SSS 2011-04-20

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Are your car bumpers riddled with scars from encounters with tight parking spaces? Did the furniture movers scratch your floor? Wouldn't it be great if t

SSS 2010-03-26

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Buildings consume about a third of the energy and two-thirds of the electricity in the U.S. Roofs are a good place to try to cut those figures. Because

SSS 2010-01-19

Most of us blink without thinking. But people whove sustained strokes or combat injuries can lose their ability to blink. Which is important for lubricating and cleaning the eye. Surgery is an optiona small piece of muscle transplanted from the leg c

英语听力：2012-01-20 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—2

The penguins stay when all other creatures have fled because each guards a treasurea single egg rested on the top of its feet and kept warm beneath the downy bulge of its stomach. There is no food and no water for them. And they will not see the sun

国家地理-2008-06-12 Lost Pyramind Found 发现新的金字塔

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the bottom part of an unknown pyramid in the Sakkara area about 18 miles south of Cairo. NationalGeographic explorer-in-residence Dr. Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Anti

60秒科学:冬暖夏凉的屋顶

Lowering the Ceiling on Roof Energy Losses Buildings consume about a third of the energy and two-thirds of the electricity in the U.S. Roofs are a good place to try to cut those figures. Because traditional black asphalt roofs heat up in summer and s

SSS 2008-09-01

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?. [Spray sound.] Killing bugs? No. [Spray sound.] Deodorizing the bathroom? No. [Spray sound.] Checking for explosives, yes. Because chemists at the University of Califor

SSS 2011-02-07

Patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery need implants of new, healthy blood vessels. So do those who receive repeated hemodialysis due to kidney failure. The best option is to use the patient's own veins or arteries, but thousands of patients don

SSS 2011-04-06

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Solar cells convert sunlight to electricity. But they don't take advantage of all that solar heat, thereby missing out on the majority of the solar ene

VOA慢速英语--研究人员研发完全可降解轮胎

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2006年VOA标准英语-Pakistan Announces Plans to Fence and Mine Bord

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 26 December 2006 A Pakistani soldier keeps position inside a bunker as he monitors Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Kundi Gar post (16 Dec 2006 photo) Pakistan has announced plans to fence and mine sections of its frontier w

VOA标准英语2012--Pakistanis Tire of Water, Electricity Shortages

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英语听力：2012-01-22 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—3

But they are hungry and eager to reach their mother whos delayed feeding them on this special day. Now she lures them with the promise of milk, the only food the cubs have known since they were born, deaf and blind beneath the snow some two months ag

英语听力：2012-01-25 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—4

Day 10. And the mother has let her cubs a mile from the den. Its time to put them to the test. Theyve grown enormously in confidence, but they dont have their mothers sense of urgency. At last it seems that they are ready for their journey. And they

英语听力：2012-01-29 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—6

Midsummer on the tundra and the sun does not set. At these altitudes, the suns rays are glancing and not enough of their energy reaches the ground to enable trees to grow. Youll need to travel five hundred miles south from here before that is possibl

英语听力：2012-02-01 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—7

As we travel south, so the suns influence grows stronger. And at 50 degrees of latitude, a radical transformation begins. Summers here are long enough for broadleaf trees to replace conifers. Broadleaves are easier to eat and digest, so now animals c

英语听力：2012-02-05 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—9

The advance of the seasons brings constant change. As the suns influence diminishes in the north, so the deciduous forests of America begin to shut down, losing their leaves in preparation for the dark, cold months ahead. One season hands over to ano

英语听力：2012-02-03 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—8

Deer are frequent casulties of the harsh winter. And these leopards are not above scavenging from a corpse. African leopards could never survive here. But the Russian cats have thick fur to shied them from the cold. There are only 40 Amur leopards le

英语听力：2012-02-17 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—14

All across southern Africa, all animals are journeying for the same reason. Buffalo join the great track. Nowhere else on Earth are so many animals on the move for the same urgent purpose. They are all heading for the swamps of the Okavango, a vast i