This is AP News Minute. President Donald Trump says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is anxious to defend himself against accusations he sexually assaulted a woman in high school. Trump says he totally supports his nominee and said he doesn't th

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(180) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2018(九)月

Scientists: Early Humans Were Not as Simple as One Would Think Scientists have discovered evidence that some of the earliest members of the human race, Homo sapiens, were surprisingly advanced. Scientists say these early humans knew how to use color

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业余科学家加入月球探测器研发竞争 With an adjustable solar panel, three cameras and four sturdy tires, the Part Time Scientists rover looks ready for action. 配备可调节太阳能电池板,3个摄像头及4个结实耐用的轮胎,这

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Scientists Warn AI Can Be Dangerous as Well as Helpful to Humans 科学家警告人工智能对人类的利与弊 LOS ANGELES Artificial intelligence, or AI, no longer simply exists in science fiction movies and books. Scientists warn AI has and will

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Turning Deadly Insect Venom into Drugs 科学家利用昆虫致命毒液研制新药 There are many secrets yet to be discovered in the world of insects, especially the deadly ones. A group of scientists in Great Britain is trying to create a chemica

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The serious radiation leaks at Japan's damaged Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant have reawakened public fears about radiation sickness. But what if there were a drug that could not only protect people from dangerous levels of radiation exposure b

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I have a trivia question for you, Don. What do the Ebola virus, anthrax, and the avian flu have in common? 唐,我有个小问题想问你,埃博拉病毒、炭疽热和禽流感这些疾病有哪些共同的特点? Researching Disease 疾病研究

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Scientists Are Learning So Much About Dinosaur Nests 科学家深度研究恐龙巢穴 Tons of dinosaur fossils have been unearthed over the last hundred years. These long-buried bones tell us about the physical build and eating habits of dinosaurs.

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(BBC News) American scientists have discovered a fossil of a duck-sized,flightless dinosaur,which was apparently covered in feathers. (英国国家广播公司报道)美国科学家发现了一个鸭子大小的化石,那是一只无法飞行

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Researchers are trying to identify the reasons behind the poor population growth of some of Africas wild animals including the Grevy and Cape Mountain zebras. A major focus is the endangered black rhino. What weve done with the University of Manchest

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Burkina Faso Scientist Wins Award for Mosquito Research 布基纳法索科学家研究蚊子与疟疾荣获大奖 From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. Im Faith Lapidus. And Im Christopher Cruise. Today we take you to the West Afric

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Scientists Sequence Smallest Genome Ever With Antarctic Fly 科学家从南极苍蝇测定最小基因序列 Scientists have just sequenced the genome of a fly native to Antarctica, the coldest, driest and windiest place on the planet, a finding that

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Rubber May Soon Come From Dandelions Synthetic rubber has been around for more than a century, but quality tires for cars, trucks and aircraft still need up to 40 percent or more natural rubber content. As the source of natural rubber, the rubber tre

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Researchers Work on 3-D Printing of Living Tissue 科学家研究3D打印人体组织 Three-dimensional printers are rapidly becoming everyday appliances, much like color printers a couple of decades ago. Increasingly, the technology is being used in

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科学家警告人工智能对人类的利与弊 From the personal assistant Siri, to doing searches on the Internet, to the autopilot function, simple artificial intelligence, or AI, has been around for some time, but is quickly getting more complex

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科学家开发通用抗毒剂对付毒蛇 Thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa die or are disabled each year due to poisonous snake bites. Scientists in Britain are working to develop a serum that will counteract the venom from all sub-Saharan

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Yesterday, astronomers announced that theyve discovered seven Earth-sized planets all orbiting the same star. The findings were published in a journal Nature. NASA says this is a record number of these kinds of planets orbiting this kind of star. It

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Scientists made surprising discoveries of giant-sized specimens of marine life during a major survey of New Zealand's Antarctic seas that ended recently. Huge sea snails, jellyfish with tentacles up to 4 meters long and starfish the size of big food

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Scientists Renew Effort Looking for Intelligent Alien Life 科学家们重新努力寻找外星智慧生命 After the 1982 megahit E.T. the Extraterrestrial, the search for alien intelligent life was much in focus. And although no evidence has yet be

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New images sent back by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander during its first full day operating in the Martian northern polar region showed most of its science instruments in good health. The one snag on the lander occurred when the protective sheath around t

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