Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the

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This is Orkney to live here is to know the importance of the sun. 这是奥克尼,住在这里的人对太阳的重要性了然于心 In the summer the days are long and full of light. 夏季时,这里的白昼漫长明亮 In December it's a diff

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1972 was the year a great love affair ended. 一段美丽的爱情在1972年走到终点 The human race fell out of love with the moon. 人类对月亮的爱意荡然无存 It was a classic case of familiarity breeds contempt. 这是因了解而分开的

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Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the

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The temporary cap on the BP oil well will stay closed even as ships are evacuated for a tropical storm expected to hit the area this weekend. Incident Commander Thad Allen says it's safe to leave it unmonitored for a couple of days, and he says they

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This is Scientific American's 60-second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? A team of archeologists working in Jordan has made a discovery that represents a new chapter in the story of our ancestors' move from foraging to farming. The resear

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Idiom: No pains, no gains 没有付出就没有收获 Hit the book: Preserve Approximately Detached Inhabitant Due to Neolithic Migrate

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Out of the mists of the Stone Age, this structure has stood since the dawn of recorded history. This rounded tomb called Newgrange has stood on the bend of Ireland's River Boyne for more than 5,000 years. It is massive, distinct and very mysterious.

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From NPR news, this is All Things Considered, I am Michelle Norris. Italians like to think they made the first noodles. But the Chinese maintain they invented the dish about 2000 years ago. And Arab cooks argue that the honor belongs to them. Well no

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Travel on Foot The past ages of man have all been carefully labelled by anthropologists. Descriptions like Palaeolithic Man. Neolithic Man, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twen

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Geophysicist Probes Ocean's Secrets Today, Pitman is a distinguished professor of geophysics at Columbia University, and the recipient of many of his fields most coveted honors. Even though he is now in his 80s, Pitmans animated manner makes it easy

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Necessities? Well, at the centre, a hearth, around which they warmed themselves and cooked their food. A stone tank in which to keep live fish bait. And since we know that some of these houses had drains underneath them, they must also, believe it or

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Science and Technology The Neolithic Boom-time machine 科技 新石器时代 时间机器解密:新石器时代的繁荣期 A new technique lets archaeologists reconstruct the past in greater detail 考古新技术让考古学家们能更加详尽地重

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TB Origins Found in Africa 肺结核起源于非洲 The origins of humans have been traced to Africa. And now, so have the origins of tuberculosis. New research shows the evolutionary trees of both humans and TB have grown side-by-side. TB bacteria o

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今天看到了一篇由新概念英语的著者L.G.Alexander所写的文章,令我捧读再三,文章的题目是

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The past ages of man have all been carefully labelled by anthropologists. Descriptions like Palaeolithic Man. Neolithic Man, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century,

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Science and technology 科学技术 The Neolithic 新石器时代 Boom-time machine 时间机器解密:新石器时代的繁荣期 Building site, 3670 BC 公元前3670年的建筑遗址 THAT economic expansion leads to building booms seems to have be

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Botany Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge.For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible to kn

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非洲发现结核病的起源 The origins of humans have been traced to Africa. And now, so have the origins of tuberculosis. New research shows the evolutionary trees of both humans and TB have grown side-by-side. TB bacteria originated in Africa a

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