本书精选了五十七篇现代科技英语短文，通过阅读本书，从中读者可以学到地道的科技英语最新表达方法，追踪当代科学技术发展前缘及了解到人类取得的成果。五十七篇短文主题包括目前人们普遍关心的与人文、社会及自然科学等学科相互渗透的新型学科的发展。这些短文对拓宽读者文化视野，培养其创新意识，使其掌握现代科技发展的前沿动态，激发其对创新的兴趣和创新意识有着积极的意义。

Passage 1 Ants Farm Plantsi
Passage 2 New Alloy
Passage 3 Positive Effect of Carbon Dioxide Levels
Passage 4 Robotic Cat for the Elderly
Passage 5 Insects
Passage 6 Story ofPetroleum
Passage 7 Artificial Life
Passage 8 3D Food Printer
Passage 9 Nextlnnovations
Passage 10 Globe-spanning Telescope
Passage 11 Bionic Leaf
Passage 12 Brain Damage
Passage 13 Changing Smart Phone into a Microscope
Passage 14 Disabled People Can Move Aga
Passage 15 First Quantum Satellite
Passage 16 Lie Detector App
Passage 17 ANew Skin Sensor
Passage 18 Quinine
Passage 19 Renewable Biofuels from Microalgae
Passage 20 Solar Water Disinfection
Passage 21 Solar Energy
Passage 22 Happy Bees
Passage 23 Newly Discovered State ofMemo
Passage 24 Advances in Intelligent Vehicles
Passage 25 Compulsive Behavior
Passage 26 Manned Spaceship
Passage 27 Analysis and Construction ofPlastic Degradation
Passage 28 Atlantic Salmon
Passage 29 Blue Halos
Passage 30 Childhood Tumors
Passage 31 Do Animals Recognize Themselves?
Passage 32 Glass Coulcl Hold Ancient Fossils
Passage 33 Laughter
Passage 34 Explores the Martian Upper Atmosphere
Passage 35 Overweight and Obesity
Passage 36 About Soil
Passage 37 Solids and Liquids
Passage 38 World's Largest Solar Furnace
Passage 39 Self-healing Polymeric Material
Passage 40 Unified Theory of Evolution
Passage 41 Creativity and Childhood Experiences
Passage 42 The Risk of Excessive Dietary Salt
Passage 43 The Discovery of Artemisinin
Passage 44 NASA's Plans to Send Humans to Mars
Passage 45 New Artificial Nerves
Passage 46 Blood Donation and Cardiovascular Disease
Passage 47 Superglue
Passage 48 The Pavements that Generate Solar Energy
Passage 49 The Role of Embryonic Stem Cells
Passage 50 The Secret in the Fingerprint
Passage 51 Bees Have Different Taste in Flowers
Passage 52 Ants and Free Radicals
Passage 53 Sleeping
Passage 54 An Anti-aging Method
Passage 55 Smog Can Harm Your Heart
Passage 56 Two Myths of Snow
Passage 57 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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