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科学美国人60秒 SSS Jupiter Moon to Be Searched for Life
Jupiter Moon to Be Searched for Life去欧罗巴寻找生命 And this mission would be NASAs first mission that is directly tasked with searching for signs of life on another world since the Viking Spacecraft were given that task back in the 1970s on
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科学美国人60秒 SSS Early-Life Microbes Ward Off Asthma
Early-Life Microbes Ward Off Asthma太干净也不是好事儿 Asthma is a very prevalent disease in our society now. It wasnt so 50 years ago. And we now realize that the very early life microbes seem to have set you up or not for asthma. 在现在社
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科学美国人60秒 SSS Chaotic Orbits Could Cause Catastrophic Collision
Chaotic Orbits Could Cause Catastrophic Collision花期和生物多样性 As climate change dials up global temperatures, one effect is an earlier flower bloom. But it turns out there's another factor that also means faster flowering: a loss in biodi
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科学美国人60秒 SSS Giant Alien Antenna
(Probably Not a) Giant Alien Antenna强大的外星人光束 The Earth is studded with telescopes, listening for electromagnetic radiation from the great beyond. And a decade ago, astronomers stumbled upon a mysterious signal: a powerful pulse of rad
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科学美国人60秒 SSS Pollinators Shape Plants to Their Preference
Pollinators Shape Plants to Their Preference我的进化来自你的偏好 Honeybees are the charismatic microfauna of the pollination world. But flies, bumblebees, butterflies and mothsthey all pollinate, too. With varying degrees of success. The po
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科学美国人60秒 SSS Teeth Hint at a Friendlier Neandertal
Teeth Hint at a Friendlier Neandertal牙齿的秘密 The paleo dietit's pretty trendy. Eat like a caveman, no dairy, grains, sugar and so on. But what you probably won't find on many paleo plates today? 旧石器时代的饮食非常的时髦。吃的就
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科学美国人60秒 SSS African Penguins Pulled into an Ecological Trap
African Penguins Pulled into an Ecological Trap生态陷阱迷惑了可爱的企鹅 Over millions of years, penguins have evolved a keen sense of where to find food. Once theyre old enough, they set off from the shores on which they hatched for the f
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科学美国人60秒 SSS Poverty Shaves Years off Life
Poverty Shaves Years off Life贫穷是疾病的一大根源 Back in 2011 member countries of the World Health Organization, the WHO, came up with a plan to cut mortality from noncommunicable diseases 25 percent by the year 2025. The program was thus
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科学美国人60秒 SSS Teachers' Racial Biases Have Different Effects for High Versus Low Performer
Teachers' Racial Biases Have Different Effects for High Versus Low Performers平等对待每一个学生 The ways teachers view their students can influence how teachers teach. Which affects how and what students learn. Now a study finds that a teach
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科学美国人60秒 SSS Bring Bronx Zoo To Your Living Room
Bring Bronx Zoo To Your Living Room将动物园带进卧室 There are a lot of misconceptions about what zoos and aquariums are today in the 21st century. 21世纪,人们对动物园和水族馆存在很多误解。 Jim Breheny, Director of the Bro
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科学美国人60秒 SSS UV Rays Strip Small Galaxies of Star Stuff
UV Rays Strip Small Galaxies of Star Stuff紫外线辐射会阻止小星系形成 The sun spews out ultraviolet radiationthat's why you put on sunscreen. But the sun isn't the only UV-producing celestial body. Stars and supermassive black holes produ
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科学美国人60秒 SSS Aggressed-Upon Monkeys Take Revenge on Aggressor's Cronies
Aggressed-Upon Monkeys Take Revenge on Aggressor's Cronies猴子的报复 Dont mess with a monkey. Because if you do, hes might take revengeon your family and friends. Thats according to a study of Japanese macaques, which shows that monkeys keep tra