A near miss with a personal drone forced a Shuttle America flight to pull up while on final approach to land at LaGuardia Airport in New York City earlier this year.near miss: (爆撃・射撃の)至近弾、もう一歩のところ、「いま一歩」、異常接近…

The ongoing rash of police using deadly force against minority citizens has triggered a search for a universal cause-most commonly identified as racism. Such soul searching is understandable, especially in light of the racist e-mails uncov…

We rarely see it happen on television, but one in 10 Olympians will get hurt during the games, if the past is any guide ( left ) . About three quarters of the injuries occur during some phase of competition and one quarter during warm-ups …

Solid-state light source lightbulb: Light-emitting-diode ( LED ) bulbs produce more light with less energy than incandescents, could potentially claim a lamp life much longer than 10 years, and, unlike compact fluorescents, are free of mer…

Where there's oil, there's a way. This summer the federal government showed that it is willing to approve drilling operations in U.S. waters off Alaska.drilling: 教練、訓練 In addition to legislation, other barriers to Arctic development a…

The first symptoms often appear a month or two after birth. The babies' muscles stiffen.stiffen: (…を)(…で)かたくする、こわばらせる、硬直させる、体をこわばらせる、固練りにする、どろどろにする、硬化させる、堅苦しくする They lose their heari…

U.K.A clinical trial investigating a treatment for blindness is under way this winter to evaluate the safety and efficacy of replacing diseased eye cells with stem cells.efficacy: 効能(のあること)、効き目 U.S.Following a federal court hear…

Jane Goodall discovered 40 years ago that chimpanzees wage war. Until then, she thought they were rather nicer than humans. But her shocking observation of animal warfare was not the first. It was the second. By then scientists had known f…

Source: Food Environment Atlas, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research ServiceEven within the borders of one of the world's top agricultural countries, healthy food can be hard to come by.come by: …を手に入れる、(偶然)を受ける、…

PROFILENAMESBrittany WengerTITLEHighschool seniorLOCATIONLakewood Ranch, Fla. How did you feel when you heard you had won not only your age category but also the grand prize at the July 23 awards ceremony ?grand prize: 大賞 I was just so e…

When a star becomes a white dwarf-an old, extremely dense star that would have once had a mass similar to our own sun's-the eventful part of its life is over.dwarf: (特に、頭が大きく手足が短い)小びと、(おとぎ話に出てくる)醜い小びと、特別に…

The list of gadgets that have been replaced by the smartphone is stunningly long-and growing. Camera, camcorder, music player, GPS unit, scanner, voice recorder, radio, Game Boy.camcorder: カムコーダー Who buys those anymore, now that a si…

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universeby Lisa RandallHarperCollins, 2015 ( ( $29.99 ) ) Exotic entities such as dark matter-the invisible material thought to make up about 27 percent of the univers…

HALLMARK TRAITS of the human body did not all arise anew in our species.anew: 改めて、新たに Instead they emerged piecemeal in our forebears over millions of years.piecemeal: ひとつずつ、少しずつ、漸次に Many of these traits seem to have h…

For millennia, humans have met their demise through violence, accidents and a fearsome array of infectious diseases.millennia: 黄金時代、千年間、千年祭、至福千年、千年王国demise: 崩御、逝去(せいきょ)、死去、(企業などの)消滅、活動停止 In 19…

Star-Craving Mad: Tales from a Traveling Astronomerby Fred WatsonAllen & Unwin, 2013Armed with dry wit and a dash of whimsy, Australian astronomer Watson makes difficult scientific concepts such as dark energy, the Higgs boson, and the…

The USDA, the American Academy of Pediatrics and other august institutions recommend that calorie-containing beverages should be limited in people's diets. Pretty much all, that is, except for low-fat milk. The U.S. dairy industry made the…

Imposters abound in the animal kingdom.Imposters: imposterの複数形。(他人を詐称する)詐欺師、 ぺてん師abound: たくさんいる、富む Peruse any textbook description of mimicry-in which one species evolves to resemble another-and you will encoun…

The outer limits of 21st-century physics involve arcane pursuits with strange and wonderful names like M-theory and de Sitter universes.outer limit: ぎりぎりの限界、外側限界｛そとがわ げんかい｝arcane: 秘密の、奥義の、不可解な、難解なpursu…

Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Natureby David P. BarashOxford University Press: 2012 ( $27.95 ) Barash, a professor of psychology and biology at the University of Washington, has written a highly enjoyable account of things…

Insects may be small, but they can wreak havoc on the environment or on a country's economy.wreak: 加える、与える、浴びせるwreak havoc on: 荒らす、惨害を与える Mark Hoddle, director of the Center for Invasive Species Research at the Univer…

After he was born with a cleft lip and palate and congenital heart disease , Danh ( not his real name ) spent his first month in an incubator struggling to breathe .cleft lip: 口唇裂、みつくちpalate: 口蓋(こうがい)、味覚(力)、(精神的な)好…

Printing batteries is the future of sustainable energy , according to engineers at PARC , the renowned California-based research and development company owned by Xerox . They recently debuted a cost-saving manufacturing process that could …

As if the magenta fish darting around Kenneth Poss's tanks weren't flashy enough , under ultraviolet light they morph into miniature rainbows .magenta fish: Nulldart around: そわそわと動く【文例】tank: (水・油・ガスなどの)タンク、水槽、油…

Ethiopia is an island of relative calm in a volatile region .relative calm: Nullvolatile: 揮発する、揮発性の、移り気な、気まぐれな、激しやすい、変わりやすい、不安定な Last year the U.S. Agency for International Development called for expan…

In a recent study sponsored by the Business Roundtable and the nonprofit group Change the Equation , 97 percent of the CEOs of major American companies identified a lack of science , technology , engineering and math ( STEM ) skills among …

At first , people infected with the Ebola virus appear to have the flu-fever , chills , muscle aches . Then the bleeding begins . As the virus hijacks cells throughout the body to make copies of itself , it overwhelms and damages the liver…

Crowded sea life : Even after the ocean recedes , water remains in the coastline's crevices to form tide pools teeming with marine life .crevices: creviceの複数形。(狭く深い)裂け目、 割れ目tide: 潮、潮の干満、潮流、(世論などの)風潮、傾向、…

Physics has always been one of the most globalized of professions . Physicists think of themselves as supranational , rising above national and cultural concerns .supranational: 超国家的な They may not always live up to this ideal , but at…

Most of the world's cities started from an important marketplace or town square .town square: 都市広場｛とし ひろば｝ Over time , they developed multiple centers where people could work , shop and play .Over time: 規定外労働時間、時間外労…