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新奇事件簿 道路交通污染危害儿童肺部健康
Road pollution is a serious danger to childrens health. Thats the worrying conclusion of the longest and largest study ever undertaken into the effects of traffic fumes on child development. Researchers from the University of Southern California spen
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新奇事件簿 学校考试磨灭孩子们的好奇心
Making schoolchildren take tests is harming students interest in science, as well as having a negative impact on kids natural curiosity. This is the conclusion of a British university report into science teaching and testing in primary schools. Resea
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新奇事件簿 健康食品真的健康吗？
The salads and healthy pastas we buy to eat well may not be as good for us as we think. Campaigners say a lot of supposedly healthy food should carry a health warning because of the high salt content. The British pressure group Consensus Action on Sa
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新奇事件簿 男人易受同事薪水激励
New research shows that men are not just motivated by money, but also by how much more or less they earn than their colleagues. Traditional thinking was that men were only interested in the size of their pay packets. New findings from a study at the
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新奇事件簿 睡午觉增加中风风险?
People used to believe that taking an afternoon nap was good for their health. However, according to a new report, daytime dozing may actually harm our health, especially in the elderly. A team of American researchers told the recent International St
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新奇事件簿 研究称男人更喜欢红衣女子
A new study suggests that men are more physically attracted to a woman if she wears red clothes. The report from New Yorks University of Rochester conducted different experiments to find out the effects of colour on human relationships. Researchers a
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新奇事件簿 三分之一的食物被浪费
The British government has said that a third of the food the world produces is wasted. It said the high level of food waste in the UK is unacceptable. Over 7 million tons of food is wasted in the UK every year. A British politician, Neil Parish, said
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新奇事件簿 科学家发现喜欢吃塑料垃圾的毛毛虫
A natural solution to the growing crisis of plastic waste in the environment may be at hand. Researchers have discovered that a tiny caterpillar, commonly known as a waxworm, has a taste for plastic. Researchers from Cambridge University in the UK sa
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新奇事件簿 美国糖尿病患者剧增
The rate of diabetes in the USA has almost doubled in the past decade. This is according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP). A spokesperson for the centre said there was now an epidemic in America. There were 9.1 new cases
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新奇事件簿 居住在快餐厅旁边有害健康
New research in the USA says it is unhealthy to live in areas with lots of fast food restaurants. A study by the University of Michigan said people who live within walking distance of fast food restaurants have a 13 per cent higher chance of having a
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新奇事件簿 中国第一艘自主建造航空母舰下水
China's navy is growing stronger and stronger. On Wednesday, it launched its first aircraft carrier that it built completely on its own. China now has two aircraft carriers. The first one was built by Russia and came into service in 2012. The new 50,
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新奇事件簿 英国为女雇员提供卵子冰冻福利
Female workers in the UK are to be offered an unusual perk by their employers. British companies are considering offering egg freezing as a perk. Tech companies like Apple and Facebook already offer egg freezing as a benefit to female employees, and
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新奇事件簿 德国政府帮助工作家庭做家务
Working families in two towns in Germany will get government help with the housework. The towns are in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The government decided to test a new project to help people, especially women, who work overtime. The plan
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新奇事件簿 运动因社交媒体而风靡
A new study has shown that physical activity and exercise are 'contagious' because of social media. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) discovered that people who post details of their exercise patterns and achievements on
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新奇事件簿 涉嫌性别歧视女性课程被改
A high school in Canada has come under fierce criticism on the Internet for a women's studies course it offered to its female students. The online backlash was because the course included what many believed to be sexist subjects that were unfit and i
