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                                   Science Focus Issue 018, 2020




        What’s Happening in Hong Kong? 香港科技活動                  Science Today 今日科學
           Geminid Meteor Shower — December 13–14, 2020   1      The Science of the Dead – How Body Farm Aids   11
           雙子座流星雨 ─ 2020 年 12 月 13 至 14 日                        Criminal Investigation
                                                                 死人科學 — 人體農場和犯罪調查
        Science in History 昔日科學
                                                                 CAR-T Cells: The Programmed Cancer Killer    14
             Jumping Genes: Barbara McClintock and Transposable   2   CAR-T 細胞：程式控制癌症殺手
           DNA Elements
           跳躍的基因：Barbara McClintock 與 DNA 轉位子                  Amusing World of Science 趣味科學
           Sir Charles K. Kao – Igniting the Fire of Modern   4   Brain Freeze – The Signature Summer Pain    19
           Technology                                            「凍上腦」— 另類夏日風物詩
           高錕 — 現代科技的燎原之火
           A Hidden Genius: The Life of Srinivasa Ramanujan   8   The Fascinating World of Animal Behavior    22
           隱世傳奇：拉馬努金的故事                                          集合啦！超乎想像的動物行為學

                                                               Acknowledgements 特別致謝






        Message from the Editor-in-Chief 主編的話


        Dear Readers,                                                  親愛的讀者：
            After an extended stay-at-home period, I hope you are energized to
        return to school to resume some aspects of in-person learning. The road   經過一再延長的在家學習安排後，希望您們能提起
        ahead remains challenging. For most science subjects, hands-on experiments  精神回到學校，重新展開面對面的學習。前路仍然充滿
        are indispensable for in-depth learning. With the scaling back of school  挑戰。要深入學習理科科目，很多時親身進行實驗都是
        based assessments for those of you following the HKDSE curriculum, perhaps  不可或缺的寶貴經驗。對於修讀文憑試課程的同學，經
        you will feel less pressured in school laboratories. As a result, I sincerely hope   過精簡的校本評核應該可以減少您進入實驗室時心驚膽
        that you will be able to derive more pleasure from performing experiments.  顫的情況，希望您們因此更能享受做實驗的樂趣吧。
            Carefully planned experiments may not always yield expected results.
        But the courage to persevere can sometimes lead you to ground-breaking   即使是經過精心策劃的實驗也未必時常會出現預期
        discoveries. The story of Barbara McClintock in this issue is an excellent  的結果，但鍥而不捨的勇氣卻有時能引導您作出一些突
        example. The popularization of fiber optics by Charles Kao, further reinforces  破性的發現。今期 Barbara McClintock 的故事是一個
        the idea that communication and cooperation among scientists are vital to   絕佳的例子，而高錕使光纖普及的故事就提醒了我們科
        turn brilliant ideas into something with lasting impact. Returning to the 21st   學家之間的交流和合作，往往能把一些絕妙的想法轉化
        century, we also bring you the latest on anti-cancer therapies, ice-cream
        induced headaches, and complex animal behaviors beyond the video   成對我們影響深遠的知識或發明。回到 21 世紀，我們
        game, Animal Crossing!                                         會向您介紹抗癌療法的最新資訊、雪糕頭痛，以及從《動
            In addition to reading our regular issues, I invite you to visit our Facebook   物森友會》延伸開去，探討一下動物的複雜行為。
        and Instagram pages where we post shorter articles, contributed by our   除了閱讀我們的定期刊物外，我誠邀您瀏覽我們的
        dedicated team of student editors. We would be very pleased to see your   Facebook 和 Instagram 專頁，那裡上載了由我們學
        comments and suggestions. Last but not least, I wish all of you the very best in
        the new school year.                                           生編輯團隊所準備的短篇文章；我們亦非常樂意聆聽您
                                                                       的意見和建議。最後，祝您們在新學年一切順利。
        Yours faithfully,
        Prof. Ho Yi Mak                                                                             主編 麥晧怡教授
        Editor-in-Chief                                                                                      敬上





           Scientific Advisors 科學顧問                               Student Editorial Board 學生編委
           Prof. Jason Chan 陳鈞傑教授     Editor-in-Chief 主編輯         Editors 編輯               Graphic Designers 設計師
           Prof. Ivan Ip 葉智皓教授        Prof. Ho Yi Mak 麥晧怡教授       Sonia Choy 蔡蒨珩           Sarah Feng 丰志潔
                                                                  Kit Kan 簡迎曦
                                                                                           Bryan Siu 蕭浩延
           Prof. Ice Ko 高惠冰教授         Managing Editor 總編輯         Henry Lau 劉以軒            Joni Tang 鄧采瑩
           Prof. Kam Sing Wong 黃錦聖教授  Daniel Lau 劉劭行              Chih-yu Lee 李致宇          Cheuk Hei Tsang 曾卓希
           Prof. Angela Wu 吳若昊教授                                  Yasine Malki 馬建生         Lynn Zhang 張海琳
                                                                  Chantelle Sullivan 蘇盈安
                                                                  Terrence Tai 戴煒庭
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