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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.单词总结.emergence

n.出现，发生；暴露.dinosaurn.恐龙;守旧落伍的人;过时落后的东西.bruten.畜生，兽；残暴的人；兽性adj.残忍的；畜生的，动物的；无理性的.layingn.产卵数,瞄准v.打赌提出,放置;铺.accuratelyadv.正确无误地,准确地;精确地;如实地.appropriate

adj.适当的,恰当的,合适的v.盗用侵吞拨（专款等）.diabetesn.<医>糖尿病；多尿症；中消.transfervt.使转移;使调动;转让（权利等）;让与;vi.转让;转学;转乘;转会（尤指职业足球队）;n.转移;调动;换乘;（运动员）转会;.vanishingn.消失,消没,等于零v.消失,突然不见;不复存在;绝迹.transferv.转移迁移；转让；转移（感情）；改变.retrievev.取回；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）.crashv.碰撞;使发出巨响;暴跌;睡觉;n.碰撞;碰撞声;暴跌;崩溃;adj.应急的;速成的;.castaway

n.被抛弃的人，坐船遇难者，漂流者;adj.被抛弃的，无价值的，遭难的;.astronomical

adj.天文学的;极大的;.calculatorn.计算器;计算者;计算图表;.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,残存者;遗物,残存物;重新正常生活的人;.contendern.（冠军）争夺者，竞争者;打孔装置;钻机;.m