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It is now thought that the larvae of certain organisms may drift through the water until, 现在认为，某些生物的幼体可能在水里漂动， by some unknown chemical means, they detect that they have arrived at a food opportunity and fall o

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The Next 'Wonder Drug' Is ... a Maggot? From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. The next superhero that saves the world may not be strong, powerful or good-looking. In fact, that hero may be a wriggling, squirming faceless cre

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Technology Report - Tiny Fly May Hold Key to New Generation of Hearing Aids 小苍蝇可能是新一代助听器的关键 From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 A fly with an extreme

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From NPR news in Washington, I'm Lakshimi Singh. The government's consumer watchdog plans to force banks to use a new set of criteria aimed at identifying whether potential borrower is likely to afford a mortgage. Richie Corttery, director of the con

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More carbon dioxide emissions lead to more CO2 dissolving in the oceans, which turns the water acidic. Those sour seas slow the growth of corals. And it turns out acidic seawater also makes clownfish and damselfish suicidally bold and reckless, accor

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Baby oysters could be the canaries in the mine shaft for another dimension of global warming. Pacific Northwest scientists are studying how the oceans suck in excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The process changes seawater chemistry - locally

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They are mini-masterpieces, built with microscopic elegance, the small and hard-to-see life of the sea, microbes, larvae, burrowers, and they've been photographed and catalogued as part of a massive marine collaboration of scientists from across the

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Would Americans Let Edible Insects Come to Dinner? It may sound sickening to some of you, but many people can and do eat insects. Edible insects are a great source of high quality protein and minerals known to be important to good health, like calciu