第2172期:Could robots replace us at work?
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re in a job performing tedious tasks, you might think that a robot could do the w...
第2171期:US Officials Warn of Increase in Bacterial Illnesses
20 Apr 2024
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United States health officials are warning of an increase in rare bacterial illnesses that can lead ...
第2170期:In Tokyo Neighborhood, Artistic Toilets Get Attention
19 Apr 2024
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Tokyo visitors can now join a special tour of one of the Japanese city's modern wonders: i...
第2169期:Reintroducing beavers to Scotland
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For hundreds of years, beavers have been absent from Scottish waters. Their reintroduction...
第2168期:Digital memories might not last forever
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Having thousands of photos, songs and films available at our fingertips would have seemed amazing ju...
第2167期:Peru Claims World’s Oldest Person Ever at Age 124
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peru's Andes Mountains might be home to the oldest person ever to have lived — at the age of 124.秘...
第2166期:Beyoncé’s Newest Record Dives into Country Music History
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
American music star Beyoncé released her new album Cowboy Carter last week. The singer said the cou...
第2165b期:Another Record High Temperature for March
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
They say burning coal, oil and natural gas results in more carbon dioxide and methane in t...
第2165a期:Another Record High Temperature for March
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The European Union’s climate agency, Copernicus, says the world’s temperature averaged 14.14 deg...
第2164期:As Climate Changes, Herders Feed Reindeer
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As he drives slowly across snow, Nils Mathis Sara drops food on the ground for hundreds of his reind...
第2163b期:AI Chatbots to Help with Mental Health Struggles
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Glenn Cohen of Harvard Law School said, “If you’re really worried about people using your app fo...
第2163a期:AI Chatbots to Help with Mental Health Struggles
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The mental health chatbot Earkick greets users with a friendly-looking panda that could fi...
第2162期:Climate change causes chocolate price increase
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
West Africa was hit with a severe drought following a humid heat wave that drove temperatures to rec...
第2161期:Do animals make jokes too?
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Laughter is a universal language for humans to connect with each other and form social bonds. Even a...
第2160期:US Prisoners Suing to Watch Total Eclipse after Lockdown Order
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prisoners in the U.S. state of New York have taken legal action against the state corrections depart...
第2159期:News Literacy Introduction: News Through Time
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are at the Newseum in Washington D.C. – where the history of free expression is explained...
第2158期:Scientist Say Bird Flu Is Hurting World’s Seal Population
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An ongoing bird flu outbreak has killed tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in several parts of...
第2159a期:Bamboo Sees Growing Interest in Uganda
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bamboo farming is on the rise in Uganda. The strong and fast-growing crop is seen by the East Africa...
第2157期:AI-operated Robots Write Letters for Humans
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Humans have been writing by hand for thousands of years. 人类用手书写已有数千年历史...
第2156期:Study Describe Detail on Asteroid’s Crash with Spacecraft
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists say new research confirms results of an earlier study suggesting the crash of a spacecraf...
第2155期:New study reveals how many ants there are in the world
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
20 quadrillion sounds like a lot of ants, and it is. To give you an idea, that's two and a half mill...
第2144期:Why it's hard to spot a liar
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Squirming in their seat, glancing around the room and never looking you in the eye. We think we know...
第2143期:Historic Bridges Are Under Threat from Modern GPS
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Historic covered bridges in the United States are under threat by the use of the modern technology G...
第2142期:South Korean Scientists Develop Beef Rice
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
South Korean researchers have combined cow muscle cells with rice grains. They say the new rice is a...
第2141期:University of Cambridge to scrap its state school targets
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Only one in five of those who apply to the University of Cambridge is offered a place. Currently the...
第2140期:How does heartbreak affect us?
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Heartbreak has inspired thousands of songs, books and films, and, however much we try to avoid it, i...
第2139期:Marriages in South Korea Rise after Years of Decrease
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The number of marriages in South Korea rose in 2023 for the first time in more than ten years. ...
第2138期:California Lawmaker Wants to Know What Makes People Happy
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
March 20 is the United Nations' International Day of Happiness. 3月20日是联合国国际幸福...
第2137期:Thousands More Chemicals in Plastics than Estimated
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A recently released report from European scientists says there are 16,000 chemicals in plastic mater...
第2136期:Filipino Man Makes Library in His Home
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"A good book is easy to find." That is the message on a sign at Hernando Guanlao's home in the Makat...
第2135期:The Wild Winter Sport of Skijoring
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do you get when you cross the sports of rodeo with skiing? An extreme winter sport called skijo...
第2134期:AI Adding to Threat of Election Disinformation Worldwide
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence (AI) is adding to the threat of election disinformation worldwide. 人工...
第2133期:What is left at the heart of a star explosion?
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The supernova was visible from Earth for four months, shining with the power of a hundred million Su...
第2132期:When did we start walking for leisure?
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
'Going for a walk' is a popular pastime among older and younger generations alike because of its wel...
第2131期:Wildlife Workers Dress Up to Care for Orphaned Fox
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the eastern state of Virginia, employees of the Richmond Wildlife Center are doing their bes...
第2130期:What Is Pi Day?
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Math lovers celebrate Pi Day on March 14, or 3/14. Around the world, many people even mark the day b...
第2129期:Mass Coral Bleaching Expected in Near Future
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The American agency that follows the risk of coral bleaching around the world says “the worst blea...
第2128期:'Dip Your Toes' or 'Take the Plunge'?
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
People can react differently to these kinds of situations. Some people may want to jump right in fee...
第2127期:France's 'Invader' Could Surprise Olympic Games Visitors
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When visitors come to Paris for the Olympic Games starting in July, they will be entering the territ...
第2126期:Whale song mystery solved by scientists
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The humpback's song sounded so strange and haunting to sailors, they used to think it belonged to gh...
第2125期:How to cope with homesickness
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Starting a dream job in a new city, winning a place at a prestigious university abroad or being able...
第2124期:Report Estimates 1 Billion People Worldwide Are Obese
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new study estimates more than 1 billion people worldwide are currently living with obesity. People...
第2123期:Harmful Waste Creation Set to Increase
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report on Wednesday that public waste crea...
第2122期:How Did Human Ancestors Lose Their Tails?
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our very ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don’t we have them now?我们非常古老的动物...
第2121期:Horses replace machines in Welsh forest
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fforest Fawr is an old woodland area with broadleaf trees and important archaeological features, but...
第2120期:Knowing our limitations
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Humans can be poor judges of their own ability. So, you might not be as good, or as bad, as you thin...
第2119期:In Dubai, a Race for ‘Iron Men’ Wearing Jet Suits
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The pilots started their jet engines on a runway in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai on Wednes...
第2118期:South Korean Grandmas Rap about Farm Life
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A group of South Korean rappers in their eighties has become popular in their hometown and beyond. T...
Was there life on Mars?
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the sound of Nasa's Perseverance rover hard at work on the surface of the Red Plan...
第2117期:Study Details Brain Changes in Alzheimer’s Patients
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A long-term study in China has shown that a series of changes take place in the brains of people who...
第2116期:US Prepares for a Cicada Invasion Last Seen in 1803
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you remember all those cicada videos from the United States in 2021? 你还记得2021年美国...
第2115期:Tough Groundcovers for Dry Climate
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trying to grow grass in the deserts or other dry places can seem like a losing battle. As a result, ...
第2114期:new species of flying reptile discovered in Scotland
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This flying reptile soared over the heads of dinosaurs when Scotland was part of a sub-tro...
第2113期:Should we put roads underground?
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can you imagine living in a city without roads on the surface? We've already put trains underground ...
第2112期:Kew Gardens names mysterious plants and fungi new to science
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists from Kew Gardens described almost 100 plants and fungi that were new to science...
第2111期:Four new emperor penguin groups found by satellite
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Emperor penguins live in extreme conditions, coming together during the height of the...
第2110期:England's hedges would go around Earth ten times
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The researchers say if you joined up all the hedgerows in England, they would st...
第2109期:How a snack is born
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you feeling peckish? Maybe it's a while until your next meal, so perhaps now you're th...
第2108期:Photography through the years
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Now, pretty much everyone has a camera in their back pocket – in the form of a smartphone. It...
第2107期:Don't feel guilty about guilty pleasures
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You might have heard of the expression 'a guilty pleasure' – maybe it's the chocolate bar you buy ...
第2106期:Why Is Canada Limiting Foreign Students?
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Canada recently announced a two-year limit on the number of foreign students given permission to stu...
第2105期:Forest fires and the destruction of trees
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This report confirms what many people have long suspected. More and more trees are being destroyed a...
第2104期:Unseen Charles Dickens letters go on display
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In February 1866, Charles Dickens threatened to move away from his part of Kent [in the UK...
第2103期:It Has Never Been More Costly to See the Super Bowl
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tickets for the American football Super Bowl game are among the hardest to get in all of sports...
第2102期:Brain stimulation boosts memory
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our brain works by firing off electrical impulses. The team at Boston University used this...
第2101期:Ship restoration: Medieval vessel is worlds largest 3D puzzle
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At 30 metres long, weighing 25 tonnes, it's thought this salvage wreck, found in 2002, was...
第2100期:Elon Musk Neuralink Announces First Human Implant
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk says his company Neuralink has placed an experimental brain device in a person in the firs...
第2099期:Garden Group Names 2024 Year of African Violet
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The African violet, a plant from Tanzania that came to the U.S. in the late 1800s, received a specia...
第2098期:Researchers Announce Successful Rhino Embryo Transfer
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists in Berlin announced recently the first successful embryo transfer in a white rh...
第2097期:What Are Enlarged Prostate and Prostate Cancer?
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Britain’s King Charles was treated recently for a medical condition called enlarged prostate. Amer...
第2096期:Working in extreme heat puts strain on foetus
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This study monitored pregnant women who were working in rice fields in The Gambia. They we...
第2095期:Europe's new weather satellite goes into orbit
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The value to society of satellite meteorology is immense. In terms of lives saved and...
第2094期:Study Finds Small Plastic Pieces in Bottled Water
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of very small plast...
第2093期:Cameroon Launches First Malaria Vaccine Program for Children
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cameroon has begun the world’s first major malaria vaccine program for children.喀麦隆已启动...
第2092期:X Blocks Taylor Swift Search after ‘Deepfake’ Image Spread
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The social media site X has blocked some searches for Taylor Swift in reaction to an online spread o...
第2091期:Japanese Spacecraft Regains Power after Moon Landing
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Japan’s space agency says a spacecraft that landed on the moon earlier this month has regained pow...
第2090期:Studies: Gene Treatment Lets Children Deaf at Birth Hear
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gene treatments are being credited with permitting several children born with deafness to hear again...
第2089期:Study: Diabetes, Obesity Drugs Not Linked to Suicidal Thoughts
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A large U.S. study found no evidence that taking Ozempic or Wegovy is tied to an increase in suicida...
Could ants help to detect cancer?
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The researchers from Sorbonne Paris Nord University say they were surprised by how efficient and rel...
第2088期:Sleeping on the job
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Finn? …Hello Finn?芬恩?...你好芬恩？Finn Oh sorry Rob, you caught me&nb...
第2087期:The fame game
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Finn Thank you! Thank you sound effects! Thank you, Neil! Is this all for me? I feel like ...
第2086期:2023 hottest year on record
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first few months of 2023 were pretty unexceptional in terms of global temperatures. That changed...
第2085期:Is plastic always bad?
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cotton or plastic: which kind of bag is better for the environment? Many of us would naturally say t...
第2084期: Meet me in Istanbul
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is early morning on a sunny spring day in April. Heathrow Airport, London, is busy, as usual. Hun...
第2083期:Playground Provides Learning, Safety for Kids with Autism
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At first look, the playground at the Children's Guild-Transformation Academy in Baltimore, Maryland,...
第2082期: Lemon simulator
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Okay, I think we should roll out of the window if we're gonna try and escape. Let's, let's get ...
第2081期: The invitation
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About seven years ago, I got an invitation to attend a dinner party at my cousin's house.I have a pr...
第2080期:NASA Prepares for First Flight of Its New Supersonic Jet
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The American space agency NASA is preparing to test a new supersonic airplane that could help establ...
第2079期:Mysterious medieval cemetery unearthed in Wales, UK
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just outside of Cardiff, archaeologists have unearthed a cemetery they...
第2078期:Narwhal population affected by underwater noise pollution
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Of all the creatures on the planet, the narwhal is one of the strangest looking. It's a whale which ...
第2077期:Study Finds Small Plastic Pieces in Bottled Water
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of very small plast...
第2076期:Guinness World Records Investigates World's Oldest Dog
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Guinness World Records said on Tuesday that it has suspended and was re-examining its “world’s o...
第2075期:Walk Before You Can Run
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about the process of learning to do something. 今天我们谈论学习做某事的...
第2074期:Study: Largest Ape Went Extinct Because of Climate Change
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An ancient species of great ape likely disappeared hundreds of thousands of years ago when...
第2073期:Five new soft-furred hedgehog species discovered
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The scientists carried out years of genetic research to conclude there are seven species of what are...
第2072期:Perpetual stew: decades in the making
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's the oldest meal you've eaten? Maybe you've had leftovers from a few days ago. They probably s...
第2071期:WHO: More COVID Deaths after Holiday Gatherings
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The World Health Organization (WHO) says holiday gatherings and the spread of a new COVID-19 variant...
第2070期:WEF: Misinformation, Weather Top Worldwide Risks
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A report from the World Economic Forum says misinformation and disinformation are the most severe ri...
第2069期:Spanish Tapestry Factory Creating Pieces after 300 Years
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spain’s Royal Tapestry Factory has been providing clothes, called carpets for the floor and tapest...
第2068期:Italian Man Might Gain Use of Hand after Nerve Operation
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A man in Italy might regain the use of his hand after having a new kind of medical operation. 意...