朝向西方：俄罗斯的复兴 Past and Present of Russia
如果问你的祖父辈，他们听到哪一个国家和民族的老歌时，会挺感动，心灵跟着有所触动，他们很可能会说是俄罗斯民歌。苏联和中国有过一段非常友好的邦交历史，两个国家共同的理想曾让那个时代的青年热血沸腾。后来，苏联解体，成为15 个独立的联邦国，其中最大的联邦国俄罗斯继承了苏联的大部分资源、国力、国际义务和地位。
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疟疾反击战
King Tutankhamun only ruled ancient Egypt for a few short years before dying as a teenager. His mummy was discovered in a tomb filled with gold and jewels. But what killed him? He had been sickly throughout his whole life and had a broken leg when he died. But scientists found traces of a terrible disease that likely ended his life. That disease is called malaria.
当艺术“活”起来◎ —数字技术如何改变装置艺术体验
In the middle of Las Vegas, colors and patterns swirl over the surface of a massive sphere . For a moment, it looks like an alien planet with a bizarre arrangement of ridges, forests, and oceans. But then the swirls change to pinks and blues, as if the planet is having a vivid dream.
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科幻小说:InMi 世界的入侵者
“Invasion, invasion!” A chemical siren blares. We Scouts all sense its urgency. An enemy has breached the gates and launched an attack on our vast world of InMi.
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Social Etiquette: One of the Arts for Building Successful Relationships
Etiquette provides basic rules for how we interact with other people. And good manners help us make a good impression. Two ver successful flms exemplify the stor of how learning manners changes a person. One is the flmMy Fair Lady, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1964. It is set in early twentieth-centur England.
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How to stand out in a science competition
Welcome to the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world’s largest science competition for high school students. Out of the tens of millions of students who enter science fairs around the world each year, just 1,800 qualify to participate in this one.
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Catching Ghost Particles: The Story of Neutrinos
Zip! Zing! Right now, teeny tiny paricles are pelting your body. Every second, one hundred trillion of them zoom through you. But they don’t hur. In fact, they usually don’t disturb even a single atom or molecule on the way through. These paricles can pass through all of planet Earh without hitting anything!
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Watching the Earth: How Do Scientists Gather Information About Our Planet?
What would you think if you sailed into a vast area of ocean that glowed in the dark with pale white light? One sea captain, Raphael Semmes, was traveling along the Horn of Africa in 1864 when he encountered this phenomenon. “We suddenly passed from the deep blue water in which we had been sailing, into a patch of water so white that it startled me,” he wrote.
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Rebuilding the Body: The Future of Brain-Controlled Prosthetics
As a teenager, Hugh Herr got lost during a blizzard on a mountain. He surived the ordeal but was gravely injured. “Both of my legs were amputated just below the knee due to tissue damage from frostbite,” he explained in a 2020 talk. As he adjusted to his new body, he said, “I began to imagine a world with such advanced technology that disability is no more.”
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