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第2053期:Vatican Experts Restore Masterpieces
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alessandra Zarelli works to keep the artwork of the Vatican Museums in good condition. She says, whenever she works on a masterpiece, she must calm he...
第2052期:Millions Infected with Dengue as Temperature Rises
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The disease dengue is spreading across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began in 1980. Experts are warning that rising ...
第2051期:What White House Gardens Say about America
30 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The earliest presidents who lived in the White House did not want the large outdoor areas that the monarchs of Europe might enjoy. 最早住在白...
第2050期:Study Suggests Obesity Increasing Among US Children
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A new study adds to evidence that obesity is becoming more common in young children in America.一项新的研究进一步证明肥胖在美国幼儿中...
第2049期:Perfect solar system found in search for alien life
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our solar system had a violent beginning. Worlds crashed into each other as they formed, disturbing their orbits and eventually leading to the planets...
第2048期:How architecture makes us feel
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More than half the world's population are city dwellers, and, by 2050, the United Nations predicts that seven in ten people will b...
第2047期:Those Who Fear Illness Die Earlier
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A large Swedish study has found an unexpected finding about people diagnosed with extreme fear of serious illness. It found they are more likely to di...
第2046期:A Big Year for Artificial Intelligence
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence (AI) became a popular subject in 2023. Still, the technology has a long way to go to meet people’s futuristic expectations o...
第2045期:More Americans Affected by Long-term Tiredness
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its most recent estimate for adults with chronic fatigue syndrome.美国疾病控制...
第2044期:Could ants help to detect cancer?
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The researchers from Sorbonne Paris Nord University say they were surprised by how efficient and reliable the ants were in sniffing out canc...
第2043期:College Board Changes AP Black History Class
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
High school students in the United States can earn college credits by taking and passing Advanced Placement (AP) courses. The classes, developed by Th...
第2042期:Mickey Mouse Will Soon Belong to You, Me, Everyone
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An early version of Mickey Mouse, the famous Disney character, will soon belong to you, me and everybody else. 著名的迪士尼角色米老鼠的...
第2041期:Blue whales return to the Seychelles
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The deep very low frequency song of the blue whale is difficult for us to hear. Depending on what device you're listening on, it might be too low for ...
第2040期:Firefighting goats
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meat, milk, cheese – just some of the things provided by goats. But now we can also add fire safety to this list. As wildfires damage increasingly l...
第2039期:Horses and dogs sailed with Vikings to Britain
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Archaeologists were excavating Britain's largest Scandinavian cremation mounds when they found the animal remains mixed in with humans. By using a tec...
第2038期:How Do You Say That Name Again?
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
News reporters, politicians and public figures have had trouble saying some of the words that relate to the top stories of the year year. Last week, t...
第2037期:How Will Europe’s New Artificial Intelligence Rules Affect the World?
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
European nations reached an agreement on rules for artificial intelligence (AI) last week. Some experts say the regulations will affect people around ...
第2036期:Researchers Make Surprising Discovery about Ancient Mosquitoes
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are killed every year by malaria and other diseases that are spread through mosquito bites. 全世界每...
第2035期:Scientists create robotic hand able to hold objects
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers say their robotic hand can handle items that are currently too delicate for machines. The hand uses wrist movements and has sensors that d...
第2034期:How much water should we drink?
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In school, kids are told to drink water in class, tannoy announcers encourage us to remember our bottles on public transport, and we're reminded by ex...
第2033期:Killer whale mothers look after sons for life
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
he sound of a very close bond. A killer whale mother and son surfacing together, because in orca family life, offspring stay by their mother's side in...
第2032期:System Tested in US Can Charge Electric Vehicles as they Drive
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Officials in the American city of Detroit, Michigan, have equipped a piece of road with technology designed to charge electric vehicles (EVs) on the p...
第2031期:Growing Plants to Save Australia's Koalas
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy was rescued from a rural property in New South Wales, Australia, two years ago. She was suffering from chlamydia, a disease widespread among koal...
第2030期:US City Wants Woman to Clean up Rock Art
09 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Iris Logan was having a hard time growing grass at her home in St. Paul, Minnesota. So, she covered the space with stones, statues, and othe...
第2029期:Company Works with Google to Provide Energy from the Earth’s Heat
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Google recently announced that it has begun using carbon-free electricity from a geothermal project to power data centers in the state of Nevada. ...
NASA Continues Mars Helicopter Experiments, Tests New Design on Earth
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the American space agency NASA continues to carry out tests of its Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, it is also testing a future ai...
第2028期:Images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The black-and-white images taken from a camera trap show the Attenborough long-beaked echidna lumbering through the rainforest. Four three-second burs...
第2027期:Health in space
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Astronaut Frank Rubiales has returned to Earth after 371 days in space. It was only supposed to be 180, but a technical fault stopped him from returni...
第2026期:Korean Turns to Matchmaking to Increase Low Birth Rates
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While Christmas music played, 100 South Korean men and women gathered at a hotel near the capital of Seoul with their na...
第2025期:What the White House Looks Like for Christmas
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. first lady Jill Biden wants everyone who visits the White House around Christmas to feel like a kid again. 美国第一夫人吉尔·拜登希...
第2024期:Market Grows for Costly Fine Water
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At a meeting in April in Athens, Greece, drink experts looked carefully at the liquid in their glasses. They held them up to the light. They tasted an...
第2023期:Researchers Return to Alzheimer's Vaccines
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers are renewing efforts to find Alzheimer’s disease treatments that remove harmful proteins from the brain. Such vaccines could possibly of...
第2022期:Boom in unusual jellyfish spotted in UK waters
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most of these jellyfish sightings reported to the Marine Conservation Society were in Cornwall and off the west coa...
第2021期:The art of songwriting
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriters write songs, but how do they do it? Where do musicians get their inspiration from? What comes first – the music or the lyrics? It...
第2020期:These Coral Reefs Are Doing Well in Gulf of Mexico
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says changes in ocean temperature are the leading cause of coral bleaching around the ...
第2019期:Indian Cloud-seeding Project Aims to Produce Rain to clear Pollution
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Indian scientists plan to add substances to clouds above the capital New Delhi in an effort to produce rain to reduce pollution. 印度科学家计...
第2018期:AI Robot Finds Way to Produce Oxygen from Water on Mars
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese researchers say they have built an artificial intelligence (AI) robot that can carry out chemical reactions to produce oxygen from water on Ma...
第2017期:UK student loans almost entirely used up by rent
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the past two years, student accommodation costs have risen by an average of nearly 15% in England, but the funding students can borrow to cover liv...
第2016期:How seeds make up our diet
25 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Think of a caveman, and maybe you imagine someone tearing at the flesh of an animal they've just hunted. But this picture may be false – analysis of...
第2015期:Swiss-designed Technology Helps Parkinson's Patient Walk
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Gauthier has Parkinson’s disease. 马克·高蒂尔患有帕金森病。 The disease affects his nervous system, weakens his muscles ...
第2014期: AI Robots
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia: Hi, John. 帕特里夏: 你好，约翰。John: Hey. 约翰：你好。Patricia: Today we're talking about artificial intelli...
第2013期:Evidence of Crash with Another Planet under Earth Surface
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists have recognized since the 1970s that there are two large, mysterious blobs in the deepest part of Earth's mantle. 自 20 世纪 70 年...
第2012期:Experts call for tighter limits on chemical in water
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
'Forever chemicals' are used in a wide range of products from food packaging to make-up because of their water-resistant properties. “永久性...
第2011期:Flexible thinking for your career
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Does work ever leave you feeling stuck in a rut with limited opportunities to be creative? To thrive, you might want to increase your brain's flexibil...
第2010期:Very rare 460-million-year-old fossils discovered
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers at Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales – found the fossils in rocks which were laid down under the sea more than 460 million year...
第2009期:Is technology making life better or worse?
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John: Technology. Patricia, is it changing people for the better or for the worse? 约翰：技术。帕特里夏，它会让人们变得更好还...
第2008期:Birds Will No Longer Be Named after People
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Birds in North America will no longer be named after people. The American Ornithological Society announced the move Wednesday. 北美的鸟类将...
第2007期:Taking Care of Physical Health
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tahia: So I've been really worried about my physical health lately and think that I need to have a far better routine. What do you think are...
第2006期:Antarctica Was Once Home to Rivers, Forests
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Antarctica has not always been a land of ice and snow. Earth's southernmost continent once was home to rivers and forests full of life. 南极洲...
第2005期:Horse racing's Grand National made safer
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Grand National, regarded by many as the world's most famous horse race, features jockeys and horses negotiating 30 fences over more than...
第2004期:Breathing exercises
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Struggling with insomnia? Worried by anxiety? The first piece of advice that you are likely to see is to try breathing exercises. From ancie...
第2003期:Environmental Group Says Companies Meet Water Use Targets
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Major corporations in industries that produce clothing, food, drinks and technology services use a lot of water. 生产服装、食品、饮料和...
第2002期:Exhibition of sculptures by Picasso opens in Spain
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Picasso may be better known for his Cubist and Surrealist paintings. But the artist was a prolific sculptor, producing around 700 works in his lifetim...
第2001期:Norwegian author & playwright wins Nobel Literature Prize
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Fosse began writing stories as a child. His breakthrough novel, Boathouse, was published in 1989. Having established himself as a novelist, p...
第2000期:British Museum Will Make Digital Copies of Its Objects
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The British Museum, in London, recently announced plans to make digital copies of all the objects it keeps. The museum said i...
第1999期:Dealing with Mental Health
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christian: So recently, I've been coming across a lot of mental health posts on social media, such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube. And I've ...
第1999-a期:Researchers: AI Could Cause Harm If Misused by Medical Workers
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A study led by the Stanford School of Medicine in California says hospitals and health care systems are turning to artificial intelligence (AI). The h...
第1998期:Spanish Composer Imagines Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Climate Change
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Antonio Vivaldi’s famous musical work, The Four Seasons, was first performed in the 1700s. 安东尼奥·维瓦尔第的著名音乐作品《四...
第1997期:2,400-year-old toilet found in China?
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
During excavations of ancient palace ruins in the central city of Xi'an in the summer, archaeologists unearthed broken parts of the old toil...
第1996期:A love of miniature
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What do table football, a doll's house and a remote-control car all have in common? They are all smaller versions of real things. And humans have...
第1995期:US Program Could Permit Visa Holders to Renew in US
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. State Department is working on a test program that would permit some work visa holders to renew their documents in the United State...
第1994期:Study: Part of Antarctica to Experience Unavoidable Melt
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A new study says that no matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a large and important part of Antarctica is expected to di...
第1993期: Mark's thoughts on practicing on meditation
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark: Hey, Haruka. I have a question for you. Do you ever meditate? 马克：嘿，Haruka。我有一个问题问你。你有冥想过吗？ ...
第1992期: The art of Zen
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Haruka: I know you love Zen, the concept of Zen. When did you start learning it? Haruka：我知道你喜欢禅宗，喜欢禅宗的概念。你什...
第1991期:Old Ways of Making Wine Gain New Fans
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wine made by ancient methods is gaining new fans. 用古老方法酿造的葡萄酒正在赢得新的粉丝。 Wine is an alcoholic drink ma...
第1990期:New Controller Aims to Make Gaming Easier for People
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Lane uses his mouth and face to push buttons and guide his virtual car on Gran Turismo, a game on the PlayStation 5. It is how he has b...
第1989期:Spain cave shoes turn out to be over 6,000 years old
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The items were first discovered deep inside the cave in the 19th Century. But scientists have only recently realised that they're much older than prev...
第1988期:The dangers of sitting
28 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know many adults sit down for more than nine hours a day – maybe you're one of them! Whether it's working at a desk, sitting motionless in a...
第1987期:Scientists Try Listening to Learn about Wildlife
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A team of scientists is studying the sound of the forest in Ecuador to learn how artificial intelligence (AI) could follow animal life in recovering e...
第1986期:Groups Demand Urgent Rules to Protect Whales from Ships
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An alliance of environmental groups is calling for new federal rules to protect an endangered whale from crashes with ships. 一个环保组织联...
第1985期:Gates Foundation Helps mRNA Vaccine Development in Africa
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced last week that it will invest $40 million in African drug makers. The money will help produce new me...
第1984期:Fewer people accepted into UK universities
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About 85% of 18-year-olds in the UK who applied to university this year were accepted. That is roughly the same as last year. What's different is that...
第1983期:Scientists Learn Another ‘Mona Lisa’ Secret
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Mona Lisa is the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting of a woman with a mysterious smile. 《蒙娜丽莎》是列奥纳多·达·芬奇的著名...
第1982期:Cooling hot cities
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're all familiar with the idea of climate change and how our planet is warming. Extremes in temperature have become more commonplace, making parts o...
第1981期:Becoming a Podcaster
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Haruka: Mark, you have a podcast, right? Haruka：马克，你有播客，对吧？ Mark: Yes, I do. 马克：是的，我有。Haruka:...
第1980期:First ever full-sized scan of the Titanic
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 dec...
第1979期: Photo Manner Mode
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Todd: Okay, here's another thing. It's a little bit impolite. What about looking at other people's monitor over their shoulder? 'Cause you just mentio...
第1978期:Phone Manner Mode
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Todd: So I'm here with Angela, and in a previous interview we were talking about kids and technology and devices, and how these days often people look...
第1977期:London’s Pointe Black Ballet School Aims to Break Racial Barriers
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It was a criticism about her Afro-braided hair that led Ruth Essel to create what she calls a safe space for Black dancers. 正是对她的非洲...
第1976期:Universities Work to Protect American Wine Grapes from Wildfire Smoke
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The West Coast of the United States produces over 90 percent of America’s wine, an alcoholic drink. However, the area is also prone to wildfires.&nb...
第1975期:Study shows significant decline in British plants
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For 20 years, volunteers examined the UK and Ireland kilometre-by-kilometre, writing down the flora they found. This so-called plant atlas, made ...
第1974期:Pickleball
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pickleball. It's got nothing to do with pickles – it's a sport. It has been described as a combination of tennis, badminton and table tennis. Pictur...
第1973期:Developing decaffeinated coffee beans
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the last few years, researchers at the Instituto Agronomico de Campinas in Brazil have been interbreeding different coffee plants that a...
第1972期:Three Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Quantum Dots Discovery
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Three scientists in the United States won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday. The three won for their discovery of quantum dots, a te...
第1971期:Pope Opens Gathering to Discuss Future of Catholic Church
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a gathering of bishops and others to discuss the future of the Roman Catholic Church. Some of...
第1970期:Indoor Food Growing Operations Face Uncertain Future
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Indoor food growing operations are seeing both successes and failures in the United States. Some companies in the food industry are investing even as ...
第1969期:Giant stone artefacts found on rare Ice Age site
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At almost a foot long, researchers say the knapped-shaped stone axe heads, thick at the base and tapering to a finer point, would have been so he...
第1968期:Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We all start as a single egg fertilised by a sperm, but those steps, going from a group of cells to something you can see and...
第1968-a期:Japanese Women Drawn to Rickshaw Pulling
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rickshaw comes from a Japanese word that means “human-powered vehicle.” The vehicle was first used in 19th-century Japan and then in other Asian c...
第1967期:Paris Once Had Too Many Cars, Now It Has Too Many Bikes
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has long worked to make her city less dependent on cars. She wanted to see more people using bicycles, or bikes, to get ...
第1966期:Talking to solve friendship problems
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes our friends' behaviour can offend us; sometimes we can see changes they need to make – but how do we tell them? Are th...
第1965期:Scientists Recover Genetic RNA from Extinct Tasmanian Tiger
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers say they have recovered genetic material from the Tasmanian tiger, an Australian animal that has long been extinct. The discovery cou...
第1964-m期:Milky Way: Icy observatory reveals ghost particles
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Neutrinos, or 'ghost particles' as they're known, are made when cosmic rays that are rattling around space at near light speed, sm...
第1964期:Aspartame: possible cancer cause
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The WHO says it has listed aspartame as possibly carcinogenic on the basis of limited evidence that it may increase the&...
第1963期:US Nuclear Research Center Aims to Modernize America’s Atomic Weapons
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Los Alamos in the Southwestern American state of New Mexico is where the U.S. government set up its secret mission to develop nuclear weapon...
第1962期:Vermont Town Closes Roads Due to Autumn Leaf-peepers
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Leaf-peepers” are tourists who visit the countryside in the northeastern United States each autumn. “Peeper” means looker, someone ...
第1961期:Striking Writers Announce Deal with Hollywood Producers
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) said Sunday that it had reached an agreement with Hollywood movie and television studios. The announcement sig...
第1960期:Winter Sea Ice in Antarctica Reaches Record Low
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) reported Monday that winter sea ice hit record lows in Antarctica this year.美国国家冰雪数据...
第1959期:Important new finds in the ancient city of Pompeii
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dig anywhere in Pompeii and you'll uncover an ancient treasure, a snapshot of a lost Roman world. Most of those who lived in the city probab...
第1958期:Flying Taxis to be Made in Ohio, Home of Wright Brothers
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The same area where the Wright brothers developed the first airplane will soon see electric planes that take off and land vertically.莱特兄弟...