This is Scientific American 60 Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber, this will just take a minute~ How can we search for life on exoplanets? Step one: examine the Earth as if it were an exoplanet. Thats the idea behind a recent look at earthshine. Res

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This Scientific Americans 60 senconds science. I'm Cythia Graber. This will just take a minute. How did the zebra get stripes. One theory holds that stripes help confused predators. But stripes might be primarilly to protect zebras from ferocious ins

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今天我们要学的词是polarized。 Polarized, 两极分化的。 A polarized society, 两极分化的社会。 The debate over illegal immigration has become polarized lately, 有关非法移民议题而展开的辩论最近日趋两极化。美国

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An Hour before Sunrise 日出前的一小时 An hour before sunrise in the city there is all air of cold, solitary desolation about the noiseless streets, which we are accustomed to see thronged at other times by a busy, eager crowd, and over the qui

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Like Mercury, the earth takes a beating from the sun's violent temper. Flares, sun storms and other solar hissy fits can cause electronic mayhem for the satellites that roam above our heads. Fortunately, the earth is protected from this radiation by

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The Eye of the Dung Beetle A number of animals, including honeybees and butterflies, use sunlights polarization in their navigation s , but the dung beetle is the first animal ever discovered to use moonlights polarization to guide its travels. Polar

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