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"A good book is easy to find." That is the message on a sign at Hernando Guanlao's home in the Makati area of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. “ 一本好书很容易找到。” 这是菲律宾首都马尼拉马卡蒂地区埃尔南多·关老家中的一块牌子上写的信息。 Guanlao has turned his home into a free public library. Visitors can borrow the books inside for free.  关老把他的家变成了免费的公共图书馆。游客可以免...

What do you get when you cross the sports of rodeo with skiing? An extreme winter sport called skijoring.  当牛仔竞技运动与滑雪运动交叉时，你会得到什么？一项称为滑雪的极限冬季运动。  The competition involves riding horses that tow skiers by rope over jumps and around barriers. At the same time, competitors try to lance round targets with a baton, a special stick for the purpose.  比...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is adding to the threat of election disinformation worldwide.  人工智能 (AI) 正在加剧全球选举虚假信息的威胁。  The technology makes it easy for anyone with a smartphone and an imagination to create fake – but convincing – content aimed at fooling voters.  这项技术使任何拥有智能手机和想象力的人都可以轻松创建虚假但令人信服的内容，旨在愚弄选民。  Just...

The supernova was visible from Earth for four months, shining with the power of a hundred million Suns. There was so much debris that even the most powerful telescopes could not confirm what remained at its heart.  曾经长达四个月之久，人们可以在地球上看到这颗超新星，它发出的光芒亮度相当于一亿个太阳。由于恒星爆炸产生大量碎片，即便是用最强大的望远镜进行观测，也无法确认超新星爆炸后的残骸中心是什...

'Going for a walk' is a popular pastime among older and younger generations alike because of its well-known benefits for our physical and mental health. But you may be surprised to hear that meandering through pretty streets or hiking along mountainous ridges have not always been considered leisure activities, according to Daniel Gale, a researcher of pedestrianism.  “散步”是老一辈和年轻一代...

In the eastern state of Virginia, employees of the Richmond Wildlife Center are doing their best to act like mother  foxes . They started feeding and caring for a baby fox, called a kit, when the young animal became separated from its mother. 在弗吉尼亚州东部，里士满野生动物中心的员工正在尽力表现得像狐狸妈妈。 当一只小狐狸与母亲走散后，他们开始喂养和照顾这只小狐狸。 The Associa...

Math lovers celebrate Pi Day on March 14, or 3/14. Around the world, many people even mark the day by eating a tasty piece of pie.  数学爱好者会在 3 月 14 日（即 3 月 14 日）庆祝圆周率日。 在世界各地，许多人甚至通过吃一块美味的馅饼来纪念这一天。  For those who do not know, pi is a mathematical constant, a value that never changes. It expresses the ratio of a circle’s circumference (the d...

The American agency that follows the risk of coral bleaching around the world says “the worst bleaching event in the history of the planet may come soon.”  追踪全球珊瑚白化风险的美国机构表示，“地球历史上最严重的白化事件可能很快就会到来。”  Those are the words of Derek Manzello, head of NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch.  这是 NOAA 珊瑚礁观察负责人德里克·曼泽洛 (Derek Manzello) 的话。 NOAA is...

People can react differently to these kinds of situations. Some people may want to jump right in feet first. They may want to take the plunge!  人们对这些情况可能会有不同的反应。有些人可能想先用脚跳。他们可能想冒险一试！  And some people may want to test the waters. They may want to dip their toes in first.  有些人可能想试水。他们可能想先尝试一下。  Which kind of person are you...

When visitors come to Paris for the Olympic Games starting in July, they will be entering the territory of France’s most famous street artist: “Invader.” It will be one invasion coming face-to-face with another.  当游客来到巴黎观看七月开始的奥运会时，他们将进入法国最著名的街头艺术家“入侵者”的领地。这将是一次入侵与另一次入侵的面对面。  Like Banksy, the British street artist he is sometime...

The humpback's song sounded so strange and haunting to sailors, they used to think it belonged to ghosts or mythical sea creatures. Now, a study has revealed how the animals produce their complex songs.  座头鲸的鲸歌听起来很奇怪，让水手们难以忘记，他们曾认为这种 “歌声” 来自鬼魂或神话中的海洋生物。现在，一项研究揭示了这些动物唱出复杂 “歌声” 的原理。  Researchers examined the voice boxes o...

Starting a dream job in a new city, winning a place at a prestigious university abroad or being able to travel for an extended period. All fantastic opportunities, but they can leave us feeling sad and alone. What is homesickness and what can we do about it?  在一个新城市开始一份梦想的工作，在国外著名大学获得一席之地，或者能够长期旅行。这些都是绝佳的机会，但它们会让我们感到悲伤和孤独。什么是...

A new study estimates more than 1 billion people worldwide are currently living with obesity. People with obesity are considered medically overweight. 一项新研究估计，目前全球有超过 10 亿人患有肥胖症。 肥胖者在医学上被认为是超重。  The study, published in the medical publication The Lancet, said that one in eight people are obese. Researchers said around 43 percent of adults were overweight i...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report on Wednesday that public waste creation will greatly increase by 2050. The rise will cause hundreds of billions of dollars of damage through biodiversity loss, climate change, and deadly pollution, UNEP reports.  联合国环境规划署 (UNEP) 在周三的一份报告中表示，到 2050 年，公共废物的产生量将大幅增加。环境署报告称，这种增加将因生...

Our very ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don’t we have them now? 我们非常古老的动物祖先有尾巴。为什么我们现在没有它们？  From the time of Charles Darwin, a scientist from the 1800s who studied evolutionary biology, scientists have questioned why and how this happened.  从 1800 年代研究进化生物学的科学家查尔斯·达尔文 (Charles Darwin) 时代起，科学家们就一直质疑这种现象为何以及如何...

Fforest Fawr is an old woodland area with broadleaf trees and important archaeological features, but there are diseased larch trees that need to be removed. They've been individually felled and then dragged out of the forest by a team of four horses.  威尔士大森林是一片古老的林地，这里长有阔叶树，而且极具可用于重要考古研究的特征，但同时也有患病的落叶松需要被清除。这些病树被一一砍倒，然后由一...

Humans can be poor judges of their own ability. So, you might not be as good, or as bad, as you think you are. Psychologists have found the less expertise you have in something, the more likely you are to overestimate your competence in it. And in a digital era where self-assured social media influencers give you 'life hacks', and face-to-face conversation is more limited, this psychological pheno...

The pilots started their jet engines on a runway in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai on Wednesday. But they were not preparing to fly an aircraft. They themselves would fly — in the first-ever “jet suit race.”  周三，飞行员在阿拉伯联合酋长国迪拜市的跑道上启动了喷气发动机。 但他们并不准备驾驶飞机。 他们自己也会飞——参加有史以来第一次“喷气服竞赛”。  The seven pilots with jet engines o...

A group of South Korean rappers in their eighties has become popular in their hometown and beyond. The group raps about farm life and bringing energy to a quiet rural area threatened by shrinking population.  一群八十多岁的韩国说唱歌手在家乡内外走红。 该乐队讲述了农场生活，并为受到人口减少威胁的安静农村地区带来了活力。  The group is called Suni and the Seven princesses. They have become...

This is the sound of Nasa's Perseverance  rover  hard at work on the surface of the Red Planet. It landed on Mars 15 months ago. Since then, it's been on the move,  trundling  more than seven miles across the dry and  dusty  terrain. 这是美国国家航空航天局的 “毅力号” 漫游探测器在火星表面努力工作时的声音。它在15个月前登陆火星。自那以后，它争分夺秒地进行探测任务，已经在...

A long-term study in China has shown that a series of changes take place in the brains of people who get Alzheimer’s disease long before they present signs of the sickness.  中国的一项长期研究表明，早在阿尔茨海默病患者出现症状之前，他们的大脑就发生了一系列变化。 The large study followed middle-aged and older adults for 20 years. The individuals were examined on a regular basis during that per...

Do you remember all those cicada videos from the United States in 2021?  你还记得2021年美国那些蝉视频吗？  Well, prepare for a repeat performance this year. The insect show begins as early as April.  好吧，准备今年重演吧。 昆虫展最早于四月开始。  Two groups of cicadas, brood XIII and brood XIX, are expected to come out from the ground to mate and lay eggs this year. Their appea...

Trying to grow grass in the deserts or other dry places can seem like a losing battle. As a result, many people who live in such climates will use rocks, gravel, or man-made materials as groundcover instead of grass.  尝试在沙漠或其他干燥的地方种草似乎是一场失败的战斗。 因此，许多生活在这种气候下的人会使用岩石、砾石或人造材料作为地被植物，而不是草。  But there are several tough, low-grow...

This flying reptile  soared  over the heads of dinosaurs when Scotland was part of a sub-tropical island in the Middle Jurassic period. Scientists found its wings, shoulders, leg and backbone  embedded  in limestone rock on a beach. Only the skull was missing. To protect it, the fragile  fossil  was transported from Skye in the researchers' backpacks. 在侏罗纪中期，当...

Can you imagine living in a city without roads on the surface? We've already put trains underground successfully, but the idea of building roads underground is now inspiring  urban planners  and engineers. Bradley Garrett, author of 'Subterranean London', says that there's something magical about things happening out of sight, that it "gives  the   illusion of seamlessness ". S...