I think there are many endangered animals in the world such as tigers and pandas. When farmers cut down trees tigers can no longer hide and hunt. Many tigers are killed by people who want to sell their fur for money. And there are few places where pandas can live. We are not alone i...
So although inverse suspension can be dangerous, it's actually pretty rare that people die from it. Afraid of getting stuck upside down on a roller coaster? Well, it's not impossible. In 1997, a group of people found themselves in exactly that position for an hour and a half, and every...
One that has cropped up repeatedly over the years is that more people are killed by falling coconuts every year than by sharks -- usually 150 is the number cited. No reference is ever given for this statistic, and it's actually false. You may not be surprised to find out that no one...
题目Andrew Orkin was taking a break from his evening jog to sit by Prospect Park Lake when he was frightened to see a mass of snakes. They turned out to be swamp eels(黄鳝)that had escaped from one of two large plastic bags that split open as a man dragged them to t...
Over the course of many millions of years, the processes of mutation and natural selection have created every species of life that we see in the world today, from the simplest bacteria to humans and everything in between. Billions of years ago, according to the theory of evolution, chemi...
Rubber snakes in my pool to scare them away Snake repellent Getting a cat or dog Pesticides and chlorine The frogs kept coming back. Strangely, they even became immune to chlorine after a while. What worked for me was removing their habitat.Frogs are amphibians, which means they live on bot...
He’s been lifting for six years, and today the cephalic vein that snakes down his surprisingly yoked 67-year-old biceps pops beneath his polo. I ask him to show me his exposometer, the small wearable—around the same size as a smartphone—that his team developed and built in-house to...
Over the course of many millions of years, the processes of mutation and natural selection have created every species of life that we see in the world today, from the simplest bacteria to humans and everything in between. Billions of years ago, according to the theory of evolution, chemi...
On the surface, human cloning may evoke a similar reaction to the space program's race to the moon -- groundbreaking accomplishment, but what could we actually glean from it? Re-engineering the human reproductive process has made many people nervous that cloning crosses the ethical boundaries...