Cerumen, it's a lovely word a specially considering that's called ear wax. And we are not the only species that produce this stuff, some whales build up waxes along with lipids and carotene protein into what's called earplugs. And researchers now kno

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute? The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line, but try telling that to electrons: when current flows down a wire, these particles zig and zag, movin

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今天我们要学的词是down to the wire。 Down to the wire, 是直到最后一刻的意思。美国总统大选已经进入倒数计时,星期二一大早,全美各地的投票站就要开门了。 Presidential candidates McCain and Obama ar

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今天我们还要学几个美国总统大选中常用的习惯用语。我们曾经说过,英语词汇很多都来自体育运动。今天要学的第一个习惯用语就来自号称皇家运动的赛马: down to the wire。这里的wire指赛马跑

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今天我们要学的词是down to the wire。 Down to the wire, 是直到最后一刻的意思。美国总统大选已经进入倒数计时,星期二一大早,全美各地的投票站就要开门了。 Presidential candidates McCain and Obama ar

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