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The northeast just had its first big snow of the season. Meanwhile, on Titan, it was foggy. That weather report brought to you by researchers publishing in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters. The scientists found that Titan, Saturns largest mo

Hurricane Forecasters Predict Stormy Trend

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VOA标准英语2010年-BP's Damaged Gulf Oil Well to Be Seale

Lee Witt (R) and BP PLC CEO of Gulf Coast Restoration Organization Bob Dudley at a news conference to announce Witt's hiring as advisor to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., 30 Jul 2010 Both U.S. government and BP officials o

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科学美国人60秒 SSS The Arctic's Anti-Snowball Snowball Effect

The Arctic's Anti-Snowball Snowball Effect 北极的反雪球效应 Last Christmas, Santa Claus must have been loading his sleigh in a t-shirt and shorts. Temperatures at the North Pole crept up toward the freezing point when they should have been mi

60秒科学:Fog Found on Saturn's Moon Titan

Fog Found on Saturn's Moon Titan A study in Astrophysical Journal Letters reveals that Titan may be home to the familiar atmospheric condition known as fog--but made out of methane. Karen Hopkin reports The northeast just had its first big snow of th

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Severe Ocean Storms: Behind Nature's P

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NASA Reveals Close-Up Images of Saturn's Mysterious Moon Tit

By Jessica Berman The U.S. space agency has released the first close-up pictures of Titan, Saturn's secretive, giant moon. Photos from the international Cassini spacecraft show the orbiting object shr

Spacecraft Finds Saturn's Rings Dirty and Decaying　

By David McAlary The U.S. Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has found evidence that the giant planet's dazzling rings are decaying and may eventually be gone. And the rings are dirtier than thought,

VOA慢速英语2014 美国国家航空航天局在外太空发现生命

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Arctic's Temperature Continues To Run Hot, Latest 'Report Card' Shows

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Arctic is a huge icy cap on the planet, and it acts like a global air conditioner. But the air conditioner is breaking down. Today, scientists issued a grim report card on the Arctic. They say the pole continues to warm at an

英语听力：自然百科 地球力场 Earth's Force Field—5

If we could flip a switch and just turn off the Earth's magnetic field, it will take about 15,000 years to disappear, based on the rate of decay of the field that we've seen over the last 150 years. It's currently decaying at a rate that would see an

英语听力：自然百科 行星旅行：土星 Saturn—8

Saturns apparently peaceful appearance is due to a haze of high level ammonia in the upper atmosphere, by looking deep into Saturn in the infrared, using the planets own internal heat as a light source, Cassini has revealed the planets true nature. T

60秒科学:Earth's Fried Far-Future Postponed

Earth's Fried Far-Future Postponed A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences adds at least a billion years to the already far-future estimate of when the sun will make Earth too hot to handle. Karen Hopkin reports. [The followin

“慧更斯”号抵达土星卫星

Huygens Spacecraft Arrives at Saturn Moon “慧更斯”号抵达土星卫星 After a seven-year ride to Saturn on the U.S. Cassini spacecraft, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe is finally at

VOA常速英语2008年-Scientists Fit Elusive Leatherback Turtles With

By Paul Sisco Washington 09 April 2008 Leatherback turtles fascinate ocean researchers. The largest of sea turtles roams the world's oceans, nesting and feeding in coastal regions. Scientists say leathernecks have been doing so for at least 65 millio

2007年VOA标准英语-Climate Expert Questions Gore's Global Warming

By Greg Flakus Fort Collins, Colorado 10 July 2007 This past weekend concerts took place around the world to focus attention on the problem of global warming, which former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says is the greatest single threat facing humankin

2007年VOA标准英语-West Africa's Drug Circulation Increases, Worry

By Nico Colombant Dakar 18 June 2007 West Africa is increasingly becoming a transit point -- as well as a stopping point -- for illicit drugs. So far, local governments have proven incapable to combat the trend. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our

美国国家公共电台 NPR Unseasonable Winter Weather Takes A Bite Out Of Georgia's Peach Crop

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Summer's here, of course, that means fresh peaches. When it comes to peaches, lots of people think of Georgia. But Georgia peaches are having a tough year. The state is missing something like 85 percent of its usual crop. Georgia P

学个词Learn a Word 第1621-circulation

今天我们要学的词是 circulation. Circulation 有发行量的意思。美国皮尤研究中心的报告说，报纸虽然不会马上消失，但是，The declines in daily newspaper circulation are unprecedented. 日报发行量的降低是闻所