我们到处都能看到脸的原因 Why we see faces everywhere we look 如果你曾看到了无生物就想象脸，你的脑海进行过程叫‘幻想性视错觉’。 If you have ever imagined a face in an inanimate object, your brain is engaged in a process called pareidolia. 这是一种倾向察觉模式或含义在其实不存在的地方。 This is the tendency to see a pattern or meaning in something, where actually there is nothing there. 看到脸在日常物品上就是通常经验。 Seeing faces in everyday objects is a common experience. 很多人察觉笑脸在云上，在卡普奇诺的泡沫上，或在平常事物例如点头上。 Many of us perceive a smiley face in the clouds, in the froth of a cappuccino, or in an object as mundane as an electrical plug socket. 澳大利亚悉尼大学的科学家进行研究调查是否我们的大脑处理这些错觉的脸跟真的脸一样。 Scientists from the University of Sydney in Australia conducted a study to investigate whether our brain processes these illusory faces in the same way it does with real human faces. 他们的结果暗示我们认识人类的跟‘假的’脸的方法有一些相似。 Their research suggests there are some similarities in how we recognise both human and "false" faces. 在这研究中，17个志愿者看到了一系列幻想的和人类的脸。 In the study, 17 volunteers looked at a series of illusory and human faces. 他们应该看脸之后评价他们情感反应的强度。 They had to rate the strength of emotional attachment they felt upon seeing each one. 研究者的结论就是一样的神经回路判决是否真的脸。 The researchers' conclusion was that the same neural circuitry was involved in determining what was or wasn't a real face. 心理学家David Alais说：“我们知道这些事物不是真的脸，可是脸的察觉驻留。” Psychologist David Alais said: "We know these objects are not truly faces, yet the perception of a face lingers." 他补充说：“说到底我们有一个平行的经验，那这个事物既引人注目的脸又物生物。” He added: "We end up with...a parallel experience that the object is both a compelling face and an object." Alais先生说大脑同时看到两个事物，而我们对脸的形象比事物的事实更多注意。 Mr Alais said the brain sees two things at once, and that we focus more on the image of a face than the fact it is an object. 他补充说：“第一个脸的印象不要让步对第二个事物的察觉。” He added: "The first impression of a face does not give way to the second perception of an object."

韩国健身房限于慢节奏的音乐 Slower dance music only for South Korea gyms 韩国首都首尔的健身房与健康中心现在被限制他们可以用的音乐。 Gyms and fitness clubs in and around South Korea's capital Seoul now have a limit on what kind of music they can play. 韩国政府执行了音乐最快节奏的限度。 The government has set a maximum speed on the tunes allowed. 这是为了制约新冠病毒的流传。 This is to limit the spread of Covid-19. 韩国刚出现了新一波新冠病毒的案例。 There are the beginnings of a new coronavirus wave in South Korea. 新政策旨在阻止人呼吸太快或泼汗水对其他人。 The new measures are to stop people breathing too quickly or splashing sweat on each other. 卫生官员通知健身房不会用快于每分钟120个跳动的音乐。 Health officials have told gyms not to play music with a tempo higher than 120 beats per minute (bpm). Lady Gaga的《Bad Romance》和Chic的《Le Freak》都是只不过限度之下，两首歌曲的节奏都是每分钟119个跳动。 The songs Bad Romance by Lady Gaga and Le Freak by the group Chic fall just under the limit at 119 bpm. 韩国流行音乐的歌迷发现他们还能一遍锻炼身体一遍听到BTS将要很宽心。 K-pop fans will be relieved to know they can work out to BTS. BTS热门歌曲《Dynamite》的节奏大致每分钟115个跳动。 The BTS hit Dynamite is around 115 bpm. 韩国首相金富谦警告韩国已经达到了‘最高危机级别’。 South Korea's Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum warned the nation that the country had reached "maximum crisis level". 韩国总统文在寅表示同情对被政策影响的商业。 President Moon Jae-in said he felt sorry for business owners affected by the rules. 他表示：“我免不了觉得一点后悔再请求公民更有一点耐心。” He said: "I can't help but feel very sorry to once again ask the citizens for a little more patience." 有很多健身房的业主对新政策不满意。 Many gym owners are unhappy with the new rules. 有一个说：“我的最大的问题是否有证据不听BTS反而听经典音乐跟新冠病毒的流传有关系?” One said: "My biggest question is whether playing classical music or songs by BTS has been proved to have any impact on spreading the virus." 他问：“现今很多人用他们自己的耳机，怎么控制他们的播放列表？” He asked: "Many people use their own earphones...these days, so how do you control their playlists?" 另一规定限制跑步机的速度不会超越6公里每小时。 Another new rule is that treadmills will be limited to a maximum speed of 6kph.

亚马孙雨林变成二氧化碳排放的发源地 Amazon 'flips' to be source of CO2 emissions 环境科学家们震惊得公布了亚马孙雨林有部分排放比吸收更多二氧化碳。 Environmental scientists have revealed shocking news that parts of the Amazon rainforest are emitting more carbon dioxide than they are absorbing. 科学们发布了这场雨林每年产生多于十亿吨二氧化碳。 The scientists said the forest is now producing over a billion tons of CO2 a year. 他们说之前亚马孙雨林是个‘碳陷’。 They say the Amazon used to be a carbon "sink". 在这里二氧化碳吸收了转换氧气。 This is where CO2 was sucked up and converted into oxygen. 而且这里现在成为了二氧化碳的发源地。 However, it has now become a source of carbon dioxide. 这场雨林可能要失去它的外号‘世界之肺’。 The forest is at risk of losing its moniker of being the lungs of the world. 研究者预计在未来这场雨林要在更快速度产生越来越多二氧化碳。 Researchers are predicting the rainforest will create more CO2 at an accelerating rate in the future. 亚马孙‘碳陷’转换‘发源地’最有罪的原因包括集采，滥伐，越来越多森林火灾。 The biggest culprits for the Amazon's flipping from sink to source are logging, deforestation and a growing number of forest fires. 亚马孙二氧化碳排放的统计在学报《自然》公布了。 The research on the Amazon's CO2 emissions has been published in the journal "Nature". 研究者分析了六百个从2010年到2018年巴西亚马孙各地森林火灾产生的二氧化碳和一氧化碳标本。 Researchers analysed 600 profiles of CO2 and carbon monoxide emissions produced by fires at various sites in Brazil's Amazon between 2010 and 2018. 他们发现林火产生了大致十五亿吨二氧化碳，反之森林发展排除了不过五亿吨。 They found that the fires produced about 1.5 billion tons of CO2 a year, while forest growth removed just 0.5 billion tons. 研究者说十亿吨二氧化碳留存在大气中等于世界上第五个产生最多污染国家日本的年度排放。 The researchers said the difference of one billion tons left in the atmosphere is equivalent to the annual emissions of Japan, which is the world's fifth-largest polluter. 伦敦大学学院教授西蒙-路易斯说”东南亚马孙’碳陷’转换’发源地’的新闻意味着严重的警告气候变化的效果越快越强.” Professor Simon Lewis, from University College London, said: "The south-east Amazon sink-to-source story is yet another stark warning that climate impacts are accelerating."

‘感觉’和‘感受’有什么差别？ 感觉关于感觉器官的经验（具象的），感受关于心理的经验（抽象的）？ 还有‘觉得’呢？

尼日利亚银行家获得世界食物奖 非洲开发银行总统Akinwumi Adesina获得了2017年的世界食物奖。除获得奖以外，他也获得了二十五万美元的奖金。他获得了这个奖项为了他的二十年多的增长非洲食物产生的工作。他使用了他的高级银行家的经历以便扶持非洲的农业。他一边改造了很多农业的法则，一边帮忙了小农民更容易地接受商业贷款。另外，他也帮助了农民现代化他们的农场和他们的培植农作物的方法。世界食物奖基金会总统Kenneth Quinn解释为什么Adesina先生获得了奖说道：“他已经从事二十五年多为了促进非洲农业的发展，他给了数以百万计的非洲人改善的食物安全” 1970年的诺贝尔和平奖得主Norman Borlaug设立了世界食物奖。他被称为“绿色革命之父”。他发展了培植农作物能产生更多食物和能更抵抗疾病。他的研究事实在六十年代的亚洲援助避免饥饿。Quinn先生说Adesina“在非洲的贫寒中成长了”所以他尽力得到良好的教育。之后，他获得了农业经济学的博士学位。随之而后，他成为非洲银行世界的主要人物之一，他终于从2011年到2015年被授任尼日利亚的农业部长。Quinn先生继续说道Adesina使用了他的背景和经历“帮助数以百万计的人摆脱贫困，尤其是非洲的农民”。 World Food Prize Goes to a Nigerian Banker The president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has won the 2017 World Food Prize. Mr Adesina won the prize and $250,000. He got the award for his two decades of work in increasing food production in Africa. He used his experience as a top banker to help agriculture in Africa. He helped to change many farming laws and made it easier for small farmers to get loans for their business. He also helped farmers to modernize their farms and the way they grow their crops. The World Food Prize Foundation President, Kenneth Quinn, said Mr. Adesina won the prize, "for driving change in African agriculture for over 25 years and improving food security for millions across the continent". The World Food Prize was created by the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug. He is known as the father of the "green revolution". He helped to breed crops that produced more food and were stronger and more resistant against disease. His work helped to prevent famine in Asia in the 1960s. Mr Quinn said Adesina "grew up in poverty" in Africa and decided to do his best at school to get a good education. He got a PhD. in agricultural economics. He became a leader in African banking and was also Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture from 2011 to 2015. Quinn said Adesina used his background and experiences to, "lift millions of people out of poverty, especially farmers in rural Africa".

星巴克在京都开了用榻榻米草垫的店 星巴克在日本的古首都京都刚开了一家新店。这家和全球的星巴克店不一样因为这家有三个用榻榻米草垫的房间。榻榻米是日本传统的草垫，这个平常地用在日本房子的地上。传统榻榻米的房间没有椅子，所以客人应该坐在榻榻米上的平垫上。这家新店在一栋一百年的房子里，这栋房子位于在京都最历史上地区的美丽‘二年坂’商业街上。这家店坐落在两座世界文化遗产地的寺庙中间。这个地区非常受旅游者的欢迎，很多人喜欢租传统日本的和服然后拍照片在这里。这些三个用榻榻米的房间在二楼。 星巴克尽他们所能让这家店融入周围的传统环境。他们没用霓虹灯，前门上没有大绿色的星巴克商标。反而前门上挂一张传统深蓝色的帘子。这张朴素的帘子只有星巴克的黑色商标。星巴克以一种传统的方式重新装修这栋房子，而且他们创造了一座日式花园为了让客人享受风景。星巴克想要做好邻居，他们决定了不让客人在店的前面排队，他们也在高峰期要限制客人的数量。这些决策要避免大群的客人搅乱地区的安静气氛。 Starbucks Opens Coffee Shop with Tatami in Kyoto Starbucks has done its best to make sure the coffee shop blends in with its traditional surroundings. There are no neon signs and no big, green Starbucks names or logos. Instead, there is a traditional dark-blue curtain hanging over the front door. The coffee shop's logo is printed on the curtain in black. Starbucks has reformed the house in the traditional style and has created a Japanese garden for people to look at. The company also wants to be a good neighbor. It has decided not to let people form lines in front of the shop as they wait to get in. It will also limit the number of customers during peak hours. This is to avoid disrupting the quiet atmosphere in the area with crowds of customers. Starbucks has opened a new coffee shop in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto. It is unlike any other Starbucks in the world as it has three rooms with tatami – the traditional straw matting that is used for floors in Japanese houses. There are no chairs in the tatami rooms. People sit on flat cushions on the tatami mats. The new coffee shop is in a 100-year-old house in one of the most historic areas of Kyoto. It is located on the attractive Ninen-zaka shopping street. It is situated between two UNESCO World Heritage-listed temples. The area is very popular with tourists, many of whom rent traditional Japanese kimono to go sightseeing in. The three tatami rooms are on the second floor of the house.

奇怪深海里的动物被发现了靠近澳大利亚 科学家们发现了几十个样子奇怪的动物靠近澳大利亚的海岸。这些水生的动物栖住在水下四公里的全黑暗中。研究者们使用了一艘能抵御海底非常高压力的特别潜艇。这些艰难的环境和条件让这样的地方很挑战勘探。研究者Tim O’Hara博士说道：“澳大利亚的深海环境比澳大利亚的大陆大，但是至今我们差不多一无所知这里的生活。我们对我们刚才发现的事实觉得非常兴奋，我们现在要分享这些发现的事实跟澳大利亚和国际的公众。” 科学家们感觉惊奇对很多这些水生动物非常奇怪的外表。随之，研究队给了这些动物相似奇怪的名字。他们发现了‘红色棺材鱼’，‘饼干压模鲨鱼’，‘僵尸蠕虫’，‘三脚架鱼’和‘海洋猪’。其中的一些动物可能有新的物种。研究者们对‘红色棺材鱼’特别有兴趣。他们说它有蓝色的眼睛，红色的鳍，还有独特在黑暗中捕捉猎物的方法。科学家们说它使用“一条有松软诱饵的鱼竿在头上”。研究们也发现了“非常担忧的垃圾数量”，这个包括“汽船时代的垃圾”。他们继续说：“海底上有两百年的垃圾”。 Strange deep-sea creatures found near Australia Scientists have found dozens of strange-looking deep-sea creatures off the coast of Australia. The underwater beasts live in total darkness four kilometres below the surface of the ocean. The researchers used a special submarine that could cope with the crushing pressure of being so deep in the ocean. The difficult environment and conditions mean it is a difficult place to explore. Researcher Dr Tim O'Hara said: "Australia's deep-sea environment is larger in size than the mainland, and until now, almost nothing was known about life [there]. We're really excited about the discoveries that we've made and are thrilled that we can now share them with the Australian and international public." The scientists are surprised at how odd-looking many of the sea creatures are. The research team gave them some similarly odd names. They discovered a red coffin fish, a cookie cutter shark, zombie worms, tripod fish and sea pigs. Some of these creatures may be new species. Researchers are particularly interested in the coffin fish. They say it has blue eyes, red fins, and a unique method for catching prey in the dark. The scientists said it uses a "fishing rod tipped with a fluffy bait on top of its head". The researchers also found, "highly concerning levels of rubbish" including, "debris from the days when steamships plied our waters". They said: "The seafloor has 200 years of rubbish on it."

和海豚游泳可能被禁止 美国夏威夷当局建议禁止游客在夏威夷的海岸跟海豚游泳。海豚在数十年里吸引了游客来到夏威夷。然而美国联邦政府官员称游客数量的增加对海豚带来危险，因为游客干扰了海豚的休息和交际的时间。美国国立海洋气候局的国立海产渔业服务建议禁止在夏威夷的飞旋海豚五十米的周边游泳。这个规则将叫停很多的旅游团的活动包括航行船或者用水下通气管潜航在海豚的旁边。 美国国立海产渔业服务的发言人Ann Garrett称她不认为禁止会很大程度影响夏威夷的旅游业。她说：“我们认为尽管游客不能进入海豚周边的五十米而且夏威夷的旅游客还可以繁荣。”旅行社不同意Garrett的评估。旅游公司老板Kevin Merrill警告：“这个禁止要停止合法的海豚游泳活动。我们在未来不能满足游客的期望。”海豚经常地活跃在夜里然后睡觉和休息在白天。因为游客通常地互动跟海豚在白天所以Garrett称这个活动消极的影响海豚的健康。 Swimming with dolphins may be banned Authorities in Hawaii are proposing a ban on the popular tourist activity of swimming with dolphins off the Hawaiian coast. The dolphins have served as a magnet for tourists over the past few decades. However, federal officials say the increasing tourism is harmful to the dolphins because they are supposed to be resting and socializing. The National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration proposes to prohibit swimming with, or approaching within 50 metres of, Hawaii's spinner dolphins. That would put an end to many tour group activities, which involve sailing alongside the creatures in a boat and snorkeling with them. Ann Garrett, a spokeswoman for the National Marine Fisheries Service, said she didn't think the ban would have a big impact on the tourist trade in Hawaii. Ms Garrett said: "We think that by identifying 50 metres as the minimum distance, there still can be a viable tourist industry in Hawaii." Tour operators disagreed with Garrett's assessment. Tour company owner Kevin Merrill warned: "It would be the end of legitimate dolphin swimming. We couldn’t offer the people the quality interaction that they expect." Dolphins typically are most active at night and sleep and relax during the day, which is when the tourists interact with them. Garrett said the interaction disrupts the dolphins' health and fitness.

科学家们发明自动修复的衣服 人类从自然学了很多。这些东西在日常生活中给我们很多的帮助。最近我们从自然学到的东西是可以自动修复的衣服。科学家们创造了一个特别办法让衣服自动地修理破损，这个办法不需要缝纫。这个办法可以使用在棉布、亚麻布、和羊毛上。发明了这项技术的科学家们来自美国的海军研究局和宾夕法尼亚州大学。科学家Walter Dressick博士和Melik Demirel博士研究鱿鱼为什么能紧紧抱住东西。研究团体查出鱿鱼吸盘上有一圈牙齿，在这些牙齿的里面有一种特殊蛋白质。这个蛋白质好像蜘蛛造网的丝。它是非常强韧和有弹力。 这种新蛋白质能用于创造涂层涂抹衣服，当涂层浸入水中的时候，布料被撕破的边缘可以用不到一分钟的时间衔接。这钟技术能让衣服更耐穿并且让我们省钱。军事和野外生存的衣服可以采用这项技术。各式各样的人比如说军人和登山家，如果他们的衣服可以很快和很容易修复，那么他们会更安全。Demirel博士讨论发现，他称：“这个涂层非常薄，不到一个微米，所以在日常生活中人们不会注意到涂层。”他还说：“尽管涂层很薄，它增加了布料的总体强度。这是第一次人类创造了自动修复的织物。” Scientists make self-repairing clothes Humans have learnt many things from nature. These things have helped us in our daily life. The latest thing is self-repairing clothing. Scientists have developed a special way for clothing to repair rips and tears by itself, without the need for sewing. It works with materials such as cotton, linen and wool. The scientists are from the Naval Research Office and Pennsylvania State University in the USA. Scientists Dr. Walter Dressick and Dr Melik Demirel looked at how squid can cling on to things so well. The research team found a protein in the rings of teeth that cover the suckers on a squid. The protein is similar to the one found in the silk that spiders use to make spider webs. It is very strong and elastic (stretchy). The new protein has been developed as part of a coating, which is put on clothes. When the coating is dipped in water, the area around the rip or tear joins together in less than a minute. This could help clothes last longer and save us money. It could also be useful for military and survival clothes. People like soldiers and mountaineers would be safer if they had clothes that repaired quickly and easily. Professor Demirel spoke about the invention. He said: "The coatings are thin, less than a micron, so they wouldn't be noticed in everyday wear." He added: "Even thin, they increase the overall strength of the material. For the first time, we are making self-healing textiles."