly, parasitic worms infect people who ar

VOA慢速英语2009-Agriculture Report - World Food Prize Goes t

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Sorghum is an important grain for Africa. Millions of Africans have more to eat because of Gebisa Ejeta. The Ethiopian scientist developed sorghum seeds that can resist long dry periods. The seeds

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科学家在波兰致力于拯救蜜蜂

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VOA标准英语2012--Fish-Sucking Parasite Named After Bob Marley

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VOA标准英语2011--Scientists Try to Develop Safer Sleeping

Scientists Try to Develop Safer Sleeping Sickness Cure Researchers say they've developed a safer way to treat sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease that is fatal if not treated. Sleeping sickness, or trypanosomiasis, is a chronic medical problem in

2015年CRI Tu Youyou Receives Nobel Prize in Stockholm

It was a grand ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Professor Hans Forssberg explained the work of chief professor Tu Youyou. During the 1960s and 70s, Tu Youyou took part in a major Chinese project to develop anti-malarial drugs. When Tu studied

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An Egyptian woman weighing half a tonne is thought to be the fattest woman alive.Iman Ahmad Abdulati, 36, has not left her home in Alexandria for 25 years and is unable to move from her bed or even roll over because of her enormous size. 来自埃及的

VOA标准英语2010年-California Company's 'Green' Cement Ca

Cement is a major component of concrete, the world's most widely used man-made material, an integral part of roads, bridges and buildings. But making cement requires heating limestone and other materials to very high temperatures, a process that rele

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81. Television the most pervasive and persuasive of modern technologies, marked by rapid change and growth, is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinary sophistication and versatility, which prom

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Depending on the species, bird eggs can be any color ranging from chickens plain white to a robins blue, streaked, spotted, bright, pale, and anything in between. Today, on a Moment of Science, we take a look at some of the reasons this might be the

经济学人439:寄生虫学 全球防虫的危险

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