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2024/09/16 05:30
◎陳成良

Italy’s ancient Roman Appian Way was admitted to the UNESCO World Heritage List on Saturday, becoming the country’s 60th entry on the list.

週六，義大利古羅馬阿庇亞古道被列入聯合國教科文組織世界遺產名錄，成為該國第60項世界遺產。

At more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) long, the Appian Way, known as the “Queen of Roads,” is the oldest and most important of the great roads built by the Ancient Romans from 312 B.C.

2024/09/11 05:30
◎管淑平
NASA announced Wednesday that cost overruns and delays have forced it to cancel its VIPER moon rover program, marking a significant setback for the agency’s lunar exploration program.

美國航太總署週三宣布，成本超支和進度延宕，已迫使該署取消其月球探測車VIPER計畫。這項決定代表NASA月球探索計畫的重大挫折。

The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) was intended to explore the lunar south pole in search of ice and other resources.

「揮發物調查極地探測車」（VIPER）原本計畫探索月球南極，尋找冰和其他資源。

2024/09/10 05:30
◎盧永山

Before he died this week, French internationally acclaimed and prolific actor and producer Alain Delon once suggested he wanted his beloved sheepdog Loubo buried with him. To the relief of animal lovers around France, Loubo will be allowed to survive.

法國享譽國際且多產的演員和製片人亞蘭‧德倫在本週去世前曾表示，希望心愛的牧羊犬魯波陪葬。讓法國各地喜愛動物者鬆口氣的是，魯波將被允許活下去。

Delon was quoted in a 2018 interview with Paris Match as saying he wanted Loubo, a Belgian Malinois he adopted in 2014, buried with him. “I’ve had 50 dogs in my life, but I have a particular relationship with this one,’’ he told the magazine. ”If I die before him, I’ll ask the veterinarian for us to leave together.’’

2024/09/09 05:30
◎陳成良

Scientists who study the sperm whales living around the Caribbean island of Dominica have, for the first time, outlined the basic elements of how these whales might communicate with each other.

研究加勒比海多米尼克島附近抹香鯨的科學家，首次勾勒出牠們可能如何相互交流的基本要素。

They communicate by forcing air through their respiratory systems, producing rapid clicks that sound like a very loud zipper underwater. These clicks also serve as a form of echolocation, aiding them in tracking their prey.

2024/09/04 05:30
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Lawsuits are flying in a dispute between two California airports over the right to use the name "San Francisco" － despite neither of them being in the city.

加州2座機場為了「舊金山」名稱使用權的爭議，正在打官司，儘管這2座機場都不是位於這座城市。

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is suing the recently renamed San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport (OAK), insisting the similar sounding names might confuse potential passengers.

「舊金山國際機場」控告最近更名的「舊金山灣奧克蘭國際機場」，堅稱這2個聽來相似的名稱可能會混淆有意前往的乘客。