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On a hot summer day, workers recently worked to remove asbestos and hazardous waste at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. It is a former nuclear center that the government wants to tear down.  在炎热的夏日，工人们最近在田纳西州橡树岭国家实验室清除石棉和危险废物。 这是政府想要拆除的前核中心。  The men wore full-body protective clothing and used respirators to clean the air they b...

Miners in Botswana recently unearthed what officials say is the second largest diamond in mining history. The country’s president Mokgweetsi Masisi presented the large stone to the public at a ceremony last week.  博茨瓦纳的矿工最近挖掘出了官方所说的采矿史上第二大钻石。该国总统莫克维齐·马西西 (Mokgweetsi Masisi) 在上周的仪式上向公众赠送了这块大石头。  The 2,492-carat gem is the biggest d...

That project is shared by the wildlife agency and the South Florida Water Management District. Through 2023, more than 18,000 pythons have been removed from the wild. Contractors like Aycock have removed about 11,000. 该项目由野生动物机构和南佛罗里达州水管理区共享。到 2023 年，已有超过 18,000 条蟒蛇被从野外清除。像艾科克这样的承包商已经拆除了大约 11,000 人。 The pay is average. Hunting along backr...

It is after midnight when the windshield fogs up on Thomas Aycock’s pickup truck. He smiles as he slowly drives through the sawgrass and down dirt roads deep in the Florida Everglades.  午夜过后，托马斯·艾科克的皮卡车的挡风玻璃起雾。 他微笑着慢慢开车穿过锯齿草，沿着佛罗里达大沼泽地深处的土路行驶。  His foggy windshield confirms what he knows. When the dew point drops in the middle of the...

Many travelers face a common problem: jet lag. 许多旅行者面临一个共同的问题：时差。 It is the feeling of tiredness people get when traveling a long distance, resulting in a difference in daylight hours. Nobody wants to miss the fun because they are too tired to enjoy their vacation. 这是人们在长途旅行时感到的疲倦感，导致白天时间的差异。 没有人愿意因为太累而无法享受假期而错过乐趣。 Here are some ti...

It's just a faint red  smudge , but the  detectors  on the James Webb Telescope are in no doubt that this galaxy, a large collection of stars, is at a  prodigious  distance. 该星系看上去只是一团不清晰的红色印迹，但是詹姆斯·韦伯望远镜上的探测器确信该星系由一大群恒星组成，距离我们异常遥远。  Astronomers say the  observatory  is seeing the object when the Unive...

In July 2024, a pod of 77 pilot whales washed up on a beach in Orkney, Scotland. It was the largest mass stranding of whales in Scotland for decades. Scientists don't know exactly why whales beach themselves. One theory is that climate change is driving whales' food closer to the shoreline, where they then get stuck as the tide goes out. If a single animal is found, it is usually because it is sic...

**The secretaries of state requested that Grok instead direct users who enter search requests about election-related questions to an official government-run website for the latest voting information. The request aimed to send Grok users immediately and directly to an official election-related website.**   州务卿们要求Grok将那些搜索与选举相关问题的用户引导到一个由政府运营的官方网站，以获...

The social media service X has changed its artificial intelligence (AI) tool after several U.S. states warned that it was spreading election misinformation. 在几个美国州警告其传播选举虚假信息后，社交媒体服务X修改了其人工智能（AI）工具。 Earlier this month, secretaries of state in five states sent the owner of X, Elon Musk, a letter requesting the change to its Grok AI tool. 本月早些时候，五个州的...

**United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that rising ocean temperatures present urgent risks for people living in the Pacific Islands.**   联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯表示，海洋温度的上升对生活在太平洋岛屿的人们构成了紧迫的风险。 **Guterres made the comment while at the Pacific Islands Forum taking place in Tonga. The country is a collection of about 170 islands in the s...

In the 1970s, a lack of community investment resulted in a large number of people leaving Harlem, a well-known New York City neighborhood in northern Manhattan. 在20世纪70年代，由于社区投资不足，导致大量居民离开了哈莱姆，这是位于曼哈顿北部的纽约市著名社区。 Nearly 50,000 people, about a third of the area’s population, left to escape violence, crime and poor living conditions. Among those who left...

After 13 years of marriage, Bethany Meola admits that she and her husband can get caught up in their busy lives. They are raising three children and they both have careers. 贝萨妮·米欧拉承认，在13年的婚姻中，她和丈夫经常忙于各自的生活。他们要养育三个孩子，而且两人都有自己的事业。 So, they make sure to take time every day for a six-second kiss. 所以，他们每天都会确保花时间来进行一个六秒钟的亲吻。 T...

An international group of astronomers has joined efforts seeking to establish a separate time zone for the moon. 一个国际天文学家小组正在联合努力，试图为月球建立一个独立的时区。 The French-based International Astronomical Union (IAU) recently approved a resolution on the matter during the group’s General Assembly meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. 位于法国的国际天文学联合会（IAU）最近在南非开普敦...

An investigation into the death of American actor Matthew Perry has led to criminal charges against five people. Perry, a star of the popular television series Friends, died suddenly in October. He was 54. Doctors who examined his body after death said Perry died from an overdose of the powerful drug ketamine. 对美国演员马修·派瑞死亡的调查导致了五人面临刑事指控。派瑞是热门电视连续剧《老友记》的明...

This  buzzing ,  chirping  sound is the  pulsing  chatter of the tiny transparent Danionella cerebrum as heard by the human ear. Researchers in Germany were  intrigued  by the noise coming from the fish tanks in their lab and decided to investigate the source. Using underwater microphones, they quickly deduced that this species was no  small fry  when i...

Think about the  crunch  of celery, mixed with a smooth,  creamy  tzatziki or the  tang  of a  spicy  salsa piled on top of a  crispy  corn tortilla chip. Is anything more  satisfying  to eat than a dip? 想象一下芹菜与光滑的奶油酸奶黄瓜酱混合的嘎吱声，或者是在脆玉米饼片上堆放的辛辣莎莎酱的味道。 还有什么比吃饱更满足的呢？ Dips have become...

Baker wrote that when asked about suspicions surrounding his work, Pelczar answered, “Obviously I’ve never intentionally tried to misquote anybody.” Baker 写道，当被问及围绕他工作的疑虑时，Pelczar 回答说：“显然，我从未有意尝试误引任何人的话。” When asked whether any of the disputed statements in his writings had been by created by an AI tool, Pelczar said, “That could be the case.” Baker said Pelc...

An American newspaper reporter has resigned from his job after it was discovered that he used an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to create false quotes for stories. 一名美国报纸记者在被发现使用人工智能（AI）工具为报道创造虚假引语后辞去了工作。 Aaron Pelczar worked for the Cody Enterprise, a newspaper based in the town of Cody, Wyoming. A reporter from a competing newspaper became suspicious abou...

An agency of Japan’s government recently gave its first-ever "megaquake advisory," or warning message.   日本政府的一个机构最近首次发布了“超大型地震警告”或警告信息。 The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued the warning after a powerful quake struck on August 8 off the southeastern coast of Japan’s main island of Kyushu.   在日本气象厅发布这一警告之前，8月8日日本九州主岛东南...

Glow-worms  are  beetles  that live in gardens,  hedgerows , and  heathlands .  Emitting  a bright green light at night, the females climb up plant  stems  and glow in order to attract males, who have large eyes sensitive to that type of light. 萤火虫是一种生活在花园、灌木树篱和荒野中的甲虫。在夜间发出明亮绿光的雌性萤火虫爬到植物的茎上并发光，以吸引对这...

No! That's the only word we hear in the latest cute baby video to go viral. But it's not the words that baby Orla says that has made this video so popular. It's the fact that her  babbling  clearly  mimics  the  distinctive   Scouse  accent from Liverpool.  不！ 这是我们在最新的可爱婴儿视频中听到的唯一一句话。 但并不是小奥拉说的话让这段视频如此受欢迎。 事实...

The idea of turning Mars into a livable world for humans is a common element of science fiction. But could such an action be done in real life?  将火星变成人类可以居住的世界的想法是科幻小说中的常见元素。但这样的行动在现实生活中能实现吗？  Scientists are now proposing a new method to warm up Earth's planetary neighbor. The idea involves putting engineered particles made of iron or aluminu...

Ma Myung-sun had low expectations for the subtropical bananas he planted in a community farm in Seoul. He must use a greenhouse for part of the year to protect them from South Korea's cold winters.  马明顺对他在首尔一个社区农场种植的亚热带香蕉期望不高。他必须在一年中的某个时候使用温室，以保护香蕉免受韩国寒冷冬季的影响。  But warmer temperatures due to climate change have produced a welco...

From the United States and Britain to Russia and South America, cats often appear in famous public places.   从美国和英国到俄罗斯和南美洲，猫咪经常出现在著名的公共场所。 Cat fans say the animals bring value to the places where they live. Cats can add a cute element or reduce the number of rodents. Sometimes, cats even come to define the place they live in.   猫咪爱好者认为这些...

This is not the first local sighting of ospreys – soaring birds of prey with long hazel-flecked wings, white feather crowns and distinctive eye stripes. But the presence of at least two osprey chicks has raised hopes that these raptors can establish a permanent colony in Ireland. 这并不是人们第一次在爱尔兰当地目击鱼鹰，鱼鹰是一种飞禽，纤...