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5mostincrediblediscoveriesof2014

1.ANIMALKINGDOM.MeetDreadnoughtus,BiggestDinosaurYet(September):Thisyearsawtheemergenceofthenewkingofthedinosaurs,atleast

intermsofsize.ResearchersinthePatagoniaregionofArgentinafoundabrutetheynamedDreadnoughtus,andthey'relayingclaimtoitbeingthelargestlandanimalwhosesizecanbeaccuratelymeasured.Itsnamehasanappropriatemeaning,too.2.HEALTHHAPPENINGS.HugeBreakthroughinQuestforTypeIDiabetesCure(October):There'snoknowncureforType1diabetes—butateamatHarvardannouncedinOctoberthatafter15yearsofresearch,ithassuccessfullycoaxedhu-manembryonicstemcellsintoonesthatprod-uceinsulin.Whenthosecellswere

transferredtodiabeticmice,theycureddiabetesinlessthan10days.3.THEBIGDIG:UNDERTHEEARTHANDSEA:Investigators:We'veGotaPieceofEarhart'sPlane(October):AmeliaEarhart'svanishinghasfascinatedpeoplefordecades.AttheendofOctober,ateaminvestigatingherdisappearancereportedwith"increasingconfidence"thatitmanagedtoidentifyapieceofherplanethatwasretrievedin1991.ThepiecewouldalsoseemtoindicatethatEarhartandnavigatorFredNoonandidn'tcrashbutratherendedupascastaways.4.HOWTHINGSWORK:AntikytheraMechanismContinuestoAmaze(November):Thisancientastronomical

calculatorwasthegiftthatkeptongivingupmoresecretsin2014.Researchersanalyzingtheastronomicalcalculator'sowncalendarandcomparingittoBabylonianeclipserecordsdiscoveredthatitsstorybeginsmuchearlierthanpreviouslythought.

5.SOCIETYANDCULTURECLUB:ScienceDeterminesCatchiestHitSongofAllTime(November):MichaelJackson's"BeatIt,"Survivor's"EyeoftheTiger,"andABBA's"SOS"wereallcontenders.ButmusicologistsattheUniversityofAmsterdamrecentlyconductedastudytofindoutwhichsonghasmorphedintothebiggestearwormofalltime.單詞總結(jié).emergence

n.出現(xiàn)，發(fā)生；暴露.dinosaurn.恐龍;守舊落伍的人;過時(shí)落后的東西.bruten.畜生，獸；殘暴的人；獸性adj.殘忍的；畜生的，動(dòng)物的；無理性的.layingn.產(chǎn)卵數(shù),瞄準(zhǔn)v.打賭提出,放置;鋪.accuratelyadv.正確無誤地,準(zhǔn)確地;精確地;如實(shí)地.appropriate

adj.適當(dāng)?shù)?恰當(dāng)?shù)?合適的v.盜用侵吞撥（?？畹龋?diabetesn.<醫(yī)>糖尿?。欢嗄虬Y；中消.transfervt.使轉(zhuǎn)移;使調(diào)動(dòng);轉(zhuǎn)讓（權(quán)利等）;讓與;vi.轉(zhuǎn)讓;轉(zhuǎn)學(xué);轉(zhuǎn)乘;轉(zhuǎn)會(huì)（尤指職業(yè)足球隊(duì)）;n.轉(zhuǎn)移;調(diào)動(dòng);換乘;（運(yùn)動(dòng)員）轉(zhuǎn)會(huì);.vanishingn.消失,消沒,等于零v.消失,突然不見;不復(fù)存在;絕跡.transferv.轉(zhuǎn)移遷移；轉(zhuǎn)讓；轉(zhuǎn)移（感情）；改變.retrievev.取回；恢復(fù)；尋回；檢索（儲(chǔ)存的信息）.crashv.碰撞;使發(fā)出巨響;暴跌;睡覺;n.碰撞;碰撞聲;暴跌;崩潰;adj.應(yīng)急的;速成的;.castaway

n.被拋棄的人，坐船遇難者，漂流者;adj.被拋棄的，無價(jià)值的，遭難的;.astronomical

adj.天文學(xué)的;極大的;.calculatorn.計(jì)算器;計(jì)算者;計(jì)算圖表;.eclipsen.[天]（日、月）食;消失，黯然失色;漆黑;vt.使黯然失色;形成日（或月）食.survivorn.幸存者,殘存者;遺物,殘存物;重新正常生活的人;.contendern.（冠軍）爭(zhēng)奪者，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者;打孔裝置;鉆機(jī);.m