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遇到能说“你好”和“再见”的鲸鱼

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Finn: Hello, Im Finn. This is 6 Minute English and Im joined this week by Neil. Hello Neil. (Monkey sounds) Finn: Err, Neil? (Monkey sounds) Finn: Neil, are you OK? (Monkey sounds) Finn: Actually that wasn't Neil, you'll be glad to know, he is safe a

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The National Safety Council estimates that 28 percent of all highway accidents and deaths are caused by drivers paying poor attention to the road because theyre holding

无聊对你有好处还是致命呢?

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Whether a man is drawn to a woman's body or her face may depend on whether he sees her as a short-term fling or a long-term lover, according to a new study that discusses evolutionary motivations in dating。 Men who, for the purposes of the study, w

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为何不愉快的事情难以忘怀

A new study has shown that we tend to remember the bad times better than the good. The study, from Boston College psychologist, Elizabeth Kensinger and colleagues, has suggested that we retain and bear in mind events that carry negative emotional bur

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美国发现3个新地球:全都在水瓶座

For centuries it has been one of the most vexing mysteries for mankind: are we, the seven billion inhabitants of this wondrous [en]blue planet really alone, or is there life somewhere out there in the universe? 数百年来，人类一直为一个最大

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The US is on the verge of meeting most of the economic conditions the Federal Reserve has set to increase interest rates next month, according to a member of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee. 负责制定利率的联邦公开市场委员会

Why smells from childhood mean so much

Why smells from childhood mean so much Why does the hint of certain smells instantly transport you back to childhood? It may be because the first smell you associate with an object is given privileged status in the brain Yaara Yeshurun and colleagues

经济学人341:锻炼也会上瘾 奔跑的奥秘

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Ancient carnivorous fish discovered

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非洲发现结核病的起源

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是： When researchers uncover a skeleton, some of the first clues they gather, like age and gender, lie in its morphology, which is the structure, appearance, and size of a skeleton. 当学者们发现一