After 'Gen X', Today's Young Might be Gen E Americans like to give names to generations. We call those who lived through World War II, the Greatest Generation; those who came of age reading the beatnik poets of the 1950s, the Beat Generation; those f

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Ever get a ringing in your ears after a loud blast of music on your iPod? Thats one example of the usually temporary condition called tinnitus, the sensation of sound even when no sound is being produced. But a new inventioncreated by high school stu

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. When we think about how to represent sound visually, most of us probably picture those volume-dependent sine waves. But thats not how John Stuart Reid

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A: Can you tell me where it hurts? B: I am so glad they called you. It feels like something is really wrong with my stomach! A: Does it hurt when I push here? B: Its mostly on my right side. Right here! A: Have you been feeling this way for awhile? B

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1. Cyber Sickness 晕屏症 Also called digital motion sickness, symptoms that range from headaches to woozy feelings can occur when you quickly scroll on your smart phone or watch action-packed video on your screen. 这种病也被称为数字晕车,

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Why Don't Snorers Wake Themselves Up? Anyone who's ever slept in the same room as a loud snorer knows how infuriating it is to have to suffer through all that noise while the offending party remains blissfully oblivious and asleep. Loud snorers can w

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