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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created what could be a breakthrough in providing clean, alternative energy. Researchers have invented an artificial leaf that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen and stores the ene

美国国家公共电台 NPR There's No Easy Answer For Why 'The Great Comet' Is Closing

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Some people hoped that the show Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812 would be the next Hamilton, a musical that invigorates Broadway, attracts young, diverse audiences and employs a multiracial cast. Instead it's closing, in

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Artificial Muscle Brings Back Blink A study in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery reports the development of an artificial muscle system that could restore the ability to blink to stroke and injury patients. Cynthia Graber reports Most of us blin

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute？ Whaddya get when you cross a planet with a comet? Well, HD 209458b looks like a candidate. Its a gas giant planet also called Osiris, and its orbiting so close to its st

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The Fourth of July fireworks started early. Scientists wearing red-and-blue shirts jumped up and down at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory here in California, upon receiving word from 83 million miles away that a comet had smashed into a NASA probe. The

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Artificial Leaf Turns Sunlight into Electric Power

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned to Mother Nature for inspiration, inventing a device that mimics photosynthesis, the process plants use to convert sunlight and water into usable energy. MIT chemistry professor Dani

美国国家公共电台 NPR Josh Groban Leaves Big Shoes To Fill In The Tony-Nominated 'Great Comet'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812 is up for 12 Tony Awards. That's more than any other Broadway show. One of those nominations is for Josh Groban, who plays Pierre. This summer, he'll hand the part over to Okieriete Ona

美国国家公共电台 NPR Giacometti's Sculptures Bare The Scars Of Our Daily Struggles

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Alberto Giacometti made drawings and paintings and sculptures. The sculptures are what he's best-known for, these long, skinny bronze bodies striding through life like shadows. Today New York's Guggenheim Museum opens a big show

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Great Comet': 'Hits All Of The Checkmarks' Of A Broadway Experience

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Tomorrow is the 71st Tony Awards recognizing excellence in Broadway theater and the production with the most nominations for the season - that would be 12 - has already been lauded by critics for its diverse casting wildly innova

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英语脑筋急转弯 你猜对了几个？

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老外不懂的“中式英语”如何翻译

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Artificial Speech Mimics Real Thing 合成声音发展渐入佳境 未来虚拟声音真假难辨 At a University of Arizona laboratory, Professor Brad Story analyzes the voices of singers, actors and public speakers both live and on audio tape. 在亚

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1. 有他这颗扫帚星，什么事情都办不成。 [误] With a comet like him, nothing can be accomplished. [正] With a jinx like him, nothing can be accomplished. 注：扫帚星是中国人对慧星（comet）的俗称，因其后面拖着一条