A recent study conducted in the US found that the majority of clinicians have no idea about the costs of the interventions they order or the procedures they perform.

美国最近一项研究发现，大部分临床医生对于自己所要求采取的干预措施或是开展的医学程序的费用一无所知。

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Research on different restaurants across the US found that on average the number of bacteria on a high chair was 147 per sq cm, while the average public toilet seat has just 8 per sq cm.

一项针对美国各类餐馆的研究发现，平均每个高脚椅座位每平方厘米就有147个细菌。 相比之下，普通的公用卫生间马桶座圈上所含细菌是每平方厘米8个。

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A study, published in January in the US magazine, Science, found that almost all recorded shark species have fallen by half in the past 8 to 15 years.

1月在美国杂志《科学》上发表的一项研究发现，在过去8至15年间，几乎所有有记录的鲨鱼种类的数量都减少了一半。

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They found that the bathroom showerheads people use to wash up may be covering us with more than water.

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We all know people who we thought to be our friends but we found out that they were talking behind our backs, or that they were operating to deceive us in some way or another.

我们都知道,原认为是朋友的人,却被发现,在我们背后讲坏话，或是想要,以任何方式欺骗我们之类的事情。

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"It's just something that hopefully will tide us over until hopefully a cure can be found."

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In 2002, a test by Sandia labs in the US found that a similar dowsing rod device, called the Mole detector, did not work and performed "no better than a random selection process".

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In April 2012, a study by scientists at the US Geological Survey of the interior of the US found that events of magnitude 3 or greater had "abruptly increased in 2009" from 1.2 per year in the previous 50 years to more than 25 per year - although a number of gas and oil extraction methods may be implicated in the rise.

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Then, he asked how many of us had found that totally groovy happy experience when we'd been shopping.

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