Ftom June to July in 2006,I joined the documentary group organized by CCTV and Beijing Mt.Ling Ecological Research Institute to visit several native forest areas in Yadong,Kyirong,Menling,Nyingchi,and Pome in order to...Ftom June to July in 2006,I joined the documentary group organized by CCTV and Beijing Mt.Ling Ecological Research Institute to visit several native forest areas in Yadong,Kyirong,Menling,Nyingchi,and Pome in order to conduct a field survey regarding the activities of man-like creatures.展开更多
"Though we don’t show asmuch direct emotion as Westerners,that doesn’t imply the Chinese lack positivefeelings,"said Yang Junheng,my scholarly friend."In fact,Chinese people have
Dinosaur extinction of the late Cretaceous is an enigma. A scorched earth layer was discovered at the end of the Cretaceous system from drilling cores in west of Nei Monggol in China. And there was a creature interrup...Dinosaur extinction of the late Cretaceous is an enigma. A scorched earth layer was discovered at the end of the Cretaceous system from drilling cores in west of Nei Monggol in China. And there was a creature interruption for 6-8 million years after that period through fossil analysis of the area and the adjacent area. Just in the same system of scorched earth layer, the Polish scientists found the abnormal geo chemical phenomena and high dense universal substances generally contained in meteorite. The authors think, at the end of Cretaceous, many celestial bodies ran into the earth. The collision caused fires all over the world and slowed down the speed of the earth rotation suddenly. The oxygen density decreased sharply. And because of the sudden increase of day length, the biological clock of dinosaur was in the state of chaos. That’s the reason why dinosaurs got extinct. It took a very long time both for the oxygen to return normal for most creatures to live and for the new species fit for new rotation speed of the earth to come into being. That’s why there was the creature interruption after the extinction of the dinosaur.展开更多
Through the observation and analysis of the motion trajectory of spiral winding motion for slender legless biological creatures in water,V-REP software is adopted to build a dynamic simulator to study on the mechanism...Through the observation and analysis of the motion trajectory of spiral winding motion for slender legless biological creatures in water,V-REP software is adopted to build a dynamic simulator to study on the mechanism of spiral winding swimming(SWS)motion.By using the output of spiral function(SF),the dynamic simulation model of slender legless creature(SLC)realizes the SWS motion in water.The corresponding experiments under the control of different bending angle of SF to control the dynamic model are also carried out to analyze the water performance of SWS in still water.Combined with the output of two different bending angles of the spiral function,the dynamic model can be used to realize SWS and up/down motion.This work provides technical reserve and experimental platform for the corresponding study in related fields.展开更多
Mary Shelley and her Frankenstein have been widely acclaimed and studied ever since her publication of the poignant tale.It tells the story of a young scientist Victor who makes great endeavor to create a hideous crea...Mary Shelley and her Frankenstein have been widely acclaimed and studied ever since her publication of the poignant tale.It tells the story of a young scientist Victor who makes great endeavor to create a hideous creature with the body parts of the dead but is later destroyed by his own creation.Identification,an important concept in the field of psychology,stands for the psychological process by which the subject assimilates a trait,property,or attribute of another subject and is converted completely or partly by the model that another offers.This paper tries to probe into the painful search for his social identity by the Creature in Frankenstein in light of Freud’s identification theory.展开更多
From the club-like limbs of the mantis shrimp to the texture of a cicada's wing,recently reported studies of the structures found in living creatures are fostering innovations in synthetic materials.The work shows...From the club-like limbs of the mantis shrimp to the texture of a cicada's wing,recently reported studies of the structures found in living creatures are fostering innovations in synthetic materials.The work shows how biological research can underpin the development of novel materials that adopt key attributes or functions of natural substances with the goal of applying them in improved,often high-technology products[1].展开更多
A new exhibition has rekindled interest in ancient Chinas earliest geographical work to have survived to the present day,serving as a treasure trove of legendary mountains,seas,natural resources and mystical creatures.
I love sci-fi movies.I especially like how filmmakers are able to dream up otherworldly creatures,and it’s always baffled me how they come up with them.Where do these ideas come from?The inspiration has to originate ...I love sci-fi movies.I especially like how filmmakers are able to dream up otherworldly creatures,and it’s always baffled me how they come up with them.Where do these ideas come from?The inspiration has to originate from somewhere,right?展开更多
Ancient traditions continue to shape modern consumer behavior and mindsets in\China.The Dragon Boat Festival holiday.which fell on May 31 to June 2 this year,provides a great example.Over two millennia ago,ancient Chi...Ancient traditions continue to shape modern consumer behavior and mindsets in\China.The Dragon Boat Festival holiday.which fell on May 31 to June 2 this year,provides a great example.Over two millennia ago,ancient Chinese people cast glutinous rice dumplings(zongzi)into rivers to prevent aquatic creatures from eating the body of Qu Yuan,the revered poet-patriot of the w arring States Period(475-221 B.C.)who drowned himself in the Miluo River in despair after leaming that the capital of his motherland had been captured by enemy troops.展开更多
Mexico,Guatemala and Belize share one of the most biodiverse habitats on the planet.Known as the Mayan jungle,this tropical rainforest is home to over7,000 species,including 200 endangered creatures and a similar numb...Mexico,Guatemala and Belize share one of the most biodiverse habitats on the planet.Known as the Mayan jungle,this tropical rainforest is home to over7,000 species,including 200 endangered creatures and a similar number of endemic animals—meaning they can only be found there.In an effort to safeguard this area,the three national governments have created the Great Mayan Jungle Biocultural Corridor,a 14-million-acre protected area.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said it's like one of Earth's lungs,with a valuable cultural heritage that we need to preserve for the future.展开更多
In this paper the author shows some artificial living systems, whose basic life characteristics are explored, especially the differentiation in evolution from single cellular to multi-cellular organism. In addition, t...In this paper the author shows some artificial living systems, whose basic life characteristics are explored, especially the differentiation in evolution from single cellular to multi-cellular organism. In addition, the author discusses diversity and evolvability also. The author gives a modified entropy function to measure the diversity. Finally, the author drops an open problem about the structure of "gene" of artificial living systems, so that we can measure the evolutionary order between the artificial living systems.展开更多
文摘Ftom June to July in 2006,I joined the documentary group organized by CCTV and Beijing Mt.Ling Ecological Research Institute to visit several native forest areas in Yadong,Kyirong,Menling,Nyingchi,and Pome in order to conduct a field survey regarding the activities of man-like creatures.
文摘"Though we don’t show asmuch direct emotion as Westerners,that doesn’t imply the Chinese lack positivefeelings,"said Yang Junheng,my scholarly friend."In fact,Chinese people have
文摘Dinosaur extinction of the late Cretaceous is an enigma. A scorched earth layer was discovered at the end of the Cretaceous system from drilling cores in west of Nei Monggol in China. And there was a creature interruption for 6-8 million years after that period through fossil analysis of the area and the adjacent area. Just in the same system of scorched earth layer, the Polish scientists found the abnormal geo chemical phenomena and high dense universal substances generally contained in meteorite. The authors think, at the end of Cretaceous, many celestial bodies ran into the earth. The collision caused fires all over the world and slowed down the speed of the earth rotation suddenly. The oxygen density decreased sharply. And because of the sudden increase of day length, the biological clock of dinosaur was in the state of chaos. That’s the reason why dinosaurs got extinct. It took a very long time both for the oxygen to return normal for most creatures to live and for the new species fit for new rotation speed of the earth to come into being. That’s why there was the creature interruption after the extinction of the dinosaur.
基金the China-Serbia Intergovernmental Science and Technology Cooperation and Exchange Project(No.2021-4-19)China-Slovenia Intergovernmental Science and Technology Cooperation and Exchange Project(No.2017-21-12-16).
文摘Through the observation and analysis of the motion trajectory of spiral winding motion for slender legless biological creatures in water,V-REP software is adopted to build a dynamic simulator to study on the mechanism of spiral winding swimming(SWS)motion.By using the output of spiral function(SF),the dynamic simulation model of slender legless creature(SLC)realizes the SWS motion in water.The corresponding experiments under the control of different bending angle of SF to control the dynamic model are also carried out to analyze the water performance of SWS in still water.Combined with the output of two different bending angles of the spiral function,the dynamic model can be used to realize SWS and up/down motion.This work provides technical reserve and experimental platform for the corresponding study in related fields.
文摘Mary Shelley and her Frankenstein have been widely acclaimed and studied ever since her publication of the poignant tale.It tells the story of a young scientist Victor who makes great endeavor to create a hideous creature with the body parts of the dead but is later destroyed by his own creation.Identification,an important concept in the field of psychology,stands for the psychological process by which the subject assimilates a trait,property,or attribute of another subject and is converted completely or partly by the model that another offers.This paper tries to probe into the painful search for his social identity by the Creature in Frankenstein in light of Freud’s identification theory.
文摘From the club-like limbs of the mantis shrimp to the texture of a cicada's wing,recently reported studies of the structures found in living creatures are fostering innovations in synthetic materials.The work shows how biological research can underpin the development of novel materials that adopt key attributes or functions of natural substances with the goal of applying them in improved,often high-technology products[1].
文摘A new exhibition has rekindled interest in ancient Chinas earliest geographical work to have survived to the present day,serving as a treasure trove of legendary mountains,seas,natural resources and mystical creatures.
文摘I love sci-fi movies.I especially like how filmmakers are able to dream up otherworldly creatures,and it’s always baffled me how they come up with them.Where do these ideas come from?The inspiration has to originate from somewhere,right?
文摘Ancient traditions continue to shape modern consumer behavior and mindsets in\China.The Dragon Boat Festival holiday.which fell on May 31 to June 2 this year,provides a great example.Over two millennia ago,ancient Chinese people cast glutinous rice dumplings(zongzi)into rivers to prevent aquatic creatures from eating the body of Qu Yuan,the revered poet-patriot of the w arring States Period(475-221 B.C.)who drowned himself in the Miluo River in despair after leaming that the capital of his motherland had been captured by enemy troops.
文摘Mexico,Guatemala and Belize share one of the most biodiverse habitats on the planet.Known as the Mayan jungle,this tropical rainforest is home to over7,000 species,including 200 endangered creatures and a similar number of endemic animals—meaning they can only be found there.In an effort to safeguard this area,the three national governments have created the Great Mayan Jungle Biocultural Corridor,a 14-million-acre protected area.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said it's like one of Earth's lungs,with a valuable cultural heritage that we need to preserve for the future.
基金This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.69935020).
文摘In this paper the author shows some artificial living systems, whose basic life characteristics are explored, especially the differentiation in evolution from single cellular to multi-cellular organism. In addition, the author discusses diversity and evolvability also. The author gives a modified entropy function to measure the diversity. Finally, the author drops an open problem about the structure of "gene" of artificial living systems, so that we can measure the evolutionary order between the artificial living systems.
