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美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-09-11

A male songbird's tune advertises his status and availability to choosy female. But rock sparrows offer a notable exception. Their crooning can also reveal when the male has been jilted. Researchers studied the songs of male rock sparrows in the Fren

SSS 2009-10-22

Did you know birds sing in dialect? They do. The song of a great tit from the countryside is a far cry from that of his city cousin. And some song dialects can change nearly as fast as human slangthe Indigo Bunting changes tune from year to year. To

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Adrienne, The United States speaker Do I believe in ghosts? Yes, I think I do. I struggle with it, but I actually think I lived with one time. There were a lot of really strange events happening in this house where I lived and my roommates and I were

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SSS 2012-04-09

This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Christopher Intagliata, got t minute. City dwellers compete with the din of traffic to be heard. And its not just urban humans. Sparrows living in San Francisco's Presidio district actually tweet th

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美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-03-06

Unless you are a convention, speaking middle English is not going to impress a potential romantic partner in 2013. Similarly, male sparrows have to make sure their vocalization is up to date. Researchers analyze three decades of recordings of male sp

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The United States and some European nations are increasing pressure on Cuba following the death of a prominent dissident during a hunger strike. Cuban President Raul Castro first expressed regret at the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo. But now he is f

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Wild Songbirds Can Pick Up New Tunes Only a few kinds of animals are known to learn their vocalizations from listening to others. Us, of course. Elephants. Bats. Cetaceanswhales and dolphins. Pinnipedswalruses, seals and sea lions. And parrots, hummi

英国学生科学读本 第42期:调皮的麻雀(2)

In this way the sparrows do a great deal of good. If the grubs were not killed, they would eat up our garden plants, and the crops that grow in our fields. 这样, 麻雀就做了不少好事！如果麻雀不吃小虫子, 虫子就会把我们菜园里

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The swallows and sparrows are very pleased to find a place on the roof of the hall for their nests. The mother birds are feeding their babies with pleasure, which assumes a scene of peace and harmony. But they have never thought of the following scen

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Bird Communication Through Song Bird song is lovely to hear, a romantic addition to any landscape, but what exactly does it mean? Just like we must learn to talk, birds learn to sing. They listen to their parents and try to imitate them, often stumbl

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绿箭侠第一季 第381期:探长的努力

There are three wires-- you need a green one, a yellow and one blue. Cut the blue. 有三根线，你要找到一根绿线，还有一根黄线和一根蓝线。剪断蓝线。 All right, I got it, I got it. Oh, my God. No, no, no, no, no! 好，我知

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