The World Without Humans

The World Without Humans

Have you ever wondered what would happen if, one day, all human beings were suddenly wiped from the face of the Earth?

我们地球人类在地球之上可以说已经统治超过了几十万年,不过人类对地球的负面影响远远大于正面。地球生物的灭绝危机,全球变暖,空气污染,海洋污染,和乱砍滥伐,都损坏了地球。所以很多人提出,如果我们人类突然从地球上全部消失,地球会变成什么样呢? ...

Chinese Chopsticks

Chinese Chopsticks

Chinese people have used chopsticks for at least 3,000 years. Thanks to the capability of chopsticks themselves, they have been the main tableware for a quarter of the population in the world for thousands of years.

中国人使用筷子的历史至少有三千多年了。由于筷子本身的功能,两根棍子似的筷子,千百年来一直作为世界四分之一人民的主要餐具。 ...

How Food Affects Brain Function May Be Beyond Your Imagination

How Food Affects Brain Function May Be Beyond Your Imagination

"You are what you eat", the food you choose may show your personal preferences and tastes, or reveal whether you care about environmental sustainability, but what is most relevant to you is that...

「人如其食」,你选择的食物可能展现个人的偏好与品味,或者透露了你是否关心环境永续发展,但与自身最息息相关的是,食物影响了大脑运作、生长发育、活力,甚至情绪起伏。 ...

The Loneliest Whale in the World

The Loneliest Whale in the World

For 24 years, researchers have been tracking the migration of a whale which has a unique sonic signature - so unique that it appears to have never found a mate.

1989年科学家发现了一只须鲸。这只须鲸由于发声频率不同于其他须鲸。自从它被发现以来,就始终孤单,没有同伴理会。 ...

Earth Sees First Image Of A Black Hole

Darkness Visible: Earth Sees First Image Of A Black Hole

Astronomers announced on Wednesday that at last they had captured an image of the unobservable: a black hole. Not only is it an important milestone in the astronomical world, but also an extraordinary achievement for mankind.

中央研究院今天(10日)晚间与比利时、日本、中国、美国、智利等5国一同召开记者会,公开人类史上首张利用「事件视界望远镜」(EHT)「直接观测」到的黑洞影像。...

Hawking Death, Einstein Birth, and Pi Day

Hawking’s Death, Einstein’s Birth, and Pi Day

Hawking's date of his passing, which is in the early hours of March 14, 2018, happened to coincide with the birthday of yet another genius: Albert Einstein. What makes it much more coincidental is that the day is a Pi Day. Is time really that relative?

英国知名物理学家霍金周三在剑桥家中过世,享寿76岁,而3月14恰好也是物理学家爱因斯坦63周年的冥诞,更巧的是,爱因斯坦逝世时也是76岁。...

Dolphin Brain and The Struggle for Survival

Dolphin Brain and the Struggle for Survival

Dolphin is widely renowned as one of the most intelligent creatures on earth, but are they really intelligent, at all?

海豚的大脑就其体积来讲, 大超过其他哺乳动物,甚至人类的大脑。海豚大脑的脑沟和脑回的数量多得惊人,这是科学家们大为吃惊。...

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