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Many of the Burgess specimens have now been assigned to living phyla just where Walcott put them in the first place. 许多布尔吉斯标本现在已经归到活着的动物的门里就是沃尔科特最初放置它们的地方。 Hallucigenia and s

SSS 2011-03-29

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? To keep your car purring, you have to change the oil. Such maintenance produces eight billion gallons of used motor oil annually. Some waste oil does get re-refined to pro

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Steve Mirsky.Got a minute? Talk about your vicious cycles. A new study finds that belly fat could be making you hungrier. Which would lead to more belly fat. The research was performed at the Univ

SSS 2009-11-13

Algae seem harmless enough. These precursors to plants thrive throughout the world's waters. But these single-celled plants have global consequences. We can thank them for oxygen in the atmosphere, oil in the lithosphere as well as dead zones in the

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cDonald's, the world's largest fast-food hamburger chain, is providing Shanghai customers with the opportunity to craft their own burgers with touchscreen kiosks. The Create Your Taste campaign was launched by the company at the end of June to let pe

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China's fast-growing service sector has become a new magnet for overseas investors looking for opportunities in the country, a report from Industrial Bank Co said. 兴业银行的一份报告称，我国迅速增长的服务业已成为吸引在中国寻

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Researchers make sperm from stem cell in dish

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China reviews anti-dumping measures on Japanese chloroprene rubber

BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday started to review anti-dumping measures it imposed on chloroprene rubber imported from a Japanese company, the Ministry of Commerce said. The move came after the ministry received complaints that Japan E

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BEIJING, Aug.2 (Xinhua) -- China's top securities broker, CITIC Securities, responded on Sunday to claims that it has short-sold Chinese shares. On Friday, the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges restricted trading of 24 accounts as they were suspected o

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Donald Trump has threatened to overturn two decades of US economic policy by questioning the strong value of the dollar, raising fears that his presidency could set off a new round of currency wars between the big economies. 唐纳德`特朗普(Donal

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Even if the grand coalition staggers on, Mrs Merkel should not hang around for long. 即使大联盟政府摇摇欲坠，默克尔也不应该浪费太多时间。 The CDU, when it gathers in December at the congress that will now choose a new party

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The state of the Chinese economy dominated the QA session when Premier Li Keqiang met the press after the annual NPC session. This year's GDP growth target has been set to around 7 percent. Last year the country registered the lowest rate of growth s

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When we speak, we have about 60 seconds to capture our audiences attention, establish credibility, orient them to our topic, and motivate them to listen, says Darlene Price, president of Well Said, Inc., and author of Well Said! Presentations and Con

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