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Youd think an animal that hops would know how to land. But for a kind of frog, thats not the case. Imagine trying to catch a frog. You reach and they jump, only to land gracefully on their feet a few feet away. It was thought that all frogs moved thi

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This is Scientific American's 60-second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? A team of archeologists working in Jordan has made a discovery that represents a new chapter in the story of our ancestors' move from foraging to farming. The resear

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. It will just take a minute. Picture a sloth and what do you see? Some slow-moving, hairy beasts just hanging around, maybe even catching some Zs, and thats just your husband. OK, ser

SSS 2010-10-13

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Blackjack, slot machines, good ol Texas holdem. People love to gamble. And were not the only ones. A new study shows that pigeons will also pass up a sure

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School is starting, and students across the country are about to spend a lot of time in the classroom and in the library. And as they crack their textbooks open, they're going to hear a lot of familiar advice about how to study right. Sit still, in a

Determine Never to Be Idle: A Simple Productivity Strategy

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Many people formulate a strategy for the game rock, paper, scissors, which they believe is sure to beat the competition. 玩石头、剪刀、布的时候，许多人都有一套自己的策略，他们相信那就是自己制胜的诀窍。 But a ne

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是： But these claims were a bit hollow, because, on the Civilization tech tree, Antarctica wasn't colonizable. Nonetheless, like Monopoly, the optimal colonial strategy is Claim everything you land o

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