This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber .This will just take a minute. How can we improve engines, inhalers and fire extinguishers? Maybe by copying a beetle. The bombardier beetle's name might scare off predators if they

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Kid Rock describes his latest album, Born Free, as organic blues-based rock and roll. Born Free is Kid Rock's first new album in more than three years. He left the comforts of his home studio in Detroit, Michigan to record the collection in Los Angel

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It's been 10 years now since the attacks on September 11, 2001 that killed thousands in America. For families and friends of those killed, the pain is still raw. However, the tragedy has proved a catalyst for one organization to rise out of the rubbl

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Drugmakers and antibiotics 制药商和抗生素 The path of least resistance 最省事的办法 Governments reckon that drug firms' research efforts need a shot in the arm 政府认为需要鼓励药企的研发工作 A GROWING worry in medicine is

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