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本期问题：
1. Where did Stephen Hawking die?
2. Who confirmed Stephen Hawking’s passing?
3. When was Stephen Hawking diagnosed with motor neurone disease?
4. How long did the doctors expect Stephen Hawking to live?




Stephen Hawking, science's brightest star, dies aged 76
Tributes poured in on Wednesday to Stephen Hawking, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions. He died at the age of 76 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

In a statement that confirmed his death at home in Cambridge, Hawking’s children said: “We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years. His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humor inspired people across the world.

“He once said: ‘It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.’ We will miss him for ever.”

For fellow scientists and loved ones, it was Hawking’s intuition and wicked sense of humor that marked him out as much as the fierce intellect that, coupled with his illness, came to symbolize the unbounded possibilities of the human mind.

Hawking was driven to Wagner, but not the bottle, when he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 1963 at the age of 21. Doctors expected him to live for only two more years. But Hawking had a form of the disease that progressed more slowly than usual. He survived for more than half a century.

问题回顾：
1. Where did Stephen Hawking die?
2. Who confirmed Stephen Hawking’s passing?
3. When was Stephen Hawking diagnosed with motor neurone disease?
4. How long did the doctors expect Stephen Hawking to live?
OUTRO
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INTRO
听新闻，答问题。大家好，我是米诺。欢迎收听本期的《米诺读新闻》节目。
STORY
本期问题：
1. Who are the culprits of false news on the internet?
2. What kind of news do people prefer, false or true news?
3. How much faster are false claims being shared than the truth on Twitter?
4. What technology can accelerate the spread of false stories?



It’s True: False News Spreads Faster and Wider. And Humans Are to Blame.
What if the scourge of false news on the internet is not the result of Russian operatives or partisan zealots or computer-controlled bots? What if the main problem is us?

People are the principal culprits, according to a new study examining the flow of stories on Twitter. And people, the study’s authors also say, prefer false news.

As a result, false news travels faster, farther and deeper through the social network than true news.

The researchers, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found that those patterns applied to every subject they studied, not only politics and urban legends, but also business, science and technology.

False claims were 70 percent more likely than the truth to be shared on Twitter. True stories were rarely retweeted by more than 1,000 people, but the top 1 percent of false stories were routinely shared by 1,000 to 100,000 people. And it took true stories about six times as long as false ones to reach 1,500 people.

Software robots can accelerate the spread of false stories. But the M.I.T. researchers, using software to identify and weed out bots, found that with or without the bots, the results were essentially the same.

“It’s sort of disheartening at first to realize how much we humans are responsible,” said Sinan Aral, a professor at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and an author of the study. “It’s not really the robots that are to blame.”

问题回顾：
1. Who are the culprits of false news on the internet?
2. What kind of news do people prefer, false or true news?
3. How much faster are false claims being shared than the truth on Twitter?
4. What technology can accelerate the spread of false stories?
OUTRO
感谢收听本期的《米诺读新闻》。支持本频道，请关注、点赞或在评论区给我留言。我是米诺，咱们下次再见。

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INTRO
听新闻，答问题。大家好，我是米诺。欢迎收听本期的《米诺读新闻》节目。
STORY
本期问题：
1. Where does the wolf get its energy from?
2. How many different sounds can the wolf make?
3. How much money do Japan's farmers lose because of hungry animals?
4. When will the Super Monster Wolf go on sale?



Super Monster Wolf
Technology could help keep animals out of Japan's farms. Engineers have made the "Super Monster Wolf" to scare away wild animals. The solar-powered scarecrow robot looks real. It has wolf-like hair, scary teeth and red eyes. It also has 48 different wolf howls so animals can't get used to it. Super Monster Wolf will keep wild boar and deer out of rice paddies, farms and fruit orchards. Farmers lose millions of dollars every year because of hungry animals.

Japan's agricultural association tested the Super Monster Wolf in nine places. It said the robot really reduced crop losses and was better than electric fences at keeping animals out. The robot senses movement up to one kilometer away. The 65cm-long robot will be sold from next month. The price is $4,800 but farmers can rent it by the month. Japan's farmers hope this new electronic wolf will stop wild animals eating their crops.

问题回顾：
1. Where does the wolf get its energy from?
2. How many different sounds can the wolf make?
3. How much money do Japan's farmers lose because of hungry animals?
4. When will the Super Monster Wolf go on sale?
OUTRO
感谢收听本期的《米诺读新闻》。支持本频道，请关注、点赞或在评论区给我留言。我是米诺，咱们下次再见。