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第2727期:Traveling by Plane
Episode 2
You listed travel as one of your passions.
你说旅行是你的兴趣之一。
Yeah. But actually my passion is airport to airport, what happens between airports.
是的。但实际上，我热爱的…
1 year ago
第2726期:The razor-thin line between contagion and connection(3)
Episode 3
The phenomenon that many people believe is a mass psychogenic illness, with a particularly modern twist.
许多人认为这是一种群体性心因疾病，但带有鲜明的现代特征。
The thing about m…
1 year ago
第2725期:The razor-thin line between contagion and connection(2)
Episode 4
The spread of the contagion tends to be a function of how connected the victims are to each other. So students at a small town high school, or worker…
1 year ago
第2724期:The razor-thin line between contagion and connection(1)
Episode 1
I make audio documentaries, and I recently spent some time in a town called Le Roy, New York. It's a town about 50 miles outside of Buffalo. It's a s…
1 year ago
第2723期:Archaeologists pieced together Roman wall fragments
Episode 2
Piecing together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old plaster has been the ultimate archaeological jigsaw puzzle, but stunning frescoes have emer…
1 year ago
第2722期:New species of dinosaur discovered
Episode 3
It's been named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, which means 'Dragon Prince of Mongolia', and the University of Calgary scientists say that this species is …
1 year ago
第2721期:Can we create the perfect city soundscape?
Episode 1
Picture your dream living room. You're sitting on the sofa with the window open. What do you hear? Is it the sound of a flowing river? The murmuring …
1 year ago
第2720期:Why is it so hard to get rid of bed bugs?(2)
Episode 2
If they find themselves in a particularly cool environment, they can enter a dormant state and survive over a year without feeding. While bedbugs can…
1 year ago
第2719期:Why is it so hard to get rid of bed bugs?(1)
Episode 3
In 1834, the British Royal Navy ship, the Chanticleer, was dealing with a terrible cockroach infestation. The ship's surgeon, however, wrote enthusia…
1 year ago
第2718期:I'll probably lose my job to AI(3)
Episode 4
So a final thought experiment. Imagine trying to explain your life right now to a Luddite. Better yet, just imagine trying to explain the life of som…
1 year ago