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And now for the last look. Those of you who watched our recent Education Special saw the exhausting study habits of South Korean students. The culmination of that pressure was last week when almost 700 000 South Korean high school students took the t

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Heavy air on this Moment of Science. Here's an oxiny question: does air weigh anything? At first it might seem preplexing, on the one hand, air just seems floating, I mean, to say something is as light as air is to say its weighlessness, is isn't? Bu

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On airplanes, cabin pressure changes during takeoff and landing to help passengers breathe easy at high altitudes. These changes in air pressure may make adults ears feel a little funny, prompting a few yawns to equalize the pressure. But for babies,

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I will finish my middle school life soon, before I graduate, I need to take part in a very important test and it will decide which high school I will be in. I am so nervous now, I want to do my best and go to the ideal high school. My mother told me

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In an Aesop fable, a thirsty crow wanting to drink from a pitcher must first raise the water level. So he drops pebbles in the container. In real life, the European Jay can perform the same task. But just how smart is it? Researchers challenged jays

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VOA标准英语2009年-World Powers Step Up Pressure on Iran

By Paula Wolfson Washington 27 September 2009 Top Obama administration officials say Iran will come under extreme pressure to disclose its nuclear intentions when envoys from Tehran sit down on Thursday in Geneva with representatives of the United S

VOA标准英语2012--'Test Tube" Burger Provides Meatless Alternative

'Test Tube Burger Provides Meatless Alternative Paying $330,000 for a hamburger might seem like a lot, but that's what it cost for scientists in the Netherlands to prove it's possible to make a meat-like pattie from a cluster of muscle cells. At the

VOA标准英语2010年-Gulf of Mexico Oil Well Remains Shut A

U.S. officials say a cap on a damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico appears to have a small leak, but they say there are no plans to remove the cap from the well. Engineers are carefully studying the well for any evidence of problems. Engineers spot

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A workboat pulls boom into place alongside the Pacific Responder oil skimming vessel in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, 14 Jul 2010 BP has restarted a pressure test on a leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico to prepare for an effort

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A: Have you been feeling OK lately? B: My coach wants you to check my blood pressure. A: Has anyone ever told you that you had high blood pressure? B: I dont have any symptoms of high blood pressure. A: People with high blood pressure seldom know the

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Wk 30 (25 July 1978) World's First Test Tube-Baby Is BornThis Week in HistoryLouise Brown, the world's first test tube baby, is born in Manchester, England. In 1978, the world's first test tube baby, Louise Brown, was born in Oldham and District Gene

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Most of us are familiar with this phenomenon of travel: ear-popping usually happens during takeoffs and landings. 大多数坐过飞机的人都熟悉这样的现象：飞机起飞或落地时我们的耳朵会有胀胀的感觉。 Our ears pop becau

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When traveling by plane what makes our ears pop, and what is it exactly that pops? Most of us are familiar with this phenomenon of travel: it usually happens on takeoffs and landings. Our ears pop because of the change in air pressure as the plane as

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NOEL KING, HOST: There is an uncomfortable irony at the center of treatment for high blood pressure. High blood pressure itself often doesn't make people feel that bad, but the medicines used to treat it can make people feel lousy, so some people don