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第2736期:Orcas seen 'massaging' each other with kelp
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It looks like some kind of underwater ballet: two killer whales rubbing their bodies together as they move through the water. What's trickier to see i...
第2735期:Extreme day trips
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can't beat a holiday, but would you ever consider going away for just one day? Extreme day trips are a new trend that squeeze internatio...
第2734期:Forget hustle culture. Behold the Artist Corporation(3)
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Now these are simple things for many businesses to do, but they're very hard for creative people to do. But artist corporations will take these same c...
第2733期:Forget hustle culture. Behold the Artist Corporation(2)
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eventually I got so frustrated, I started a new project to help creative people release work together. It's called Metalabel. And one of the first rel...
第2732期:Forget hustle culture. Behold the Artist Corporation(1)
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So if you want to understand how challenging the future could be for creative people, just look at what's happening with musicians right now. Up until...
第2731期:How to deal with milestone birthday blues
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When's your next big birthday? How do you feel about that? Do you feel you need to do something spectacular to mark it? Are you excited by the prospec...
第2730期:Why you should be able to vote on your phone(3)
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ballot pops up on my screen, and the ballot itself is simple and easy to use, and I go through it, I take my time, no rush. Whenever I'm ready, I hit ...
第2729期:Why you should be able to vote on your phone(2)
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About a decade or so ago, I helped run a lot of the campaigns around the US to legalize Uber. And I know that now when you guys think of Uber, it's th...
第2728期:Why you should be able to vote on your phone(1)
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So let me ask you a question. How many of you do your banking, your health care on your phones? Right, of course you do. How about like, your love lif...
第2727期:Traveling by Plane
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You listed travel as one of your passions.你说旅行是你的兴趣之一。Yeah. But actually my passion is airport to airport, what happens betwee...
第2726期:The razor-thin line between contagion and connection(3)
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The phenomenon that many people believe is a mass psychogenic illness, with a particularly modern twist.许多人认为这是一种群体性心因疾病...
第2725期:The razor-thin line between contagion and connection(2)
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The spread of the contagion tends to be a function of how connected the victims are to each other. So students at a small town high school, or workers...
第2724期:The razor-thin line between contagion and connection(1)
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I make audio documentaries, and I recently spent some time in a town called Le Roy, New York. It's a town about 50 miles outside of Buffalo. It's a sm...
第2723期:Archaeologists pieced together Roman wall fragments
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Piecing together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old plaster has been the ultimate archaeological jigsaw puzzle, but stunning frescoes have emerg...
第2722期:New species of dinosaur discovered
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's been named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, which means 'Dragon Prince of Mongolia', and the University of Calgary scientists say that this species is a...
第2721期:Can we create the perfect city soundscape?
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Picture your dream living room. You're sitting on the sofa with the window open. What do you hear? Is it the sound of a flowing river? The murmuring o...
第2720期:Why is it so hard to get rid of bed bugs?(2)
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If they find themselves in a particularly cool environment, they can enter a dormant state and survive over a year without feeding. While bedbugs can ...
第2719期:Why is it so hard to get rid of bed bugs?(1)
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1834, the British Royal Navy ship, the Chanticleer, was dealing with a terrible cockroach infestation. The ship's surgeon, however, wrote enthusias...
第2718期:I'll probably lose my job to AI(3)
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So a final thought experiment. Imagine trying to explain your life right now to a Luddite. Better yet, just imagine trying to explain the life of some...
第2717期:I'll probably lose my job to AI(2)
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Very few people in this room have ever worried about how they were going to obtain food or shelter or heat, or how they were going to bury a child who...
第2716期:I'll probably lose my job to AI(1)
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Well, I gather I'm not the only one who spends a lot of time thinking about AI these days. And by think I mean panic.嗯，我想，最近花大量时...
第2715期:How much do you really know about Ancient Rome?(2)
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And finally, the ammonia in urine does indeed make for an excellent stain-fighting solution, which is why Roman launderers often placed buckets on str...
第2714期:How much do you really know about Ancient Rome?(1)
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you not entertained? And this is what you think of us. O tempora! O mores!你们难道不开心吗？你们就是这么想我们的。啊，时代...
第2713期:Babies' first bacteria could prevent infection
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We come out of the womb sterile, but that doesn't last for long. All the nooks and crannies of the human body soon become home to microbial life. In t...
第2712期:Golden eagles return to English skies
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once widespread around the UK, persecution from farmers and gamekeepers meant Britain's second biggest bird of prey had disappeared from England and W...
第2711期:Beating brain fog
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever wake up with a fuzzy feeling in your head, you can't concentrate on anything, or find your memory just isn't working as it should? You're ...
第2710期:What can magic teach us about the brain
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You've probably seen the impossible happen, or at least thought you have. When a magician makes a card disappear, or throws a ball into the air, only ...
第2709期:Ethical dilemma: Should knowledge be free?(2)
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One answer comes from 19th-century philosopher G.W.F. Hegel. He argues that control over our intellectual creations is crucial to the quest for person...
第2708期:Ethical dilemma: Should knowledge be free?(1)
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The mystical city of Ockham is famous for its college of magic. Here, genius spellcasters invent incantations and publish them in enchanted scrolls th...
第2707期:Are there really dead wasps in figs?
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, a US grocer recalled over 10,000 cases of broccoli cheddar soup over concerns they contained too much of an unintended ingredient. That ingre...
第2706期:How to Protect Communications through Encryption(2)
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Samsung, which sells Android smartphones, also indirectly described the issue in a small area at the bottom of a press release last month. Samsung sai...
第2705期:How to Protect Communications through Encryption(1)
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. cybersecurity officials are advising people to use encryption in their communications after a major hacking campaign.在重大黑客运动之后，...
第2704期:Top Technology Stories of 2024(2)
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About one year ago, an American jury found that Google’s app store operates as an illegal monopoly. Then in August 2024, a federal judge ruled that ...
The physics behind Einstein’s most famous equation
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, one equation has been the bane of humans hoping to explore the stars: E...
第2703期:Top Technology Stories of 2024(1)
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout 2024, we saw further development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems and new legal action brought against technology companies. Here is...
第2707期:What Did People Search for in 2023?
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google, the most popular internet search engine, releases its “Year in Search 2023” this week.Google是最受欢迎的Internet搜索引擎，本周...
第2706期:Messi's napkin contract promise sells for £762,400
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The auction house described the item on sale as a 'standard Spanish waxy napkin'. Though it's safe to say the buyer is unlikely to use it to wipe thei...
第2705期:Morning shower or evening shower: Which is best?
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you need an energising blast of water in the morning to wake you up for the day? Or do you prefer a relaxing, warm shower in the evening to help yo...
第2704期:Remembering Newsmakers Who Died in 2023(3)
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turner sold more than 150 million records worldwide and won 12 Grammys. The performer was voted along with Ike Turner into the Rock and Roll Hall of F...
第2703期:Remembering Newsmakers Who Died in 2023(2)
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kissinger helped restore ties between the United States and China. He also negotiated the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam.基辛格帮助恢复了美国和...
第2702期:Remembering Newsmakers Who Died in 2023(1)
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2024 is just hours away. Before the world welcomes a new year, we remember some of the influential people who died in 2023.2024年只有几个小时的...
第2701期:French Nun Who Beat COVID-19 Celebrates 117th Birthday
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A French religious worker who survived COVID-19 celebrated her 117th birthday on Thursday.一名在Covid-19中幸存下来的法国宗教工作者在周...
第2700期:Brazilian Nun Is World’s Oldest Person at 116(2)
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She started religious work when she was a teenager. She spent two years in Montevideo, Uruguay, before moving to Rio de Janeiro. She later settled in ...
第2699期:Brazilian Nun Is World’s Oldest Person at 116(1)
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sister Inah Canabarro was born in 1908. She was six years old when The First World War began in 1914.艾纳·卡纳巴罗（Inah Canabarro）姐妹出...
第2698期:Wild chimpanzees filmed using forest 'first aid'
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In some of the footage researchers have captured, an adult male dabs a wound with a leaf from a plant that's also gathered by local people for medicin...
第2697期:What Is 'Cozy Cardio?'
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new kind of exercise idea is becoming popular in the United States. Social media is bringing attention to “cozy cardio.” It means doing light ca...
第2696期:Recent Death Brings Attention to Alaskapox Virus
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Health officials in the American state of Alaska have known for nine years about a virus causing rare, mild illness. But a recent case that resulted i...
第2695期:What is the Brain Condition Frontotemporal Dementia?
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A brain wasting disease called frontotemporal dementia has gained attention after television and film personalities said they suffered from it.电视和...
第2694期:Marriages in South Korea Rise Slightly
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The number of marriages in South Korea rose in 2023 for the first time in more than ten years.十多年来，韩国的婚姻数量在2023年首次增加...
第2693期:How to make a good apology
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apologising is one of the first relationship skills we're taught as children. "Say sorry to your friend for stealing his toy", "Apologise to your moth...
第2692期:Birth Rate Increase Last Year Unclear
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2024, the number of babies born in South Korea increased for the first time in nine years. The change is welcome news for a country that is dealing...
第2691期:Prehistoric Humans Were Not Very Nutritious
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prehistoric people may have hunted and killed other members of their own species and eaten them, but probably not for food.史前的人可能已经狩...
第2690期:'African' Dinosaur Discovered in Morocco
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Evidence of one of the last dinosaurs to live in Africa has been discovered in Morocco.在摩洛哥发现了最后一个居住在非洲的恐龙之一...
第2689期:Can people be freed from peanut allergy?
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The method used, known as oral immunotherapy, has already been successful in children and babies with peanut allergies. But it wasn't clear if adult a...
第2688期:The problem with glitter
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pretty, sparkly, and really hard to get rid of. Forms of glitter have been used for decoration since at least Aztec times and can be found on ornament...
第2687期:Scientists Discover a Dinosaur with Shiny
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists recently announced the discovery of a small, bird-like dinosaur from China which had unusual, colorful feathers.科学家最近宣布发现...
第2686期:Saving the wild axolotl
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are hundreds of thousands of Mexican axolotls in laboratories and home aquariums around the world, studied for their remarkable ability to regro...
第2685期:Film set magic
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From painted foam pieces resembling delicious feasts to engineered weather, the magic of film relies on hidden details unknown and usually invisible t...
第2684期:Tests Suggest 10,000-Year-Old Brit Had Dark Skin
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Genetic material from a 10,000-year-old skeleton suggests the oldest-known Briton had dark skin and blue eyes.来自10，000年历史的骨骼的遗传...
第2683期:Early Humans Were Not as Simple as One Would Think
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists have discovered evidence that some of the earliest members of the human race, Homo sapiens, were surprisingly advanced.科学家发现了证...
Scientists Discover a Dinosaur with Shiny, Color-Changing Feathers
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists recently announced the discovery of a small, bird-like dinosaur from China which had unusual, colorful feathers.科学家最近宣布发现...
第2682期:Finger Bone Found in Saudi Arabia is 90,000 Years Old
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A finger bone is pointing to what scientists are calling a new understanding of how ancient human beings came out of Africa and began settling the res...
第2681期:Scientists Identify Genes Behind Humans' Big Brains
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists have identified three genes that may have played an important part in a major development in human evolution.科学家已经确定了三个...
第2680期:Study Confirms Unusual Fossils Came from an Animal
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists say they have confirmed that strange-looking fossils from more than 500 million years ago are remains of an animal.科学家说，他们已...
第2679期:Ancient Sea Creatures Found Off Coast of Angola
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of years ago, many large, strange-looking sea creatures lived in what is now the South Atlantic Ocean. A museum in Washington, D.C., is givin...
第2678期:Tortoise Not Seen for Over 110 Years Found on Galapagos
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A kind of tortoise not seen in more than 110 years has been found in the Galapagos Islands.在加拉帕戈斯群岛已经发现了一种超过110年的...
第2677期:New England Seeing a Rise in Beached Sea Turtles
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At an animal hospital in the Northeast United States, a biologist takes blood from a sick loggerhead sea turtle named Honey Bun. 在美国东北部...
第2676期:Major Drop in Leatherback Sea Turtle Population(2)
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Now, just as scientists are beginning to fully understand these unusual creatures, the turtles are quickly disappearing. Similar population decreases ...
第2675期:Major Drop in Leatherback Sea Turtle Population(1)
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists say there has been a major drop in the population of leatherback sea turtles off the U.S. West Coast. 科学家说，美国西海岸的...
第2674期:Fingerprints of city-sized icebergs found off UK coast
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists found the deep tracks left by these icebergs by looking at energy companies' seismic surveys of the North Sea. It showed icebergs...
第2673期:Tooth grown in laboratory by scientists
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers from King's College and Imperial College developed a material that mimics the environment needed for tooth development, allowing cells to ...
第2672期:Outdoor shoes in the house: What are the dangers?
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Welcome! Shoes off please." In many Asian countries, removing shoes when you enter someone's home is expected – it shows respect and ensures cleanl...
第2671期:Turning uncertainty into opportunity
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Starting a new job, moving house, quitting your job to start a new business – all of these can be great opportunities, but all of them can lead to u...
第2670期:Birds of Prey in Decline with Loss of Habitat
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Birds of prey, also known as raptors, are species of birds that feed almost entirely on meat that they hunt. A new report shows that these birds are d...
第2669期:US Fish and Wildlife Service Declares Species Extinct(2)
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Fish and Wildlife Service warned that climate change, combined with other environmental pressures, could make such disappearances more common. As ...
第2668期:US Fish and Wildlife Service Declares Species Extinct(1)
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has identified 23 species it says are now extinct. 美国鱼类和野生动物服务局已经确定了...
第2667期:South Florida Has a Peacock Problem
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The large, colorful birds called peacocks have spent the last 20 years walking through cities in South Florida with nothing to worry about. They are p...
第2666期:Animal-linked NFTs Raise Money for African Reserve(2)
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Wallington is the co-founder of WildEarth. He said the project allowed followers to gain a sense of responsibility in the protection of the ani...
第2665期:Animal-linked NFTs Raise Money for African Reserve(1)
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
WildEarth works to protect animals through broadcasts and other technology. It is now creating NFTs linked to 25 popular animals in the protected wild...
第2664期:Nigeria's 'Waste Museum' Shows Waste Can Turn to Wealth
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jumoke Olowookere’s latest works are made from used vehicle tires painted in red, yellow and green. The creations join a collection of used plastic,...
第2663期:Chinese Debate Fireworks Ban
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese lawmakers recently entered a fierce online debate on whether fireworks should be used to celebrate the Lunar New year this February. They said...
第2662期:Food of Choice for Lunar New Year
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dong Tao chicken has been a food of choice for generations in Vietnam for the Lunar New Year, or Tet. 东陶鸡一直是越南几代人的首选食...
第2664a期:Philippine Designer Makes Women’s Clothes Out of Waste
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leonora Buenviaje has been making women’s clothes out of waste materials, usually dresses. She says wearing clothes made from waste materials can be...
第2661期:Former Pilot Makes Halloumi Cheese the Old Ways(2)
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
But there is a dispute within Cyprus about what makes true Halloumi cheese. Should it be made from cow’s milk which has a mellower taste? Or should ...
第2660期:Former Pilot Makes Halloumi Cheese the Old Ways(1)
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a recent cold winter night in the Cypriot capital Nicosia, long lines of people began to form in a public parking area. The crowd was gathering for...
第2659期:Greek Grandmother Makes Scarves for Children in Need
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In her small home in the capital of Greece, Athens, 93-year-old Ioanna Matsouka has knit thousands of brightly colored scarves for children in need fr...
第2658期:Clean energy generates 40% of world's electricity
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The amount of the world's electricity generated by solar panels continues to rise sharply to nearly 7% of global supply. 全球太阳能电池板...
第2657期:Nature's giants
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When thinking of giant animals, dinosaurs might be the first creatures you think of. But before the dinosaurs became extinct, and before the first eve...
第2656期:World’s 5th Tallest Building Opens in South Korea
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The fifth-tallest building in the world, the Lotte World Tower, has opened in Seoul, South Korea. 世界第五高建筑乐天世界塔已在韩国...
第2655期:Skyscrapers, Made in America
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Skyscrapers were invented in the United States. 摩天大楼是在美国发明的。 Two new technological developments made very tall build...
第2654期:More than half of butterfly species in long-term decline
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once-common butterflies, like the small tortoiseshell, the chalkhill blue and the small copper, had their worst year ever in 2024. The latest figures ...
第2653期:Small steps to build long-lasting habits
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's day one of a healthier, smarter, better you. You're full of zest and good intentions. You woke up at 5am to run before work, you read a book in y...
第2652期:Naps might not be as good for you as you think
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Surely, they're called power naps for a reason? Aren't naps the key to feeling alert, improving your memory and just generally having a great life? We...
第2651期:Spring to Life!
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We often describe spring as a time of rebirth, renewal and awakening. Many trees are blossoming and early flowers are pushing through the earth. ...
第2650期:Green Means Spring and Other Things
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants. 绿色本质...
第2649期:Obesity Drugs Not Linked to Suicidal Thoughts(2)
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers compared nearly 53,000 Wegovy patients to the same number of closely matched users of other weight-loss drugs. 研究人员将近53,0...
第2648期:Obesity Drugs Not Linked to Suicidal Thoughts(1)
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A large U.S. study found no evidence that taking Ozempic or Wegovy is tied to an increase in suicidal thoughts, researchers reported recently. 研...
第2647期:Gene Treatment Lets Children Deaf at Birth Hear(2)
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The researchers say that the one-time therapy gives a working copy of that gene to the inner ear during a medical operation. Most of the children were...
第2646期:Gene Treatment Lets Children Deaf at Birth Hear(1)
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gene treatments are being credited with permitting several children born with deafness to hear again. 允许几个患有耳聋的孩子再次听到...
第2645期:Unique dinosaur species found in Mongolia
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Therizinosaurs lumbered around the Earth on their hind legs tens of millions of years ago. Some researchers have likened them to g...