SSS 2008-05-22

This is Scientific America's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. Its hot to research life in extreme environments. There are organisms that thrive in boiling hot thermal vents and in toxic stews. These extremophiles, as

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A: I am not sure what the asking price for my house should be. B: We have to take in a number of factors in setting an asking price. A: What do we need to consider in establishing an acceptable price for a home? B: The comparisons to other similar ho

英语听力文摘 English Digest 445、不洗手的害处

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Fish live in water, but do they drink it? The answer is yes, but how fish drink water depends on where they live. Water gets into a fish's body through osmosis, the process in which water diffuses from a higher to a lower concentration. For example,

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I was at the store the other day. I saw a former co-worker, Michael, across the room. He used to work at my company until he quit a few months ago to start a new job as a public relations officer at Missouri University. It's a job he's been working t

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While experts are developing 'greener' alternative fuel sources, a group of undergrads are creating a more natural one. 当专家们还在研发更环保的燃料时，一群在校生已经开始制作一种天然的燃料。 The team is working towa

尼加拉瓜钻第一口勘探油井

MANAGUA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. firm Noble Energy Inc. will begin drilling on Nicaragua's first exploration oil well in August under a government concession, the company announced Wednesday. The well is near the town of Puerto Cabezas, which is on

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LA PAZ, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales Wednesday praised his government's decision to nationalize the energy sector, calling it the main engine driving Bolivia's economic and social development. Speaking at an official event in Pa

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玻利维亚，委内瑞拉双边关系面临新的阶段 LA PAZ, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia and Venezuela will move toward a new stage in bilateral economic ties marked by major national projects in agriculture and energy, Venezuela's Foreign Minist

BP discovers new oil in Gulf of Mexico

HOUSTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP announced Wednesday it had a major oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. An appraisal well the company drilled in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico found

美国海上钻井平台起火

HOUSTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- An out-of-control natural gas well ignited a fire on a rig off the coast of the U.S. state of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, and the raging blaze has caused its production platform to collapse, authorities said on Wedne

英语播客EnglishPod 519

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英语听力文摘 English Digest 386、南极有苍蝇？

Whats a Fly Doing in Antarctica ? 南极有苍蝇？ 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

经济学人188:石油勘探 千虑一得之法

Science and technology 科学技术 Prospecting for oil 石油勘探 Grains of truth 千虑一得之法 Putting rocks in medical scanners may help the search for oil and gas 采用医学扫描仪对岩石样本扫描，可帮助寻找石油和天然气

美语听力 English Cafe 167

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英语听力文摘 English Digest 308、音乐疗伤

Musical Healing 音乐疗伤 曾经在心理专栏里，一篇文章至今仍然记忆犹新，说的是失恋必听歌曲，其中一首便是梁静茹的《分手快乐》，据说有科学依据在这种心情时听这样的歌曲有助于恢复常态

英语听力文摘 English Digest 337、狗比猫更懦弱？

Is Your Dog Wimpier than Your Cat? 狗比猫更懦弱？ Have you ever noticed that while its pretty easy to tell your dog is sick, its much harder to know how your cat or bird are feeling? Well, before you start asking your dog why it cant be more s

英语听力文摘 English Digest 152、下雪打雷？

It's a common enough sound in summer, after the wind finally picks up on a hot and humid afternoon, as the rain starts spattering down in big, fat drops--you're in for a full-blown thunderstorm. It's much less common in winter, even during a snow sto

英语听力文摘 English Digest 219、第三类疼痛

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英语听力文摘 English Digest 264、马腿为什么那么瘦？

Skinny Legs and All Why do horses have skinny legs? Find out on this Moment of Science. Why do horses have skinny legs? Okay, they arent entirely skinny its mostly the (1)bottom half, with a big muscle up at the top.Thats odd. Human legs are kind of