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新奇事件簿 基因疗法删除创伤记忆
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the gene that could help people forget traumatic experiences. They say the research could benefit people with painful memories. Soldiers, crime victims and people who survived natu
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新奇事件簿 英国老人靠仿生眼重获光明
A man in Britain can see again because of a new bionic eye. Ray Flynn, 80, became the first patient in the world to get the new device, which is an artificial retina. Mr Flynn suffers from a condition called age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Th
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新奇事件簿 轿车内携带致命细菌
Many people feel safer in their own cars than risk getting germs while travelling on public transport. The truth for many car drivers and passengers is the opposite. A British survey discovered that most cars are so dirty inside that they are a poten
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新奇事件簿 亚裔美国小姐遭种族歧视
America's newly-crowned beauty queen Nina Davuluri has been the subject of a torrent of racist abuse. She is the first woman of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America, but was greeted with a deluge of insults after she won the pageant on Sunday ni
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新奇事件簿 信息技术产品将零关税
There is a new global trade agreement that will make IT products cheaper. More than 50 countries agreed to end tariffs and import duties on over 200 IT products. All 28 countries from the European Union signed, as well as China, Japan, South Korea, t
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新奇事件簿 世界最丑生物
Most people do not know what a blobfish is. It is the world's ugliest animal. It is also the new mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society (UAPS). The UAPS asked 11 celebrities and comedians to make a short video on what they thought was the ugl
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新奇事件簿 1/3儿童无睡前阅读
It seems the age-old tradition of children getting a bedtime story before sleeping is on the wane in Britain. A new study reveals that around a third of parents do not read bedtime stories to their children. The study, from British online retailer Li
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新奇事件簿 青少年时期锻炼将延长寿命
A new study has revealed the importance of exercise for teenage girls. Researchers analysed data from a study conducted in Shanghai on 75,000 women aged between 40 to 70. The team discovered that women who exercised regularly as a teenager were healt
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新奇事件簿 乌拉圭男子被困安第斯山4个月
A Uruguayan man who disappeared before the start of winter in the Andes Mountains has been found alive and well. Raul Fernando Gomez, 58, got lost in a blizzard while trying to cross the Andes range from Chile to Argentina. The start of his ordeal be
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新奇事件簿 一只椰子的故事
Police officers in the Maldives have arrested a coconut. It had Arabic writing on it. It was a sura (a verse from the Koran) and local people got worried about it. They said it was full of black magic and that someone was using it to try and change t
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新奇事件簿 欧盟计划为汽车限速
The European Union (EU) has a plan to stop cars speeding. It hopes to reduce the number of people who die in traffic accidents. Around 30,000 lives are lost each year on Europe's roads. The EU's project uses a technology called intelligent speed auth
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新奇事件簿 奥巴马公布最新能源计划
The U.S. president Barack Obama has announced a new plan to combat climate change. It is called the Clean Power Plan. President Obama said it was an important project to protect America's economy and health. He wants to reduce the amount of electrici
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新奇事件簿 埃及建新苏伊士运河
Egypt's President Abdelfattah el-Sisi attended a ceremony yesterday to unveil a major extension of the Suez Canal. The original canal was completed in 1869 and took 10 years to build. The new, $8.5 billion canal was constructed in just under 12 month
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新奇事件簿 网购严重冲击英国实体店
The Internet has changed the nature of the way we shop. More and more of us are shopping online instead of in bricks and mortar stores. In the United Kingdom, this is having dire consequences for the traditional high-street store. A respected busines
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新奇事件簿 全美快餐业员工示威求加薪
Fast-food workers in 58 cities in the USA did not go to work on Thursday. They went on strike because they want more money. The workers currently get paid the minimum wage. This was set at $7.25 in 2009 and has not changed since then. Many workers sa
