SSS 2012-01-23

Lots of studies suggested limited quantities of alcohol, like one drink a day can benefit your cardiovascular helth. But for the tiny worm C. elegans, dilute b is a valuable f of ease. It actually doubles their lifespan, according to a study in the j

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. How do baby coral find a new home in the open ocean? They listenvery closelyfor reef sounds. Scientists at the University of Bristol in England had alrea

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SSS 2008-02-05

This is Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. Thisll just take a minute. When is an ant like a piece of fruit? When its infected by a parasite. Researchers affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute discovered t

SSS 2011-11-11

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? A hungry fish can kill prey with a quick bite. That is, of course, if its prey hasn't already died of fright. Take tasty dragonflies. The mere presence of pred

SSS 2012-07-03

Fruit flies are pretty small. But they laugh at a species of fly recently discovered in Thailand. Dubbed Euryplatea nanaknihali, this member of the phorid fly family is less than half a millimeter longa fifth the size of a fruit fly. But before you o

SSS 2012-02-16

This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber, got a minute? Were not the only animals that like to knock back the hard stuff. Studies have shown that some mammals seek out food and drink that naturally contains alcohol. And accor

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A beetle invasion in the United States has killed at least twenty million ash trees. The invasion of the emerald ash borer was first discovered near Detroit, Michigan, in two thousand two. Experts b

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about a plan to stop the disease malaria in Africa by twenty fifteen. We will also tell about a change of leade

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Insect exoskeletons also work like body armor, 昆虫的外骨骼就像保护身体的盔甲一样 protecting insects against the outside world and helping them cope with habitats that other creatures can't. 抵御外部环境的伤害，帮助它们应

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Bugs can be eaten whole to make up a meal or ground into flour, powder, and paste to add to food. 虫子能够被整个食用，或者被研磨成细粉粗粉和糊状来加在食物里。 But it's not all about taste. They're also healthy. 虫子不只

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Insects Eating Your Crops? Call on a LadybugBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. There are lots of i

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A Tasmanian farmer-couple recently discovered what might just be the worlds woolliest sheep. Theyve named the super-fluffy creature Shaun. As it turns out, Shaun has never had his coat cut, and it is at least half-a-meter thick now. In fact he appear

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TAIPEI, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The public has been called on to prevent dengue fever in Taiwan as the number of cases breaks 10,000 across the island. From the start of summer to Wednesday, the number of dengue fever cases has climbed to 10,384, with 9

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Forget Nessie: there's another insidious creature living in the waters of Scotland. The story starts in the streams and lakes of the northwestern United States, where North American signal crayfish are a familiar sight. Turn over a rock and you may w

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【英文原文】 Sometimes the biggest finds are the smallest finds. Researchers examining a segment of siltstone taken from ground along the Beardmore glacier in Antarctica found something unexpected. They found a fly. Well, not exactly a fly. The