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很多人都相信上帝是公平的，关上眼前的一扇窗会为你打开另一扇窗。在最新的科学研究中我们也能得到类似的结论：天生听力有缺陷的人会有更好的视觉。 Recent research explains how the deaf can

名人励志英语演讲 第166期:奏出生命中最美的乐曲(13)

Every era has its defining struggle and the fate of Africa is one of ours. It's not the only one, but in the history books it's easily going to make the top five--what we did or what we did not do. It's a proving ground, as I said earlier, for the id

英语听力文摘 English Digest 552、暴力电玩会改变我们的大脑吗？

Do Violent Video Games Change Our Brains? Video games are a huge industry kids and young adults spend more time playing them than watching movies or TV. And some of the most popular video games are ultra realistic war and fighting games featuring mas

SSS 2010-10-11

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Christie Nicholson. Got a minute? Is it an old wives tale or can deaf people actually see better? Scientists have long thought that the structure of our brain is fixed. For instance, from birth the a

2006年VOA标准英语-Weinberger Buried at Arlington National Ce

By Al Pessin Washington 04 April 2006 Former U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who died last week at the age of 88, was buried Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery, just outside Washington.

2007年VOA标准英语-Stem Cell Breakthrough Announced Amid Fierce De

By Michael Bowman Washington 07 June 2007 Scientists in the United States say they have for the first time been able to create stem cells from the ordinary skin cells of mice, a breakthrough that could lead to new medical breakthroughs and eliminate

Garden Gnomes Portray Star Crossed Lovers in 'Gnomeo and Jul

In the four centuries since Romeo and Juliet was first performed, Shakespeare's tragic tale of star cross'd lovers has been recast into formats from high school comedy to musical theater. Now, at long last, we have the whimsical Disney version in a n

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Simulating Blindness Might Help Improve Hearing 模拟失明或有助于提高听力 A new report suggests it might be possible to change the circuitry of the brain to better process sound, a finding that could give renewed hope to the 350 million pe

美国国家公共电台 NPR What Pepe The Frog's Death Can Teach Us About The Internet

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A cartoon frog died on the Internet a few days ago. His name was Pepe. You might remember him over the course of the 2016 election. He became one of the most recognizable symbols of the alt-right. NPR's Sam Sanders tells us how P

英国学生科学读本 第64期:红色金属--铜(2)

Copper can be rolled or hammered out into thin sheets, and so we say that it is malleable. It can also be easily drawn out into wire, and for this reason we call it ductile. Sheet copper is much used for covering the bottoms of ships, and for making

乔布斯传 第108期:现实扭曲力场

Playing by His Own Set of Rules 以自己的游戏规则行事 When Andy Hertzfeld joined the Macintosh team, he got a briefing from Bud Tribble, 安迪赫茨菲尔德加入Mac团队后，另一名软件设计师巴德特里布尔 the other software

在FBI的帮助下，伊克古文物重回家乡

Ancient Iraqi Relics Find Their Way Home with Help from the FBI 在FBI的帮助下，伊克古文物重回家乡 As Operation Iraqi Freedom rolled through Baghdad in the spring of 2003, an estimated 1

2006年VOA标准英语-New Surgery Helps Sinus Sufferers

By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 17 April 2006 watch Sinus Surgery report Many people who live in climates where there is a change of seasons often experience sinus problems. Sinus pain and headaches c

VOA常速英语2007-Conference Says Stem Cell Research is Robust

By Victoria Cavaliere New York 16 October 2007 An annual stem cell research conference in New York has been bringing together some of the field's top scientists to discuss breakthroughs in stem cell research and what proponents call its long-term app

真的有“忘情水”：科学家发现消除不愉快记忆的方法

还记得《美丽心灵的永恒阳光》里的约尔（金凯瑞饰）吗？情人节前夕，当约尔精心准备好礼物，为不久前一次争吵找到克莱门汀（凯特温丝莱特饰）道歉时，他惊讶地发现，克莱门汀根本都

Manhattan memory project: How 9/11 changed our brains

Manhattan memory project: How 9/11 changed our brains You'll probably remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you first learned that passenger jets had crashed into the World Trade Center. People tend to form exceptionally vivid

像婴儿一样学习能提高智力

People who are furrowing their brows over weighty arithmetic puzzles or sweating over wordy text books might want to take note. 对超难度算术题皱眉头或对冗长的课本冒汗的人需要记笔记。 Adults can significantly bulk up their b

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Selective Memory Erasure 选择性记忆删除 Ya?l: Have any unpleasant memories, Don? Don: Sure. Who doesn't? Y: What would you say to having them permanently erased from your brain? D: Without losing other memories? Y: Right. Scientists did just t