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新奇事件簿 睡前看视频对儿童睡眠不利
New research shows that it is bad for children to watch TV, tablet or mobile phone screens before bedtime. Researchers from the University of Colorado found that screen time before sleeping damages children's health. The researchers looked at over 60
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新奇事件簿 疟疾呼吸测试器帮助数百万人
Scientists have developed a breathalyzer to test people for malaria. The device could help detect the deadly disease much earlier than other methods and thus help millions of people around the world. The researchers, from Washington University in St
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新奇事件簿 今日头条10亿美元收购抖音视频app
A Chinese media company has bought the hugely popular social video app Musical.ly for $1 billion. Many people pronounce Musical.ly as musically. The Chinese company is a technology giant called Bytedance. The company hopes it will become the first Ch
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新奇事件簿 网上商城虚假评论泛滥
A consumer watchdog in the UK has reported that many Internet sites are full of fake reviews. The UK's Competition and Market Authority (CMA) believes there are millions of reviews on sites for hotels, restaurants, theatres and online stores that hav
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新奇事件簿 小虫子喜欢藏在房间的什么位置?
Scientists have discovered where bugs most like to live in your house. There is a rich diversity of insects and other creepy-crawlies we share our homes with and they all have particular tastes regarding accommodation. Researchers from universities i
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新奇事件簿 动起来,避免久坐的健康危害
If you spend most of your days sitting at school, work, at a computer or stretched out on a couch at home, you may be taking up to two years off your life. It is common knowledge that a sedentary lifestyle increases the risk of heart disease, type 2
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新奇事件簿 高血压患者新增数百万
Millions more people around the world have high blood pressure. This news came earlier this week when the American Heart Association (AHA) changed the numbers at which high blood pressure starts. For many decades, doctors said high blood pressure sta
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新奇事件簿 日本火车提前20秒开车后道歉
Train companies in Japan are renowned for their punctuality. Many people claim Japan's rail network is the envy of the world. Others say you can set your own watch using a Japanese train's departure. Most rail companies around the world apologize to
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新奇事件簿 数千人呼吁穆加贝辞职
There could be a big change in Zimbabwe. Thousands of people are in the streets asking for President Robert Mugabe to resign. The army removed President Mugabe from power on Wednesday. It was angry after Mr Mugabe fired his deputy president. This mea
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新奇事件簿 研究称睫毛防止眼睛干燥
Scientists have come up with answers to the age-old question of why eyelashes are the length they are. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology conducted a variety of tests on the lashes of 22 different mammals. One was to create a special
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新奇事件簿 英国女王庆祝结婚70周年纪念日
The United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 70th wedding anniversary on Monday with her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen walked down the aisle as a 21-year-old princess on November 20, 1947. She is the first British mona
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新奇事件簿 男子进行火箭旅行证明地球是平的
An American scientist is going to try and prove his belief that the Earth is flat. The man's name is Mike Hughes and he is 61 years old. He is a flat-Earther someone who believes that the Earth is flat and not round. He has been interested in science
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新奇事件簿 光污染带走夜晚黑暗
The amount and brightness of light from towns and cities around the world is at such a high level that it is reducing the darkness of night. Once upon a time, when night-time fell, we were plunged into darkness. Things are different, and brighter tod
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新奇事件簿 法国努力终止针对女性的暴力
French President Emmanuel Macron has started a new project to try and bring an end to violence against women. The project aims to educate the public and schoolchildren about sexism and violence against women. It will also improve police support for v
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新奇事件簿 研究显示失业人员精神压力巨大
A new survey from Britain shows that a third of young, unemployed people regularly fall apart emotionally. They are so stressed or unhappy that they cannot control their emotions, so they have problems living anormal life. The survey is from a youth
