城市鸟类生存的两种极端
Offspring:后代
wildlife has been fleeing from them:野生动物正在从他们那里逃离
fleeing:逃离【escape】
So in many cities we have pigeons or doves, any kind of crow species:所以在很多城市,我们有鸽子,以及任何种类的乌鸦
doves:和平鸽【pigeons】
But this scenario doesn’t account for birds like pigeons:但是,这个场景并没有考虑像鸽子这样的鸟
They found that birds that flourish in cities come in two extremes:他们发现在城市中茁壮成长的鸟类有两个极端
flourish:繁荣【thrive,boom,prosper】
small-brained and super fertile:小脑和繁殖能力好的
they are good urban dwellers:他们是好的城市居民
dwellers:居民【resident,citizen】
无食不吃的土狼(coyotes)
across the gradient.:跨越梯度
rugged face:粗糙面
digesting and assimilating :消化吸收
help homeowners learn to coexist with coyotes:共存
peaceful coexistence:和平共处
鱿鱼(squid)发光的皮肤像代码
看到这,说实话有点兴奋
darting:穿梭【shuttle】
dart:飞镖🎯
darting around in search of fish:四处游动寻找🐟
they engage in these feeding frenzies:他们热衷于疯狂进食
frenzies:疯狂
the sequence of patterns varies consistently in specific contexts:模式的顺序是持续变化的,在特定环境
COVID-19对安全实验室的需求及风险
But now that virus is being cultivated in specially equipped biohazard labs:生物危害实验室
hazard:危害【harm】
sth fall into category of:某物 属于什么(落入)
facilities are raising the likelihood of a catastrophic breach:设施正在提高灾难性破坏的可能性
breach:违反【violate】
likelihood:可能性【possibility,potential】
works with highly contagious livestock diseases:治疗高度传染性的牲畜疾病
infectious:contagious,传染性的
livestock:牲畜【animal,cattle】
古代足迹
The technique detects subtle differences in ground density:该技术检测地面密度的细微差异
density:密度
subtle:细微【slight】
they relate to the weight and momentum of the animal:它们与动物的重量和动量有关
momentum:动量
shoes or sandals:鞋或凉鞋
sandal:凉鞋
at long last:在最后
Real Laughs Motivate More Guffaws
真正的笑声激励更多的“哄笑”
encouraging us to chuckle:鼓励我们咯咯的笑
guffaw = chuckle
indeed, laughter can be highly contagious:确实,笑声有高度的传染力
cue = tip,hint,clue(提示,暗示,线索)
the most groan-worthy jokes:最值得呻吟的笑话
groan:呻吟【moan,sigh】
The researchers paired the jokes with both spontaneous, involuntary laughter :研究人员将笑话与自发的、非自愿的笑声搭配在一起
spontaneous = naturally(自然的)
“I think we were expecting there to be some differences for the people with autism, and we did not find them.”:"我认为我们预计自闭症患者会有一些差异,但我们没有找到他们
autism:自闭症
猫也会得新冠病毒
from strains seen in humans:从人类看到的菌株
strain:菌株
These preprints have not yet been peer-reviewed:这些预印尚未经过同行评审
15% of the cats tested positive:15%的猫检测呈阳性
diagnosed with COVID-19:诊断为 COVID-19
The rest of the cats were strays:其余的猫是流浪的
stray:流浪【wandering,lost】,一个人(r)的停留,就是流浪
strict hygiene and quarantine measures should also be carried out for these animals:对这些动物也应采取严格的卫生和检疫措施
cats and ferrets:猫和雪铁龙
adjacent:相邻【adjoin】
leap back from cats to their owners:从猫跳回主人
rubbing noses with your little snookums:用你的小鼻子擦👃
rubbing:摩擦【friction】
老年人才得新冠?
这么明显的错误简直了
many days of gloomy darkness:许多天悲观阴沉的黑暗
And if I get infected it’s no biggie:如果,我感染了也不是个大问题
biggie:大款
so what the heck:那么,什么鬼
让孩子们受伤的不是上网
一项新的研究反对父母可能感到的忧虑: a new study argues against the apprehension parents may feel
apprehension:担忧【concern】,理解和担忧是分不开的,我理解你,我也担忧你
我们发现的联系,实际上让更人惊讶。我们发现,发短信多的年轻人实际上心理健康状况更好。
我们希望更多的家长能听到这个消息,能够放松下来,少花点时间担心智能手机,多花点时间和孩子们聊天。
a representative sample of race and socioeconomic status for the entire U.S:整个美国种族和社会经济地位的代表性样本
What's a Narwhal's Tusk For?
独角鲸的长牙有什么用?
想起了鲸落:指鲸鱼死后,落入海底,一座鲸鱼的尸体可供养整套生命系统长达上百年,这是它留给大海最后的温柔
it's a whale with a spiral tusk sprouting from its head—the narwhal
spr out:发芽【bud】
spiral:螺旋【auger】,四百楼,螺旋式的上升
best fed individuals can afford to produce such an ostentatious ornament
os ten ta tious:财大气粗【 deep pockets, moneybags】
elaborate sexual signals :精心设计的性信号
elaborate:阐述,精心设计
Masturbation:自慰【jerk off】
SUSHI寿司
meta-analysis:元分析
the prevalence of anasakid parasite infection has skyrocketed:阿纳纳基寄生虫感染的流行率急剧上升
prevalent:普遍【popular】,三八大杠里的
skyrocket:暴涨【soar】
tuna:金枪鱼
vomiting:🤮
The epidemiology of the oceans is still in its infancy.:婴儿,初期
人工智能学会反驳偏执者
eliminate hate speech:消除讨厌的演讲
Techniques used to eliminate defective products :技术被用来消除次品
All ethnicities and social groups deserve tolerance:所有的种族和社会群体都应该宽容
many users banned by Twitter tend to resurface:许多被Twitter禁止的用户倾向于重新浮出水面
In other words: to bring back good ol' civil discourse?:换句话说:带回良好的公民话语?
discourse:话语【words】
这鸟能的很啊
把孵蛋和养育的任务交给别的鸟--燕八哥
leaving all the hard work of incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks to somebody else:孵蛋和养鸟的辛苦活儿留给别人
incubation:孵化【hatch】
Yellow warblers:黄莺
But it turns out that they can eavesdrop on the yellow warblers' calls:但事实证明,他们可以偷听黄莺的叫声
eavesdropping:偷听【bugged,tapped】
since the warblers provide additional vigilance against brown-headed cowbirds:因为莺对棕色头的鸟有额外的警惕
vigilant:警惕,危机来了要警惕
Young birds learn their vocalizations much like young humans learn languages:幼鸟学习它们的叫声就像年轻人学习语言一样
奥巴马谈科学政策
有内味了
former President Barack Obama posted a 12-minute address:前美国总统奥巴马发表了一篇12分钟的讲座
address:地址,报告【report】
he endorsed:他支持
endorsed:赞同【agree,approval,favor】
“大流行可以跨越许多噪音和时间,提醒我们什么是真实的,什么是重要的。这场危机提醒我们,事实和科学很重要。我咋感觉是在针对川建国同学
吸口气来测肺癌
find the tumor:找到肿瘤
nanotechnology:纳米技术
invent non-toxic nanoprobes:发明一个无毒的纳米探针
probe:指向
proceed through several years of clinical trials:进行数年的临床实验
食草动物(herbivore)来保护冻土
冬天的雪对土壤温度很重要,因为它是一层绝缘层
reindeer:驯鹿【rein:控制,缰绳】
herbivore:食草动物
critter:动物【animal,beast(野兽)】
thaw:解冻【melt(融化)】
permafrost soil:永久冻土
人工智能嗅出不安全的食物
原来是通过网络上的评论,训练了机器学习算法来区分被召回产品的评论和未被标记产品的评论。
more than 400.000 people die from contaminated food:超过400000人死于受污染的食品
contamination:受污染【pollution】
She did add one caveat:他提出一个警告
caveat:警告【warn】
The proof, unfortunately, may still be in the pudding:很不幸,证据还在布丁中
从大流感中得到的教训
a wakeup call:警钟
consumerism, materialism:消费主义,物质主义
尤其是那些住在城市里的人,第一次体验到了在夜晚呼吸新鲜空气、看星星,甚至近距离观赏野生动物的感觉。
我们的第3000集
In keeping with the net increase in entropy of the universe:为了保持和宇宙的熵净增长保持一致
net:网络;净
鸟是犀牛得嘹望眼
犀牛之所以能忍受这种侮辱,是因为无论何时,只要看到人类靠近,它们都会发出响亮的警报,给犀牛发出逃跑预警。
Black rhinos have terrible eyesight:黑犀牛有糟糕的视力
hungry lions and hyenas:饥饿的狮子和鬣狗(疯狗)
But those protective traits are no match for humans with guns:但这些保护性的特征并不能和人类的枪匹配(好讽刺irony)
The chatty, sociable birds often hang out on the backs of rhinos:这种健谈,社交的鸟经常挂在犀牛的背上
lookout:瞭望台
没事要多运动
She’s a former nationally syndicated health columnist:她是前国家联合健康专栏作家
syndicated:银团【consortium】
FermiParadox
“费米悖论”的隐含之意是:理论上讲,人类能用100万年的时间飞往银河系各个星球,那么,外星人只要比人类早进化100万年,现在就应该来到地球了
宇宙中就不会存在能够进行星际航行的文明,包括人类在内。一个科技文明发展到最顶点,也不过是勉强出个恒星系罢了,然后耗尽资源默默消亡,黑暗的宇宙中一个个文明就像海洋中一个小小的气泡,默默产生,转瞬消亡,没有任何人知道,所以宇宙才如此寂静。这是费米悖论最令人绝望也是最可能的解释。