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一台埋在南极冰层中的探测器为人们了解银河系提供了一个前所未有的视角。研究人员们用收集到的数据制作了一张模糊而美丽的银河系图像，但这张图像其实是由 “幽灵粒子” 中微子组成的。 Neutrinos, or ‘ghost particles‘ as they’re known, are made when cosmic rays that are rattling around space at near light speed, smash into other matter. Astronomers say…

巴西的研究人员们一直在试验培育天然低咖啡因的咖啡豆。他们希望开发出一个具有商业潜力的咖啡豆品种，以替代目前市场上需人工处理才能得到的低因咖啡。 For the last few years, researchers at the Instituto Agronomico de Campinas in Brazil have been interbreeding different coffee plants that are naturally very low in caffeine in order…

一颗用于绘制建筑物热量特征图的新型英国卫星已经发射升空。发射这个航天器的目的是让人们看到那些浪费能源并可以从更好的隔热层中受益的住宅。 The relatively small spacecraft is called, appropriately, HotSat, and it’ll act like a thermometer in the sky. Its infrared sensor, developed with funds from the UK and European space…

在哥斯达黎加的一家动物园里，人们发现了首个美洲鳄单性繁殖的案例。这只雌性美洲鳄产下的胎儿与母亲的基因相似度达99.9%。 The egg was laid by an 18-year-old female American crocodile in Parque Reptiliana in January 2018. The foetus inside was fully formed, but stillborn, so didn’t hatch. The mother…

濒危兰花品种佛罗里达鬼兰首次在英国开花。这株兰花近日被运至位于伦敦西南部的英国皇家植物园 —— 邱园（Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew）展出。 The Florida Ghost Orchid, or Dendrophylax lindenii, gets its name from its striking white flower, which resembles a ghost floating in the air. 佛罗里达鬼兰，又名…

研究人员在一名瘫痪的男子大脑中植入了信号传导装置，这名男子现在仅通过思维控制就能行走，他说这项医学突破改变了他的生活。 People who have a spinal injury are often unable to walk because the signals from the brain can’t get to the leg muscles when the nerves in between have…

世界上最著名的沉船——泰坦尼克号残骸的全尺寸3D扫描首度公开。 The Titanic lies nearly 4,000 metres down in the Atlantic, but she’s so huge that in the gloom, cameras can only show tantalising snapshots of the decaying ship –…

西班牙画家巴勃罗·毕加索以他的立体主义和超现实主义作品而闻名。不过近期一场毕加索的雕塑展在他的家乡西班牙马拉加开幕。 Picasso may be better known for his Cubist and Surrealist paintings. But the artist was a prolific sculptor, producing around 700 works in his lifetime. 毕加索更为人所知的可能是他的立体主义和超现实主义绘画。但除此之外，这位艺术家还是一位多产的雕塑家，一生共创作了约700件雕塑作品。 This exhibition, entitled…

据专家介绍，在英国威尔士中部发现了世界上最重要的化石沉积层之一。新发现的化石数量多，遗址位于波伊斯郡兰德林多德威尔斯附近。为了开展工作，研究人员不得不筹资购买显微镜设备。 Researchers at Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales – found the fossils in rocks which were laid down under the sea more than 460 million years ago when mid Wales…

一项受英国广播公司委托开展的研究显示，英国人在家里自制一个奶酪三明治所需的食材成本在一年内上涨了超过三分之一。英国超市出售的鸡肉、鸡蛋和火腿等三明治所需的配料的价格飙升，连面包的价格也有所上涨。 The retail research firm Assosia analysed the average price of own-brand ingredients that make up a packed lunch from several major supermarkets. 零售研究公司 Assosia 分析了几家英国大型超市自有品牌便当食材的平均价格。 Its findings suggest that…

如果你能用格陵兰岛和南极洲在过去30年里损失的冰做成一个正方体的冰块，这个冰块将高达2万米。 Satellites able to monitor the elevation and velocity of ice have been flying routinely over the poles, now, since the early 90s. And a group of scientists, known as…

英国国王查尔斯三世（King Charles III）的加冕典礼将于今年5月6日星期六在伦敦威斯敏斯特教堂举行。仪式期间，王后卡米拉将与国王一同被加冕。 It will be on a more modest scale than the coronation of the late Queen Elizabeth, with far fewer guests in Westminster Abbey and a procession back…

英国及其海外领地的七处景点正在申报 “联合国教科文组织世界遗产” 的称号。 In total, there are more than 1,100 World Heritage sites across the globe, including the pyramids and the Great Barrier Reef. 全球共有1100多处世界遗产，包括金字塔和大堡礁。 The Government has now submitted…

荷兰尼莫科学博物馆（NEMO Science Museum）展出了一个用已灭绝的猛犸象的脱氧核糖核酸（DNA）制成的肉丸。澳大利亚公司 Vow Foods 为一个寻找替代肉类生产方法的项目培植了这个肉丸，为世界首例。 Sadly, I’m yet to taste the woolly mammoth meatball. But I can tell you it’s been made by making the DNA sequence for a…

（本节目使用的音频资源于2023年3月下旬发表。） 联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯将一份有关气候变化的重要新报告称为 “人类生存指南”。 There is some good news in today’s report. The scientists point out that the costs of many key, low-carbon technologies: solar power, wind turbines, and batteries have…

美国国家航空航天局（Nasa）发布了供人类重返月球穿着的新一代航天服。这个新颖的设计具有专门支持宇航员在月球表面进行科学实验的功能。 Nasa executives call it ‘the spacesuit for a new generation’ – one which in 2025 will take astronauts back to the Moon for the first time in 50 years.…

中国的考古学家们称，他们发现了他们认为是世界上最古老的抽水马桶。 During excavations of ancient palace ruins in the central city of Xi’an in the summer, archaeologists unearthed broken parts of the old toilet as well as a bent flush…

学校是否能允许学生在做家庭作业时使用由人工智能生成的内容？国际文凭组织（International Baccalaureate）是一个为青少年提供水平考试替代方案的机构。该组织表示，学生可以在作文或论文中使用 ChatGPT （“聊天生成型预训练变换模型”，一种人工智能聊天机器人程序）生成的内容。 ChatGPT has taken the world by storm since it launched last November. The AI chatbot answers questions online in text form in a human-like way, and…

如果你昨晚做了一个不愉快的梦，这可能起到积极的作用。因为研究表明，睡眠中感到害怕有助于在清醒时控制恐惧。 Our dreams – why we have them and what’s in them – has long been a subject of fascination. Now, a new study, published in the journal Human Brain…

英国的商业街药店计划向顾客出售一种备受争议的减肥注射剂，名为 “Wegovy”。包括推特所有者埃隆·马斯克在内的一些名人都使用过这种减肥注射剂。 You have to be obese or overweight and have certain linked medical conditions to qualify for Wegovy. And it must be prescribed and overseen by a doctor. 你必须肥胖或超重，并有与肥胖有关的健康问题才有资格使用…