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Electric Fish 发电鱼 One way that Harold Zakon and his team find fish to study is to put electrical detectors into the bottom of murky streams in Venezuela. This works because certain fish emit pulses of electricity. Discover electric fish -- on tod

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By Melinda Smith Washington 30 March 2007 Since the mid-20th century the World Health Organization reports there has been an increase in the rate of breast cancer among women in developed countries. For decades, doctors have urged their patients to d

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Paris Paris intrigues 1 , astonishes, provokes, overwhelms 2 ... and gets under your skin. The City of Light is the apex 3 of architectural beauty, artistic expression, and culinary 4 delight, and it

Jet Lag and the Brain

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? While Im talking, youre not just passively listening. Your brain is also busy at work, guessing the next word that I will savor before I actually speak it. You thought

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. Olive oil producers generally guess the best time to harvest their olives by checking the fruits color. The olive has to hit that perfect spot where they

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Searching the Internet can be a totally exhausting experience, as you bounce from one site to another to another, sometimes until you cant remember what you were looking for in the first place. But according to scientists at U.C.L.A., all that virtua

TED演讲:应不应该相信自己的第一印象(2)

So, unfortunately for our new friend from the football game, his bad behavior at the game might outweigh his good behavior at the park. 所以，很不幸对在足球赛中认识的那位新朋友来说，他在观众席上不道德的行为带来的影

乔布斯传 第80期:被遗弃者(3)

Brennan had no doubt that Jobs was the father. 布伦南确定孩子就是乔布斯的。 She had not been involved with Greg or any other men at the time. 那段时期她没有跟格雷格或其他男人有过交集。 Was he lying to himself, or di

经济学人: 回收:塑料公路 (2)

If all goes well, the inventors hope to develop the idea and make the sections entirely from recycled plastic. 如果一切顺利，那么投资者希望开发此想法并完全利用回收垃圾制造这些节段。 Paths, car parks and railway plat

Gambling and the Brain

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鲜为人知的八个科学常识误区

Animals can predict natural disasters 动物能够预知自然灾害 There is no evidence that animals possess a mysterious sixth-sense allowing them to predict natural disasters. Their keen senses of smell, hearing, and sharp instincts alone are eno

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What's the world record for the most number of kisses ever given in one minute? 世界上一分钟吻的次数最多的纪录是多少次？ a) 94 b) 904 c) 1004 Destined to be a writer Yvonne: Hi - I'm Yvonne Archer and this is 6 Minute English. And joining me today i

为何不愉快的事情难以忘怀

A new study has shown that we tend to remember the bad times better than the good. The study, from Boston College psychologist, Elizabeth Kensinger and colleagues, has suggested that we retain and bear in mind events that carry negative emotional bur

研究称空气污染可能加速大脑衰老

Exposure to air pollution may hasten brain aging, a new study has found. 一项新研究发现，暴露在空气污染中可能会加速大脑衰老。 Researchers studied 1,403 women without dementia who were initially enrolled in a large health stu

Why smells from childhood mean so much

Why smells from childhood mean so much Why does the hint of certain smells instantly transport you back to childhood? It may be because the first smell you associate with an object is given privileged status in the brain Yaara Yeshurun and colleagues

Starbucks Opens First Store in India

Starbucks Opens First Store in India The world's largest coffee chain, U.S.-based Starbucks Corporation has opened its first store in India. The move comes at a time when coffee is winning new fans in India, traditionally a tea-drinking country. From

极简手机 未来新潮流

Joe Hollier, a 25-year-old former skater turned technology entrepreneur, describes the moment of transcendental calm when he gave up his smartphone. Mr Hollier had started going light, leaving behind his high tech pocket companion and disconnecting f

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The first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday was, rightly, not about the clothes: It was about trying to unify the party, rise above the opponent and so on, as many of my colleagues have described. Which is not to say it lacked a f

经济学人:欧盟预算 布鲁塞尔的贪食者

The European Union budget 欧盟预算 The gourmands of Brussels 布鲁塞尔的贪食者 The EU may be spending less, but the cost of running it is rising 欧盟也许会削减开支，但是运营成本在增加 THE European Union is on the verge o