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The idea that there are five senses goes back at least as far as Aristotle. But it is not quite true. Four of the senses are obvious, if only because each is associated with a particular organ: sig...

人有五种感官的想法至少可以追溯到亚里士多德。 但这样说也并不完全准确。 有四种感官是显而易见的，因为每一种感官都与特定的器官相关：用眼睛看，用耳朵听，用舌头尝，用鼻子闻。 但是第五种经典感觉，触觉，分布在整个身体表面，集中在指尖。 此外，触...

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There is good news for Natalie! Her Olympic dream is about to come true! She does not use any aids to help her swim. So, the authorities permitted her to try and reach the level needed to compete in t...

Natalie 有个好消息！她的奥运梦想即将成真！她不使用任何辅助工具来帮助她游泳。 因此，当局允许她尝试达到参加奥运会所需的水平。 Natalie 在 5 月份的比赛中成功达到了这个水平！因此，她现在将参加 10 公里的公开水域比赛——这...

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The chemistry prize was shared by Benjamin List, of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, in Mülheim an der Ruhr, and David MacMillan, of Princeton University. Their prizewinning work, publis...

诺贝尔化学奖由位于鲁尔河畔米尔海姆州马克斯·普朗克煤炭研究所的本杰明·利斯特和普林斯顿大学的大卫·麦克米伦共享。 他们的获奖作品发表于2000年，是独立进行的，当时彼此都不知情，但目的是一致的——为了打破酶和过渡金属在催化领域的束缚。 有些...

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Around the same time, scientists such as Edward Lorenz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were beginning to describe weather as a chaotic system—in other words, something that had so many in...

大约在同一时间，麻省理工学院的爱德华·洛伦兹等科学家开始将天气描述为一个混沌的系统，换句话说，它包含非常多相互作用且独立的成分，如温度、压力、湿度和风速，以至于即使初始条件的微小变化也可能导致后期巨大的差异。 在这个描述中，天气演变迅速，甚...

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One young man and one young woman who hope to achieve their Olympic dreams. But these two people have had to rise above extreme difficulty, even just to compete. Natalie du Toit and Oscar Pistorius...

一位年轻男子和一位年轻女子希望实现自己的奥林匹克梦想。 但这两个人不得不克服极端困难，即使只是为了竞争。 Natalie du Toit 和 Oscar Pistorius 都来自南非。 他们都是顶级体育运动员。 Natalie 是一名游泳...

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Science and Technology. The 2021 Nobel science prizes and the winners are...... This year’s Nobel prizes brought both delight and disbelief. Important work was honoured, but there was a surprising ...

科技2021年诺贝尔科学奖的获得者是……今年的诺贝尔奖让人既高兴又难以置信重大科学成就得到了尊重和认可，但也有一个令人惊讶的遗漏科学家有时会将获得诺贝尔奖的过程简略地称为“斯德哥尔摩之旅”。 今年可不是这样。 音乐厅最隆重的颁奖典礼、市政厅...

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Ryan answered quickly. He said that he would collect the money for the drill. It was a lot of money. But Ryan was not worried. He wanted everyone in Africa to have clean water. So the Hreljacs started...

Ryan 很快回答。 他说他会收取演习的钱。 这是一大笔钱。 但 Ryan 并不担心。 他希望非洲的每个人都能拥有干净的水。 所以 Hreljacs 又开始收集了。 一家大报纸写了一篇关于 Ryan 的故事。 Ryan 甚至出现在电视新闻节...

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Ryan Hreljac sat in his school classroom in Kemptville, Canada. He was just six years old. He listened closely to his teacher. His school was collecting money for people in Africa. His teacher explain...

Ryan Hreljac 坐在加拿大肯普特维尔的学校教室里。 他只有六岁。 他仔细听老师讲课。 他的学校正在为非洲的人们筹集资金。 他的老师解释说，世界上很多人没有药品或干净的水。 每年有数十万非洲儿童死于脏水中的疾病。 Ryan 的老师告...