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第2785期:The Life-saving Secrets In Your Baby(1)
Episode 25
So on April 22, 2015, a four-day-old baby girl in Boston, let's call her baby Maria, became the first healthy infant in human history to have her gen…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
第2784期:Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species
Episode 26
The data shows the average surface temperature of UK waters in the seven months to the end of July was more than 0.2 degrees celsius higher than any …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
第2783期:Britain celebrates 200-year anniversary of trains
Episode 27
"The railway that got the world on track." On the 27 September 1825, crowds gathered in a small market town in north-east England to witness somethin…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
第2782期:How to end factory farming(4)
Episode 28
Take the chick killing. Innovators have developed in-ovo sexing technology that allows the egg industry to only hatch the female chicks. Thanks to th…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
第2781期:How to end factory farming(3)
Episode 29
And this. This is a trash can full of live baby chicks. I honestly didn't believe this one when I first heard about it. It just sounded like comic-bo…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
第2780期:How to end factory farming(2)
Episode 30
Honestly, the slaughterhouse wasn't as bad as I'd expected. It was the state of the animals arriving there that shook me. I remember seeing pigs comi…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
第2779期:How to end factory farming(1)
Episode 31
Today, I want to talk with you of the most important moral issues we never talk about. And that's factory farming.今天，我想和大家谈一谈一个我们几乎从不讨论、却极其重要的道德问题——那…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
第2778期:Female friendship important to gorillas
Episode 32
Moving from one group to another is something that shapes both gorilla and human society. To understand more about its evolutionary origins, research…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
第2777期:Is food colouring bad for you?
Episode 33
Food colouring is difficult to avoid. From bright orange cheesy crisps to frosted cakes, and even peanuts and meat, these additives make food more vi…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
第2776期:How we got hooked on credit cards(4)
Episode 34
This movement was dealt a devastating blow in 1968, when the Supreme Court removed the cap on state interest rates, allowing massive interest hikes t…
10 months, 3 weeks ago