Science & Technology (科学与科技)

2020-06-25 The Arctic Is ‘on Fire,’ Record Heat Alarms Scientists

Over the weekend, the Russian town of Verkhoyansk in Siberia reported a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius. The World Meteorological Organization…

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2020-06-25 Apple to Drop Intel and Use its own Chips in Mac Computers

Apple says it will start using the same chip technology it uses in its mobile devices to power the next generation of…

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2020-06-22 Green Glow Spotted for First Time Around Mars

A European spacecraft has discovered a green glow of oxygen in the atmosphere surrounding Mars. It is the first time this bright…

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2020-06-21 Antarctica’s ‘Football’ Fossil Is World’s Second-Biggest Egg

Scientists recently reported an unusual finding: the discovery of the second-largest egg known to exist. The egg, a 68 million-year-old fossil,…

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2020-06-18 Germany Launches Contact-Tracing, Norway Halts Its System

This week, Germany launched a coronavirus tracing system that officials say is so secure even government ministers can use it. The system…

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2020-06-15 COVID Offers Rare Chance for Scientists to Study Quieter Oceans

The economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus led to a sharp drop in shipping traffic around the world. This has…

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2020-06-14 Forest Loss Increased in 2019 to Third-Largest This Century

A football field every six seconds... That is how fast the world lost mature tropical forests in 2019. The information comes Global…

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2020-06-12 Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Suffers Most Severe Coral Bleaching

Scientists say Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered its most severe coral bleaching event in March. Coral are small marine animals…

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2020-06-11 IBM Ends Facial Recognition, Questions Police Use of Technology

America's IBM has ended its facial recognition business and raised concerns about how police forces might be using the technology.…

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2020-06-08 Study: Dinosaur Killing Asteroid Hit Earth at ‘Deadliest Possible’ Angle

A new study suggests the asteroid that killed almost all the dinosaurs struck Earth at the "deadliest possible" angle. Scientists believe the asteroid hit Earth…

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