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Gunaras Riabokas says driving his taxi along the streets of Vilnius every day has made him Lithuanian unofficial pollster of public opinion. Gunaras Riabokas表示，开出租车环行维尔纽斯大街小巷的他，每天都是如此。这使他不是

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Big data is having an increasing effect on the way we live. Big data can be defined as information that is too big or complex to be contained or processed by any one machine or person. It can include which comments, photographs or stories you like on

‘Smart’ Thermometers Record Spread, Intensity of Influenza

When a child feels sick, one of the first things a parent does is reach for a thermometer. That common reaction got one man thinking. Inder Singh is a health policy expert. He wondered what if the thermometer, in addition to measuring body temperatur

VOA标准英语2013--欧洲各国要求美国就监听事件作出解释

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2006年VOA标准英语-New US Mars Mission to Get Better Look at

By David McAlary Washington 06 March 2006 The newest American mission to Mars is hurtling toward the red planet, due Friday to examine it in the sharpest detail yet. It will be the largest spacecraft

美国英国用愤怒的小鸟，谷歌地图来收集用户数据

美国英国用愤怒的小鸟，谷歌地图来收集用户数据 WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. and British spy agencies are tapping popular smartphone apps such as Angry Birds and Google Maps to collect users' personal information including

VOA标准英语2008年-Brainy Teens the World Over Descend on Atlanta

By Mike Cooper atlanta 15 May 2008 Some of the world's most gifted teenagers are gathering in Atlanta to participate in Intel's International Science and Engineering Fair. Their projects range from transmitting invisible data to extracting fuel from

VOA标准英语2011--Oregon Advertising Studio Tracks Fukushi

Oregon Advertising Studio Tracks Fukushima Radiation If you were to picture the sort of person who might take the lead in gathering radiation data from the Fukushima nuclear accident, Marcelino Alvarez probably wouldn't come to mind. My background is

VOA标准英语2014--Washington Week: Lawmakers React to US Intelligence Reforms 聚焦华盛顿:议员们应对美国情报部门改革

Washington Week: Lawmakers React to US Intelligence Reforms 聚焦华盛顿:议员们应对美国情报部门改革 The U.S. Congress is idle this week, but lawmakers are reacting to President Barack Obamas speech on Friday announcing changes in U.S.

New Data Adds to Understanding of 'Black Holes'

New Data Adds to Understanding of 'Black Holes' WASHINGTON Scientists continue to learn more about black holes in space, places where the pull of gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. Black holes occur after supergiant stars explode in

美国国家公共电台 NPR Like It Or Not, Personal Health Technology Is Getting Smarter

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There are many other digital devices on the market that claim they can improve your health. Wearable technology can track your fitness, your blood pressure, your heart rate. But can all this tracking actually lead to cheaper and

美国国家公共电台 NPR Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates

NOEL KING, HOST: Insurance companies and data brokers are more and more often using your personal information from social media to predict your health care costs. And they are exploring ways to use that data to determine the rates that you will pay.

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2014-05-07

This Scientific American 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. Got a minute? To a farmer, good insects pollinate, and bad insects decimate. But they often had a tough time knowing which flying creatures were invading their crops. Now eavesdropping r

双语有声阅读:Pollution 'makes you stupid' 环境污染使

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2006年VOA标准英语-NSA Uses Old Technique to Gather Data

By Gary Thomas Washington 11 May 2006 A published news report says the National Security Agency has been gathering domestic telephone records to look for terrorists. The report, which attributes the i

iPhone, Android smartphones collect users' data

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Apple and Google collect smartphone(智能手机) users' location information as part of their race to build massive databases, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday after analyzing data and documents. Accordi

NASA发现“另一个地球”

Today we're announcing the discovery of an exoplanet that as far as we can tell is a pretty good close cousin to the earth and our sun An historic moment in NASA's epic pursuit of earth-like planets, as the newly discovered Kepler-452b was officially

China, U.S. unveil report on trade data discrepancy

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The commerce authorities of China and the United States on Friday unveiled a report on a statistical discrepancy in merchandise trade, saying the discrepancy's share in bilateral trade is dropping. The report was based on

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Samsung is warning customers about discussing personal information in front of their smart television set. 三星警告消费者在智能电视前不要交谈个人信息。 The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using i

China launches new data relay satellite

XICHANG, Sichuan, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China blasted off a new data relay satellite Tianlian I-02 on Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan Province . The satellite was launched on a Long March-3C carrier rocket at 11:41 p.