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It's the best place in Wenatchee, I said to my husband, as I described the new Pybus Market. This all-year-round(1) shopping center and farmer's market is the latest addition(2) to Wenatchee. It is a real step forward for this town which, up until no

AMERICAN MOSAIC - In Corning New York: A House of Glass

AMERICAN MOSAIC - In Corning New York: A House of Glass By Nancy Steinbach, Nana Demange and Shelley Gollust Broadcast: Friday, September 16, 2005 (THEME) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Spec

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Privacy Concerns Raised About Google Glass Google Glass提出要关注隐私保护 洛杉矶谷歌的最新的高科技设备 Google Glass 因为隐私保护问题一直备受争议. When Professor Marcia Dawkins first heard about Google Glass, she h

CNN 2010-04-21

A volcano in Iceland had been dormant for more than 180 years. But then a few weeks ago, this started. The volcano is erupting, and some scientists say it could last for more than a year. That's about how long it went the last time this happened，th

2007-10-16, Glass Harp - 酒杯竖琴

For centuries, Prague has been a center of art, and home to great composers. Dvorak, Chopin and Tchaikovsky performed their best works here. Inspired by this musical heritage is Alexander Zoltan, who plays a less traditional instrument - the glass ha

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How Does Ice Cool Drinks? Heres something we tend to take for granted: drop a few ice cubes into a glass of water at room temperature, and in a few minutes the water will cool. How does this work? Heat is a measure of molecular activity: the faster a

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Leaves Inspire Better Solar Panels What do leaves and solar panels have in common? Both absorb sunlight and turn it into energy. But while solar panels typically have smooth surfaces, leaves have tiny wrinkles and folds that allow for maximum light a

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What Makes Windshield Glass So Tough? We tend to think of glass as fragilebut in fact, glass is pretty strong stuff. A flawless fiber of glass pulled lengthwise is five times stronger than steel! Although glass is quite strong, its also very brittlea

Bring Me a Glass of Milk

At 2 a. m, Mrs. Culkin was convinced that she had heard a prowler in the living, room. Tiptoe down-stairs, she told her husband. Don' t turn on the lights. Sneak up him before he knows what's happeningDutifully Mr. Culkin put on his robe. Just as he

SSS 2012-02-08

This is Scientific Americans 60 second Science. I'm Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute. Champane, do you drink it out the narrow flute or the the broader, more shallow coupe ? You may notice that your perception of the buble wine chaneled gas escaped from

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Large Windows Could Capture Solar Energy 利用大窗户吸收太阳能 Solar cells have been around since the 1950s. But now there is a race to develop transparent solar cell that can cover windows of buildings and still capture the suns light for e

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A: I came here to get a chest X-ray. B: I will need you to take your clothes off from the waist up and put on the gown, leaving the opening in the back. A: What comes next? B: I will need you to face this glass plate right over here. A: Should I do a

英新护照引发性别歧视口水战

A new UK passport design was launched Tuesday with tougher security measures - but immediately sparked a sexism row. 英国新版护照的设计图周二（11月3日）发布，安全措施更严格，却立刻引发了一场性别歧视口水战。

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Experts say that some of our most innocent habits could induce serious damage to our skin. With these little shifts, you'll outsmart them all and stay smooth and lovely. 专家告诉我们，一些我们平时经常忽视的生活习惯也能减少对皮

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You may have thought all superyachts were created equal. But according to one designer, there is a gap in the market for vessels targeted at the fairer sex. 也许你会觉得超级游艇的建造不分性别，但据一位设计师表示，市场上针

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Malaria killed 435,000 people last year, most of them in Africa. 去年435,000人死于疟疾，其中大部分在非洲。 The parasite that causes the illness is carried by females of some, but not all, species of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles.

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Airplane Contrails Have you ever seen a perfectly cloudless sky? Cloudlessthat isexcept for two or three long white lines smeared across the perfect blue sky by airplanes like smudges on a pane of glass. Why do airplanes sometimes leave contrails beh