古无脊椎动物学

What little we know of them comes almost entirely from eavesdropping on their songs, but even these are a mystery. 我们对它们的一点了解,儿乎完全出自我们偷听到的它们的叫声,而连那个也还是个谜。 Blue whales will

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 万物简史

Based on the sheer number of ants that invaded my home this summer, it seems hard to believe, but a new study finds that the numbers of invertebrates, which include any animal without a spine, has fallen by nearly half over the past thirty-five years

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年Scientific American(八)月

This is Scientific Americans 60 second Science, I am Christopher Intagliata, got a minute? You've probably seen clouds of insects swirling round a streetlamp at night. But something you may not have noticed is that streetlights attract bugs to the gr

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An irreverent attitude from inverse to irreversible Smithers, dont you think its ironic that your irregular night-time activities are in inverse proportion to your reputation as an expert in the area of invertebrate research? the director of the aca

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Here in the Timor Sea off northern Australia, take a look at a creature that seems to have the soul of a riverboat gambler. It moves through turf dominated by large hungry predators, and it fights these predators in a way that will astound you. This

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Worms Get Ready to Fly in Space 蠕虫准备在太空中飞行 Humans are well-equipped for life on Earth. But in space, it is a different story. Low or zero gravity changes how the blood flows and causes motion sickness, muscle loss and tiredness. W

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Minivan-sized Sponge Found off Hawaii Coast 夏威夷海岸发现巨型海绵动物 It might be hard to imagine, but scientists found a sponge the size of a minivan in deep waters near the Hawaiian Islands. 或许难以想象,科学家在夏威夷群

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Humans Driving Massive Animal Extinction Earth is in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of animal species -- the first to be caused by humans -- in the past half-billion years, setting off a downward spiral in the environment and human health, wh

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extinction n. 消失,消灭 extinguish vt.消灭,熄灭 falcon n.[动](猎鸟用的)猎鹰 fall victim to 成为...的牺牲品 far-sighted founders 具有远见的奠基人 fig n. 无花果 firew

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Chimps do it. Dolphins do it. Even crows that want to catch fish do it. But an octopus? Yes, it seems the smartest member of the invertebrate world has learned how to use a tool. Octopuses have a reputation for being clever. They can figure out how t

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托福听力背景知识:托福听力中有大量的专业及学术词汇,这些词汇大多依托于听力背景知识,如果考生能够事先了解一些托福听力的背景知识,对听懂听力对话及段子有很有帮助。 Darvinism

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学英语单词
a cast of mind
aborter
allochromatic crystal
arcanobacterium haemolyticum
astrologically
base chemicals
basic electrical rhythm
bigthink
Breil-sur-Roya
catperson
Chamzinka
civicism
cold-process roofing
compressed air whistle
compression algorithm
conjuctivae
contact breaker
coolant change
craic
cylindrical rotor generator
dawsonite
distomatosis
electrodialysis set
Epiprinus
etypic
farmores
fiber system
fibreglass
finishing-machining
flech
grid smoothing
high-level specialists
Hisperic
hoyle's theory
hull repair ship
hypovenosity
impairer
inter communication cable
IRHC
kapadia
keel gradient
lead feeding
light resistant paper
Ligularia japonica
malunited fracture
mark scan
mend or end
metal spinning lathe
mistrafficking
Mong-som
myotics
NDT (nil ductility transition)
Near Sea Vessel
non-personal
non-standard lift
non-terminus
optical cable driver
osmotic factor
phosphorescent coating
Physocarpus amurensis
protosporophore
pseudodysentery
purocholecalciferol
purpura of the newborn
pyloscopy
radiating canals
radiolabelled
rehearsal phase
reswill
reverts
Rich County
rised
Rotary Clubs
samoyedics
sandlotter
scarphe
sea wall ray
semi-cyclic
shadowless lamp
sham-operated
slump deposit
spliced
spring guide
straight six
subcritical state
suturae plana
syohilid maculosa
syrtes
thiambutene
toad-in-a-hole
tone poet
topologically solvable group
tracking and telemetry data
transducer evaluation center
uchl
unblanking pulse
uncharacterised
unimpale
vitellointestinal duct
vromitra acuminata
wingbody
WPSI