The Anatomy of Fear One nice day youre walking along a wooded path. You come around a corner and there, coiled in the path, is a huge rattlesnake , its rattles abuzz. You are deathly afraid of snakes. Various parts of the brain signal the nervous sys

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I love to eat sweets--candy, cookies, caramel apples--- everything. But I don't like getting cavities. Is there a way to eat lots of sugar without ruining your teeth? D: Interesting question. First, let's assume that you're not going to cut out sweet

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Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook from scratch? Have you been doing internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What cant you be bothered to do? A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of adu

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Hi there, I'm Hayley from the BBC World News for Children. Scandal in Indian cricket. World leading scientist says aliens probably exist. And canine courage in the States! The head of the world's richest cricket league - the Indian Premier League - h

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If you like curry then you must be delighted to learn that scientists in Ireland have found a certain type of curry spice can kill off cancer cells. The chemical curcumin can be found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric. Its long thought to hav

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When we are warned about the dangers of food, it usually relates to food allergies or food poisoning. The image of killer biscuits has never quite come into peoples minds. Millions of people reach for a biccy whenever they pour a cup of tea and it se

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It also revealed that 28 percent had choked on crumbs, while one in ten had broken a tooth or filling biting a biscuit. More unusually, three percent had poked themselves in the eye with a biscuit and seven percent bitten by a pet or other wild anima

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D:Hey,Yeal.Do you ever have trouble getting your kids to eat their vegetables? Unfortunately, Y:Luckily,my kids like most foods.But I know a lot of youngsters who simply refuse to eat their veggies. D:Maybe their parents should try calling the veggie

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Have you really benn there before? Many people at one time or another have experienced dj vu. French for already seen, dj vu is a sudden strong feeling that a moment identical to the present one has occurred at some earlier time. To a cognitive psych

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Weve all been bored from time to time. Sometimes, when were really at loose ends, we might even say were bored to death or so bored I could die! We dont really mean it, of course. But according to one study, it may be true. That is, it seems possible

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Benjamin Disraeli was Prime Minister of England from 1874 to 1880 and the primrose was his favorite flower. He gave bouquets of them to his monarch, Queen Victoria, who probably not coincidentally, found him quite charming. Buckner Hollingsworth wrot

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Helen: Whats the difference between state schools and private schools in the UK? First, Mr. Lenon explains, the main difference between private and state schools is money. Yes, there are two differences between a private school and a state school. Th

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Hi there, I'm Ore with the BBC World News for Children. Coming up: Japan's mission to super hot planet. A new survey says kids care more about computers than animals. And Inter Milan face Bayern Munich in the Champion's League final. First up, after

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Hi there, I'm Ricky with the BBC World News for Children. It's Monday the 24th of May. Coming up: South Korea freezes trade with North Boy becomes youngest person to climb Everest and Inter Milan are crowned European champions But first - South Korea

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The Habitable Zone 宇宙生命奥秘 适居带(HZ)是天文学上给一种空间的名称,指的是那里的情况有利于生物的存在,或许可以发现像地球这样的生命体。有两种区域是有可能的,一个是在行星系内,

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Musical Healing 音乐疗伤 曾经在心理专栏里,一篇文章至今仍然记忆犹新,说的是失恋必听歌曲,其中一首便是梁静茹的《分手快乐》,据说有科学依据在这种心情时听这样的歌曲有助于恢复常态

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Is Dew In The Morning A Good Way To Predict The Weather? 朝露能预测天气? When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass; When grass is dry at morning light, look for rain before the night. Whats the science behind this old aphori

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脑白金到底是什么? 褪黑素,又名黑素细胞凝集素,俗称为脑白金,是存在于从藻类到人类等众多生物中的一种荷尔蒙,它在生物中的含量水平随每天的时间变化而变化。 Melatonin, sometimes ca

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Onions Are Toxic to Your Pets 洋葱是宠物杀手? You may already know that chocolate can be lethal to your pet, but did you know that onions can be toxic to your cats and dogs too? And Im not just talking about their breath. You see all forms o

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How Eggs Get Their Color 鸟蛋颜色的形成 Depending on the species, bird eggs can be any color rang ing from chickens plain white to a robins blue, streaked , spotted, bright, pale, and anything in between. We take a look at some of the reasons

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