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发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

Pregnancy brings big physical changes to a woman's body. But what three neuroscientists were more interested in was, what does it do to the womans brain? We were in our 30s, and we were thinking I'd like to have a baby, but look at this, look at this

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年Scientific American(十二)月

Tumeric doesn't just add a little spice to your food, it could also give your brain a jolt. Researchers find that the widely used spice might contain compounds which can help prevent neurological diseases. Many medicines have come from nature. Both a

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十二)月

Obesity Linked to Brain Damage Researchers are beginning to understand why lasting weight loss is so hard. They believe it has to do with damage to the part of the brain thats involved in weight control. If obese people stop overeating, switch to a h

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Alzheimer's disease or AD is an illness that seriously affects senior citizens. It causes memory loss, and patients may even gradually lose some of their basic physical abilities. But now researchers in the U.S. are using technology to reduce memory

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

Not many scientific studies begin like this: Many hours of watching YouTube clips. Trying to find as many yawns as possible. But for Andrew Gallup, an evolutionary psychologist who studies yawning at the State University of New York, it was all in a

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A.D.H.D. is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Children with A.D.H.D. might have trouble paying attention. They might not seem to listen. They might forget things. They might not be able to stay

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Technology Report - Using the Brain to Move a Robotic Arm This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Cathy Hutchinson is a tetraplegic. She has not been able to move her arms, legs or speak since suffering a stroke nearly fifteen years ago. R

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EXPLORATIONS - Three Books That Explore the Human Brain SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we discuss three books that tell about ways the human brain works. One book

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US Trying to Stop 'Reverse Brain Drain' The U.S. Congress is debating how to overhaul the nations immigration system in an effort to get foreign nationals who earn advanced degrees at American universities to stay and work in the country to help the

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By Bernard Shusman Rye, New York 20 October 2009 Bob Woodruff in Iraq In 2006, ABC News correspondent and television anchorman Bob Woodruff was wounded while covering the war in Iraq. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and was not expected to surv

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Imagine that you're a musician. (SOUNDBITE OF SAXOPHONE MUSIC) SIEGEL: And imagine that you discover you have a brain tumor right near the part of your brain that's key to playing your instrument. Well, there's a team of doctors

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简单.jpg 释义: Brain:头脑,脑袋;brainer:费脑筋的事情,与脑袋没什么关系; in English:it means anything that requires minimal brain activity to accomplish. Usually said about decisions that are made, implying the deci

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Research conducted on some 200 former American football players has found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, including professionals all the way down the ranks to high-school players. It's one of the most

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今天我们来学几个由bird这个词发展而来的习惯用语。你一定知道bird就是鸟。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是: bird-brain。 Brain是头脑。鸟儿有个小小的脑袋,所以里面的脑子也必然是小小的。要是

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Brain's Speech Center Finally Talks In a study in the journal Science, researchers analyzed the inner workings of Broca's area, long known as the brain's speech center, in pre-op brain surgery patients. Cynthia Graber reports In 1865, Pierre Paul Bro

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It is called crib death or SIDS which stands for sudden infant death syndrome. Parents put a seemingly healthy infant to sleep and return to find the baby has stopped breathing. The causes remain a mystery, but new research suggests a chemical imbala

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Have you heard the expression, bird

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Alzheimer's disease or AD is an illness that seriously affects senior citizens. It causes memory loss, and patients may even gradually lose some of their basic physical abilities. But now researchers in the U.S. are using technology to reduce memory

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

Pre-Listening Vocabulary whine: to complain in a way that annoys others receptor: a cell or nerve that responds to a sense roof of ones mouth: the palate; above the top of the tongue contract: get smaller overreact: to act as if a minor problem is a

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