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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. You've probably take you depth perception for granted. It allows you to easily judge distances. Each eye sends a different signal to the brain, and the

VOA慢速英语2018--医生有了诊断乳腺癌的新工具

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比尔·盖茨接受网友公开提问 大谈成功之道

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SSS 2010-10-05

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to the University of Manchesters Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for their investigations of the two-dimensional material graphene

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VOA慢速英语2015 与互联网连接的冰箱和炉灶

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英语词汇：什么是QR码？

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TED演讲 :飞向海洋(3)

And then our mothers tell us, Careful you don't fall down, because you'll fall over. 然后母亲告诉我们，没有跌倒也要小心，因为你还会掉下来。 Now, go into the real atmosphere of this planet. 现在，进入这个行星真正的

TED演讲 :飞向海洋(2)

Well, it's the relative importance. 就是二者间的相对重要性。 You would say-yeah, yeah, yeah, we all know this;water covers twice the area of the planet than dry land. 也许你会说，是，是，是，我们都知道，地球上水覆盖的

60秒科学:Genome: Now in 3-D!

Genome: Now in 3-D! In a study in the journal Science, researchers report the mapping of the three-dimensional structure of the human genome, and the finding that the cell's nucleus is divided into two regions, one where DNA goes to get expressed. Cy

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Scientists from the University of Central Florida (UCF) have created a supercapacitor battery prototype that works like new even after being recharged 30,000 times. 来自中佛罗里达大学（UCF）的科学家已经创造了一个超级电容电池

中国银联推二维码支付标准 能与支付宝、微信一战吗?

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每日一词【424】in-depth：深入的

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英闻天下——152 3D Printing in Beijing

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TED演讲 4D打印机的诞生(2)

So I'd like to propose that we can combine those two worlds, that we can combine the world of the nanoscale programmable adaptive materials and the built environment. 所以我建议把这两个世界结合起来，把纳米级上可程序化、能自我

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