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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Einstein’s brain is now interactive iPad app 愛因斯坦的大腦現在成為iPad互動應用程式
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The brain that revolutionized physics now can be downloaded as an app for $9.99. But it won’t help you win at Angry Birds.
愛因斯坦掀起物理學革命的那顆腦袋，現在變成應用程式，可以9.99美元下載。不過，它可沒辦法讓你的「憤怒鳥」過關。
While Albert Einstein’s genius isn’t included, an exclusive iPad application launched Tuesday promises to make detailed images of his brain more accessible to scientists than ever before. Teachers, students and anyone who’s curious also can get a look.
雖然程式不包括愛因斯坦的天才，但這個週二推出的iPad獨家應用程式承諾，會讓科學家更容易取得愛因斯坦腦部的詳細影像。不管是老師、學生或好奇的人，都可以看一看。
A medical museum under development in Chicago obtained funding to scan and digitize nearly 350 fragile and priceless slides made from slices of Einstein’s brain after his death in 1955. The application will allow researchers and novices to peer into the eccentric Nobel winner’s brain as if they were looking through a microscope.
目前還在建構的一間芝加哥醫學博物館取得資金，將350片脆弱且價值珍貴的愛因斯坦大腦切片掃描並數位化，這些切片是在愛因斯坦1955年死後做成。應用程式可讓研究人員和新手一窺這位古怪的諾貝爾獎得主的大腦，就像透過顯微鏡觀察一樣。
After Einstein died, a pathologist named Thomas Harvey performed an autopsy, removing the great man’s brain in hopes that future researchers could discover the secrets behind his genius.
愛因斯坦死後，病理學家哈維解剖他的遺體，取出這位偉人的大腦，希望未來的研究人員能夠發現愛因斯坦的天才背後有什麼秘密。
Harvey gave samples to researchers and collaborated on a 1999 study published in the Lancet. That study showed a region of Einstein’s brain — the parietal lobe — was 15 percent wider than normal. The parietal lobe is important to the understanding of math, language and spatial relationships.
哈維將樣本交給研究人員，並參與一項研究，該研究於1999年發表在「刺胳針」期刊。該研究顯示，愛因斯坦腦部的頂葉比一般人大15％，頂葉對理解數學、語言、空間關係很重要。
The new iPad app may allow researchers to dig even deeper by looking for brain regions where the neurons are more densely connected than normal. （AP）
新的iPad應用程式或許可讓研究人員更深入觀察神經原比一般情況連結得更緊密的腦部區域。（美聯社）
新聞辭典
exclusive：形容詞，專有的、獨有的。例句：Our group will have an exlusive room. （我們這組會有專屬的房間）。
accessible：形容詞，容易取得、使用。例句：The main purpose of the project is to make learning opportunities more accessible to adults. （本計畫的主要目的是要讓成人更容易取得學習機會。）
eccentric：形容詞，古怪的、反常的。例句：My brother is an eccentric person who likes wearing women’s perfume. （我弟弟性情古怪，愛噴女人香水。）
