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What’s Happening in Hong Kong?
香港科技活動
Science Explorer at HKSTP
1
香港科技園科學探索行
Roving Exhibition
「回應氣候展」
WWF Volunteering
世界自然基金會義工
Science in History
昔日科學
The Accidental Discovery of the Microwave
2
意外的發現
—
微波爐
Science Today
今日科學
Adapting Sea Critters
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適應海洋變化的小傢伙
Dark Energy and Dark Matter
6
「暗能量」和「暗物質」暗藏玄機？
Feynman’s Cheat Sheet – Atmoic Storage
8
費曼的小抄
—
原子儲存
The Mysterious Honeyguide
10
神秘的響蜜鴷
Amusing World of Science
科學趣事
The Modern Seedless Fruit
14
細說無籽水果
Stress and Resilience – Why are some better
16
at it than others?
抗逆力
—
爲什麽有些人更擅於處理壓力 ?
Nature’s Lefties
20
自然界的左撇子
Who’s Who?
科學巨人
Finding the Straws in the Wind
22
– Professor Lo Yuk Ming, Dennis
見微知者
—
盧煜明教授專訪
The Holy Grail of Anti-Aging Technology
24
– Professor Tony Wyss-Coray
找尋長生不老的聖杯
—
東尼・衛斯哥利教授
Acknowledgements
特別鳴謝
Contents
Science Focus Issue 009, 2016
