This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Are smarter people drown to music, theater and dance? Or does arts training in childhood change the brain in positive ways? In 2004, the philanthropic Dana Foundation cre

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Japan said Tuesday it had successfully extracted methane hydrate, known as fire ice, from its seabed, possibly unlocking many years' worth of gas for the resource-starved country. In what they are claiming as a world first, a consortium is drilling f

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AS IT IS 2016-04-05 Leaked Files Show How Rich Hide Their Money 外泄文件曝富人如何隐藏财富 More than 11 million leaked financial documents show world leaders have used their power to hide money and avoid taxes. 超过11,000,000份泄露的

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Asian tycoon Li Ka-shing is assembling a bid for a majority stake in the gas distribution business of National Grid, the UK electricity network operator, bringing an experienced UK infrastructure investor to the auction that is expected to value the

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A Chinese-led consortium has won a contract for a multi-billion dollar high-speed passenger rail link between Mexico City and the central city of Queretaro. China Railway Construction has teamed up with China Southern Rail in a consortium of companie

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模仿文本: But let's start with Panama. It's one of the most ambitious and expensive engineering projects in the world - the widening of the 100-year-old Panama Canal so it can take new larger container ships. But as of today, the Spanish-led co

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