The discovery, published in the latest issue of Science, counters the traditional view that, in order to conserve energy, these animals were active only by day, leaving the night to small mammals.

这项与传统观点截然不同的发现刊登在最近一期的《科学》杂志上——传统的观点认为，为了保存能量，肉食恐龙只在白天活动，而把夜晚留给了那些小型的哺乳动物。

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The study, which used GPS devices to track when and where teenagers were getting physical activity, found that, on average, they were physically active only 23 minutes a day while at school.

这项研究通过GPS定位技术追踪青少年的日常活动。 它发现：孩子们每天在校里“动起来”的时间平均只有23分钟。

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As long as there is just one CSLD task thread active, only one CM agent will be busy.

只要只有一个CSLD任务线程是活动的，那么就只有一个CM代理在忙。

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Professor Rauschecker says large parts of the visual cortex became active during the sound and touch tests, but only in the blind people.

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Lechuga-Ballesteros' group hunted for a recipe for dried insulin, a daunting trick because insulin is biologically active only in a liquid state.

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The figure of 2.3 million which puts it at second place in our list includes active forces only - not civilian staff, like the US figure.

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Gone from last year: Lance Armstrong (our list is for active athletes only), White (now that we're a year past the 2010 Winter Games), Ohno (ditto), and NBA stars Kevin Garnett, Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant (probably just random, though Wade's stature decreased a tad with LeBron James joining his team, and Garnett is another year older).

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