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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 large areas of the planet each year, goat herds may offer a way of reducing the risk.  肉、牛奶、奶酪——只是山羊提供的一些东西。 但现在我们还可以将消防安全添加到这个列表中。 随着野火每年对地球造成的损害越来越大，山羊群可能会提供一种降低风险的方法。&...

Archaeologists were excavating Britain's largest Scandinavian cremation mounds when they found the animal remains mixed in with humans. By using a technique called strontium isotope analysis, the scientists from Durham University could trace back the origin of the bones to Scandinavia. They say it's the first scientific evidence that animals travelled with the Vikings to England on their longboats...

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, the online language learning company Babbel released its lists of the most mispronounced words in the United States and Britain.  新闻记者、政治家和公众人物在说出一些与年度头条新闻相关的词语时遇到了困难。 上周，在线语言学习公司 Babbel 发布了美国...

European nations reached an agreement on rules for artificial intelligence (AI) last week. Some experts say the regulations will affect people around the world.  欧洲国家上周就人工智能（AI）规则达成了协议。一些专家表示，这些规定将影响世界各地的人们。  Here are some of the details of the agreement reported by the Associated Press: 以下是美联社报道的该协议的一些细节： The AI Act aims to re...

Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are killed every year by malaria and other diseases that are spread through mosquito bites.  全世界每年有数十万人死于疟疾和其他通过蚊虫叮咬传播的疾病。 Female mosquitoes are responsible for these deadly bites because they have a special mouth design that male mosquitoes do not have.  雌性蚊子对这些致命的叮咬负有责任，因为它们具有雄性蚊子没有的特...

Researchers say their robotic hand can handle items that are currently too delicate for machines. The hand uses wrist movements and has sensors that developers liken to skin.  研究人员表示，他们研发的机械手可以操控目前对其它机器人来说过于精致小巧的物品。机械手通过手腕运动工作，装有被研发人员称作像皮肤一样能感知物体的传感器。  The robot is able to judge how much pressure should be applied...

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 experts that water will help us have glowing skin and regulate our weight. But how much should we actually be drinking?  在学校里，孩子们在课堂上被告知要喝水，天朗播音员鼓励我们在公共交通工具上记住我们的瓶子，专家提醒我们，水可以帮助我们拥有容光焕...

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 into adulthood.  从这段声音中可以听出虎鲸亲密的母子关系。音频中的虎鲸母子一起浮出水面，因为在虎鲸的家庭生活中，后代直至成年之后一直待在母亲身边。  But sons are particularly dependent on their mums. Well into adulthood, males will demand to be...

Officials in the American city of Detroit, Michigan, have equipped a piece of road with technology designed to charge electric vehicles (EVs) on the path.  美国密歇根州底特律市的官员为一条道路配备了专门为路上的电动汽车（EV）充电的技术。 The roadway is meant to serve as a demonstration project for the technology, which could be expanded to larger road systems. Leaders of the project say it is...

Lucy was rescued from a rural property in New South Wales, Australia, two years ago. She was suffering from chlamydia, a disease widespread among koalas. 两年前，露西在澳大利亚新南威尔士州的一处乡村庄园中被救出。她患有衣原体感染，这是一种在考拉中广泛传播的疾病。 Today, she is one of the lucky animals living in tree corridors that have been created to protect koalas and other animals by s...

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 other art. 艾里斯·洛根 (Iris Logan) 在明尼苏达州圣保罗的家中种草遇到了困难。因此，她用石头、雕像和其他艺术品覆盖了这个空间。  More than 30 years later, it is something of a local landmark. But to a city inspector, it is a problem.  30多年后，它...

Google recently announced that it has begun using carbon-free electricity from a geothermal project to power data centers in the state of Nevada.  谷歌最近宣布，它已开始使用地热项目的无碳电力为内华达州的数据中心供电。  Tim Latimer is chief and co-founder of Fervo Energy based in Houston, Texas. His company is working with Google on its geothermal project.  蒂姆·拉蒂默 (Tim Latimer)...

As the American space agency NASA continues to carry out tests of its Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, it is also testing a future aircraft design on Earth. 美国宇航局美国宇航局继续在火星上对其“聪明号”直升机进行测试，同时也在地球上测试未来的飞机设计。 NASA’s Ingenuity has been making test flights on the Red Planet for the past two-and-a-half years. The&nbs...

The black-and-white images taken from a camera trap show the Attenborough long-beaked echidna lumbering through the rainforest. Four three-second bursts of video. The first time this species had ever been caught on camera. And proof after years of searching, that they are not extinct and live in the remote Cyclops mountains of Indonesia.  从相机陷阱拍摄的黑白影像中可以看到阿滕伯勒长喙针鼹缓慢...

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 returning as planned. Unlucky for him, but very lucky for scientists who want to see what effects spending an extended time in space has on the human body.  宇航员弗兰克·鲁比亚莱斯（Frank Rubiales）在太空中待了371天后返回地球。本来应该只有180，但技术故...

While Christmas music played, 100 South Korean men and women gathered at a hotel near the capital of Seoul with their names written for others to see.  当圣诞音乐响起时，100 名韩国男女聚集在首都首尔附近的一家酒店，写下自己的名字供其他人查看。  They were hoping to find love. The government hopes they will make babies.  他们希望找到爱情。政府希...

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·拜登希望圣诞节前后访问白宫的每个人都能再次感觉像个孩子。 On Monday, Biden held a gathering to show the White House Christmas decorations. “Magic, Wonder and Joy” is the theme this year. It will be the Bidens’ third Christmas holiday in the White House.  周一，...

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 and, sometimes, spit them out into containers. And they discussed the mineral content and purity.  四月份在希腊雅典举行的一次会议上，饮品专家仔细观察了杯子里的液体。他们把它们举到灯光下。他们品尝并有时将它们吐到容器中。他们还讨论了矿物质含量和纯度...

Researchers are renewing efforts to find Alzheimer’s disease treatments that remove harmful proteins from the brain. Such vaccines could possibly offer an easier and lower-cost choice for millions of people, several scientists and industry leaders say.  研究人员正在继续努力寻找消除大脑中有害蛋白质的阿尔茨海默病治疗方法。几位科学家和行业领袖表示，此类疫苗可能为数百万人提供更简单、成本更低的选...

Most of these jellyfish sightings reported to the Marine Conservation Society were in Cornwall and off the west coast of Wales. The most commonly seen was the large barrel jellyfish with a bulbous head, which can measure up to a metre wide, and eight frilled legs – it can be shocking to spot at close quarters.  人们向英国海洋环境保护协会...

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 turns out that everyone has their own way of writing which works for them.  歌手兼作曲家写歌，但他们是如何做到的呢？音乐家从哪里获得灵感？到底是先有音乐还是先有歌词？事实证明，每个人都有适合自己的写作方式。  Bob Dylan is a musician with a un...

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says changes in ocean temperature are the leading cause of coral bleaching around the world.  美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）表示，海洋温度的变化是世界各地珊瑚白化的主要原因。  From Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to the waters of Florida, it happens when warm water causes corals to expel their colorful algae and turn white....

Indian scientists plan to add substances to clouds above the capital New Delhi in an effort to produce rain to reduce pollution.  印度科学家计划在首都新德里上空的云层中添加物质，以产生降雨来减少污染。 The method to artificially produce rain is called cloud seeding. The process involves adding different chemicals to clouds to cause rain. When rain falls from the sky, water droplets can attach...

Chinese researchers say they have built an artificial intelligence (AI) robot that can carry out chemical reactions to produce oxygen from water on Mars.  中国研究人员表示，他们已经建造了一种人工智能（AI）机器人，可以在火星上进行化学反应，从水中产生氧气。  The system could be another way for space travelers in the future to make much-needed oxygen on Mars. Humans visiting the Red Planet...

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 living expenses has gone up by just over 5%. An undergraduate receiving the average maintenance loan and paying a typical student rent in England would be left with about fifty pence a week to cover their food and anything else.  在过去的两年里，英...