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Bacteria are extremely small living things. While we measure our own sizes in inches or centimeters, bacterial size is measured in microns. One micron is a thousandth of a millimeter: a pinhead is abo

CNN 2010-03-25

PHILLIPS: OK, I think you are going to agree with me that there is a basement apartment in hell for these guys if they are caught and convicted, of course. Check out this hospital security video from Toronto. The men you see roamed around, allegedly

SSS 2011-03-29

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? To keep your car purring, you have to change the oil. Such maintenance produces eight billion gallons of used motor oil annually. Some waste oil does get re-refined to pro

SSS 2010-04-15

Last week, scientists announced the discovery of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton of what might be a new species of an ancient hominid that lived almost 2 million years ago. The bones were found in 2008. This February, they were analyzed by one o

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Don: Time to go again to the A Moment of Science mailbag. Yal: A listener writes: Dear A Moment of Science, Scientists know that one day we'll run out of oil and other natural sources of energy. Beyond solar power and wind power and ethanol, what are

CNN 2009-11-03

So glad you are with us everyone. I'm Catherine Callaway at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at what's happening Now In The News. A suicide bomber killed 35 people who were standing in line waiting for their paychecks in Pakistan this morning.

CNN 2009-11-02

Abdullah Abdullah announced earlier today, out just hours ago, that he didn't think Saturday's runoff election could be held without problems. The runoff was called after widespread fraud in that initial August election. (Abdullah)Leave the legal imp

SSS 2008-05-08

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. It sounds like something out of a bad science fiction novel. During World War II, a fungus called Tricoderma reesei ate its way through US military unifo

SSS 2009-11-13

Algae seem harmless enough. These precursors to plants thrive throughout the world's waters. But these single-celled plants have global consequences. We can thank them for oxygen in the atmosphere, oil in the lithosphere as well as dead zones in the

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-22

1. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is laying out plans for withdrawing the country's troops in Iraq. He says 1,600 will be removed in the coming month, but adds the country will keep some forces there until at least 2008. 2. The jury in the CIA le

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Scientists in Brazil are turning fruit fibers into car parts. At a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society, the researchers described their work in making the next generation of automotive parts made from natural fibers from bananas, pineappl

Gadhafi Buried in Secret Grave in Libyan Desert

Libya's ousted leader, Moammar Gadhafi, was buried before dawn Tuesday in a secret desert location five days after he was captured, killed and his slowly decomposing body put on public display in a meat locker in the city of Misrata. Officials from t

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Turning Cigarette Butts to Batteries 烟头转变成电池 If you see a person carelessly throw a cigarette to the ground, what are you likely to think? That depends. If you hate people throwing things on the ground, you might think, That person shou

历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-16

February 16th 1862 A blow to the breakaway South during the Civil War, some 14,000 confederate soldiers surrender to Union Forces in the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee. 2002 Families from the Walker County and around the world have been horrified

历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-02-16

Feburary 16th 1862. A blow to the breakaway south during the civil war. Some fourteen thousand Confederate soldiers surrender to Union forces in the battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee. 2002. Families from the Walker County and around the world have b

历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-02-16

Feburary 16th 1862. A blow to the breakaway south during the civil war. Some fourteen thousand Confederate soldiers surrender to Union forces in the battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee. 2002. Families from the Walker County and around the world have b

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是： It's not rocket science: Focus on lean protein, healthy fats and non-processed, unrefined carbohydrates such as vegetables, beans, whole grains and fruit. 这不难懂：多摄取低脂肉类、健

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Last week, the police in Denia in eastern Spain made a gruesome discovery. They found a decomposing body in a rubbish tip underneath a motorway bridge. The body was that of Colin Nodes, who was British, and a criminal with a long and colourful histor