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历史上的动物可真巨大！比如，曾经生活在亚洲地区的巨犀 “Paraceratherium” 比两辆双层公交车叠在一起还要高；体型庞大的巨齿鲨 “megalodon” 和阿根廷巨鹰 “Argentavis” 也分别曾在海洋和天空中遨游。本文介绍除了恐龙之外地球上还曾出现过哪些巨大生物，并浅谈这些生物出现的原因。 词汇：animal 动物 1 When thinking of giant animals, dinosaurs might be the first…
设立雄心勃勃的目标来提升自己，但最终却因为种种现实阻碍而没能完成计划的感觉很糟糕。不过比起苛责自己，何不尝试为自己建立一套系统化的方法来维持好习惯呢？本文浅谈长期坚持好习惯的方法。 词汇：habits 习惯 1 It’s day one of a healthier, smarter, better you. You’re full of zest and good intentions.…
不少人会通过午睡来为自己提神或提高注意力。但如果睡得太久或者太晚的话，小睡反而会让人感到更加昏昏沉沉，甚至影响在夜间的正常睡眠。对小睡的依赖还可能代表我们的身体有其它的睡眠或健康问题。本文浅谈小睡对我们身体健康的影响。 词汇：sleep 睡眠 1 Surely, they’re called power naps for a reason? Aren’t naps the key to feeling alert, improving…
乌干达的野生黑猩猩被观察到以多种方式使用药草，以治疗开放性伤口及其它创伤。牛津大学的科学家与布东戈森林的本地团队合作，拍摄并记录下了黑猩猩们用植物为自己或同伴进行急救的画面。 In some of the footage researchers have captured, an adult male dabs a wound with a leaf from a…
28 岁的克里斯·布鲁克斯史密斯曾经一度生活在恐惧之下，担心哪怕吃下极少量的花生就会因过敏致死。在他报名参与一项预防过敏反应的新方法的试验之后，他的生活终于发生了改变。 The method used, known as oral immunotherapy, has already been successful in children and babies with peanut allergies.…
科学家发现，世界上最濒危的两栖动物之一，长相奇异、永远微笑着的墨西哥钝口螈，也叫美西螈，在被放归于人工湿地后能够茁壮成长。 There are hundreds of thousands of Mexican axolotls in laboratories and home aquariums around the world, studied for their…
据科学家称，有城市般大小、宽度可能达到数十公里的冰山曾漂浮在英国近海。研究人员发现了这些漂流的冰山留下的独特刮痕。 Scientists found the deep tracks left by these icebergs by looking at energy companies’ seismic surveys of the North…
尽管自然界的许多物种具备使牙齿反复再生的能力，但人类只有一次换牙期，长出一口健康恒牙的机会也只有一次。不过现在，这个情况或将改变。 Researchers from King’s College and Imperial College developed a material that mimics the environment needed for tooth development, allowing…
根据智库 Ember 发布的一份新报告，2024 年，全球清洁能源发电占比超 40%。但与此同时，导致全球变暖的二氧化碳排放量也上升到了历史最高水平。炎热的天气在推高能源需求总量。 The amount of the world’s electricity generated by solar panels continues to rise sharply to…
一项研究发现，超过一半的英国蝴蝶物种的种群数量长期以来呈下降趋势。公益组织英国蝴蝶监测计划（UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme）称，自该组织 1976 年开始监测蝴蝶种群数量至今，受监测的 59 个品种中有 31 个品种的种群数量都出现了下降。 Once-common butterflies, like the small tortoiseshell, the chalkhill blue and…
科学家在蒙古戈壁沙漠发现了一种罕见的新两指恐龙。虽然这种恐龙长有锋利的长爪，但科学家认为它们并不是凶猛的掠食者。 Therizinosaurs lumbered around the Earth on their hind legs tens of millions of years ago. Some researchers have likened…
Journey back to Victorian London with us for the final episode of The Importance of Being Earnest, based on the…
Journey back to Victorian London with us for the ninth episode of The Importance of Being Earnest, based on the…
Journey back to Victorian London with us for the eighth episode of The Importance of Being Earnest, based on the…
Journey back to Victorian London with us for the seventh episode of The Importance of Being Earnest, based on the…
Journey back to Victorian London with us for the sixth episode of The Importance of Being Earnest, based on the…
Journey back to Victorian London with us for the fifth episode of The Importance of Being Earnest, based on the…
Journey back to Victorian London with us for the fourth episode of The Importance of Being Earnest, based on the…
Journey back to Victorian London with us for the third episode of The Importance of Being Earnest, based on the…
Journey back to Victorian London with us in the second episode of The Importance of Being Earnest, based on the…