The origin of dogs 狗的起源 Woof! Woof! 汪！汪！ A new idea about how dogs were domesticated 新观点：狗是如何被驯化的 Man's best friend is also his oldest. The partnership between dogs and people may go back as much as 40,000 year...
Whether the disappointment of the run-offs will prompt a wider Republican break from Mr Trump is unclear. Many thought that defeat in November would break his ironclad hold over the party. Not at all. Both of the incumbent Republican senators in the...
Despite its long spell in Republican hands, Georgia has become more competitive because of two demographic trendsa substantial increase in registered non-white voters, who tend to be reliable Democrats if they can be convinced to turn up to the polls...
United States 美国版块 Georgias run-off elections 佐治亚州决选 So sweet and clear 畅快且清晰 Two stunning victories for Democrats in Georgia upend the Senate 民主党在佐治亚州取得的两次惊人的胜利颠覆了参议院 Four...
CMUT stands for capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer. As its name suggests, it is a species of electrical capacitor, and, like all such, it is composed of two parallel plates. Any disturbance of these plates, such as the vibration induced b...
Oceanic cartography 绘制海洋地图 Full fathom five 海神的召唤 How to map the seabed from the sky 如何从空中绘制海底地图 An alien seeking a name for the third planet from the sun might reasonably plump for Sea or Ocean, rather tha...
Monster snowstorms interest Mr Wood, too, such as the great white hurricane of 1888, during which hundreds of people in the north-eastern United States died of hypothermia. Paralysing winter storms were disasters for cities like New York and Philadel...
Books arts 文艺板块 Book review 书评 Winter weather 冬季的天气 The white stuff 白色的物质 Snow. By Anthony Wood. 《雪》。作者：安东尼伍德 Anthony wood remembers sitting in the classroom one snowy morning as his teacher eye...
In other noteworthy elections, Sinn Fein got the most votes at the polls in Ireland but came second in terms of seats. The country got its first-ever coalition government between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. In Bolivias twice-postponed election Luis Ar...
The death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of police in Minneapolis sparked the worst unrest across America for decades. Floyds cry that he couldnt breathe to the officer kneeling on his neck reverberated around the world. The incident led...
