【英语时差8,16】耶路撒冷

Don: Oh, Yael, I just read the most beautiful poem. No wonder our ancestors developed writing--they probably wanted to treasure poetry for posterity. Yael: Actually Don, writing was developed to keep track of more mundane things, like money. For exam

【英语时差8，16】亲吻表亲

Fans of classic movies will remember the famous dueling banjos scene in Deliverance, the story of four city friends who take an ill-fated boating trip down a backwoods Georgia river. As the friends set out, one of the friends challenges a local boy w

【英语时差8，16】说不和长大

Yael: Y'know, I've always wondered what you were like as a kid, Don . . . I bet you were a nice, sweet little boy. Don: Actually, Yael, just the opposite. At least that's what I'm told. Evidently I could be pretty difficult as a toddler. Y: Really? B

【英语时差8，16】男性生物钟

Tick-tock, tick-tock. Is that your biological clock? And if it is, are you female? Most people think biological clocks are strictly female phenomena, with infertility and the risk of certain diseases going up with a mother's age. But the biological c

【英语时差8，16】补觉

Not getting enough sleep can affect you in more ways than you might expect, as Yael and Don discuss in this Moment of Science. Y: Today, on a Moment of Science, we're conducting an experiment on sleep deprivation. On my right, we have my friend Bob,

【英语时差8，16】犯罪现场调查

Amoment of crime scene investigation Ya?l: Hi Don, what are you... Don: Shh! I'm watching my favorite TV police drama: Crime Lab! Y: Oh, cool. Hey, what's that guy doing? D: Y'know Ya?l, you do have the right to remain silent... Y: Why is he spraying

【英语时差8，16】胎记

Don: I have the weirdest looking mole under my arm. Yael: Hold it. Put that arm back down. I don't want to see your weird mole. Why don't you just tell me what's weird about it? D: Well, it's not a round dot like my other moles, but more like a flesh

【英语时差8，16】独自入眠

Nobody likes being lonely. As it turns out, loneliness can be unhealthy as well. The study was done by psychologist John Cacioppo at the University of Chicago. He had thirty three male college students and twenty one female students spend five nights

【英语时差8，16】吃还是锻炼？

Welcome to another Moment of Science. Once again we're going to talk about some everyday scientific wisdom that may or may not be true. For example, here's a common belief about exercise. If you work out in the morning and want to lose more calories,

【英语时差8，16】识人费时

It takes one to know one, in this Moment of Science. Yael: Don, what are you doing with all that candy? Don: Oh great--now I'm going to have to find someplace else to hide my stash of goodies. You just can't trust anyone these days. Y: Now if that is

【英语时差8，16】圣诞节大受欢迎的天使

Angels are found in various and sundry ways at Christmas－from garishly blinking figures made of plastic to biblically-inspired images dressed in classic garments. Those who opt for such items as gifts or decorations quickly find themselves dealing

【英语时差8，16】每人都做

In a famous public service announcement aimed at discouraging littering, people were shown littering along US roadways, followed by the image of a tearful Native American chief witnessing this neglect of the environment. According to psychologist Rob

【英语时差8，16】全球变暖2

We keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and the earth keeps warming. Climate scientists have predicted that the consequences of unchecked warming could result in everything from catastrophic flooding to larger and more deadly hurricanes. S

【英语时差8，16】男人和电子游戏

Don: It's time once again to go to the A Moment of Science Mailbag . . . Ya?l: A listener writers in: Dear AMOS: Why does it seem like guys are into video games way more than women? Is there a scientific explanation for this? D: Great question. And i

【英语时差8，16】看看自己是否超重？

BMI stands for Body Mass Index, and it's a way to estimate whether or not an adult is over or under weight for his or her height. No equipment is necessary. You can figure out your BMI at home with a calculator. You multiply your weight in pounds by

【英语时差8，16】夏风令我爽

I'd like to look into your past, and predict the future. I bet that the last time you went to the beach, the wind was blowing in off the water. Maybe it was just a pleasant breeze, maybe something a little stronger. But it was definitely coming in of

【英语时差8，16】观测选择

Observational selection, on this Moment of Science. D: Grubs, on today's moment of science. Grubs are really cool because if you squish 'em . . . oh, I give up. I can't read this. Y: Why not? D: I'm sorry, Ya?l, I'm just discouraged. You see, for yea

【英语时差8,16】钱能买到一切?2

For example, spending money on things, like a new car or big flat screen TV, may give you a happiness bump at first. But its only temporary. Because we very quickly get used to even our coolest, most expensive possessions and soon barely notice them.

【英语时差8,16】雪会说话？2

Snowflakes are small ice crystals. Snowflakes near the ir melting temperature can, through hand pressure, be made to fuse into a snowball by a process of melting and re-freezing. The snow yields to pressure gently and progressively and doesnt make so

【英语时差8,16】抗生素历史

When you take an aspirin, a decongestant, or a muscle relaxant, the drug youre taking was probably made by a chemist combining a specific mixture of chemicals. Microscopic Fungi And Bacteria Antibiotics, on the other hand, are chemicals produced by m