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Now for some “wow, Earth is just wild” news, scientists say they've finally found an explanation for a strange seismic signal detected in September 2023.
现在，来报道一些“哇哦，地球太狂野了”的新闻，科学家们表示，他们终于找到了2023年9月探测到的奇怪地震信号的原因。
Basically, the planet vibrated for nine days, and no one was totally sure why.
地球基本上震动了9天，没人知道究竟是为什么。
A study published last Thursday blamed a climate-change-induced landslide in Greenland.
上周四发表的一项研究将其归咎于格陵兰气候变化引发的山体滑坡。
Scientists say a melting glacier collapsed under the weight of the rock face above it, sending enough rock and ice to fill 10,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools into the fjord below.
科学家说，一座正在融化的冰川因其上方岩面重压而坍塌，将足够注满10000个奥运会泳池大小的岩石和冰倾倒进了下面的峡湾中。
They estimate that the backsplash was more than 650 feet (200 meters) high, and sent out a roughly 360-foot (110-meter) wave that extended for miles.
他们估计，岩面有650多英尺(200米)高，并溅起了大约360英尺(110米)的巨浪，绵延数英里。
While the wave quickly shrank down to double-digit heights and then petered out to almost nothing, it kept sloshing back and forth across the narrow fjord—something like every 90 seconds for nine days.
虽然海浪迅速缩小到了两位数的高度，随后逐渐弱化到几乎消失，但它继续在狭窄的峡湾上来回晃动--那九天里大约每90秒晃动一次。
One study author said this was the first time sloshing water had been identified as a global seismic signal for days at a time.
一位研究作者说，这是人们第一次将晃动的水当做是数天来全球地震的信号。
If Earth isn't wild enough for you, you can always go to space—if you're a billionaire, anyway.
如果地球对你来说还不够狂野，那你可以随时去太空--如果你是亿万富翁的话。
Last Tuesday, after several delays, tech billionaire Jared Isaacman's chartered SpaceX flight finally took off and reached a peak altitude of about 870 miles (1,401 kilometers).
上周二，经过几次延误后，科技业亿万富翁贾里德·艾萨克曼的SpaceX包机终于起飞，抵达了约870英里(1401公里)的峰值高度。
That broke the record NASA set for orbiting height in 1966 and makes the Polaris Dawn mission the furthest anyone has been out in space since the final Apollo mission in 1972.
这打破了NASA在1966年创下的轨道高度纪录，使“北极星黎明”任务成为自1972年最后一次阿波罗任务以来，人类在太空中走得最远的一次。
Last Thursday two of the crew members pulled off another first by completing an all-civilian space walk.
上周四，两名宇航员完成了一次全民用太空行走，再次创下了第一次的记录。
Now let's head back to Earth for some health news.
现在，我们来看看地球上一些健康方面的消息。
A new study adds to the growing body of research on disparities in healthcare for pregnant people.
一项新的研究增加了越来越多关于孕妇在医疗保健方面的差异的研究。
According to a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper that analyzed nearly one million births in dozens of New Jersey hospitals, Black women are more likely to receive unnecessary cesarean sections than their white counterparts.
根据美国国家经济研究局的一份工作论文，它分析了新泽西州数十家医院的近100万名新生儿，发现黑人女性比白人女性更有可能接受不必要的剖腹产。
The researchers say that if a Black pregnant person and a white pregnant person with similar medical histories arrived at the same hospital and see the same doctor, the Black parent would be about 25 percent more likely to undergo a cesarean delivery.
研究人员说，如果一名黑人孕妇和一名有相似病史的白人孕妇来到同一家医院看同一名医生，黑人父母接受剖腹产的可能性将增加约25%。
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and WHO (World Health Organization) have both previously sounded the alarm on unnecessary c-sections, which introduce a greater risk of infection and other surgical complications.
美国卫生与公众服务部和世界卫生组织此前都对不必要的剖腹产敲响了警钟，因为剖腹产会带来更大的感染风险和其他手术并发症。
To wrap us up, I have some unusually optimistic AI news—I know, very unlike me.
最后，还有一些关于人工智能的异常乐观的消息-我知道，这不是我的风格。
Researchers wanted to test new ways to combat conspiracy theories, and the generative AI platform GPT-4 Turbo came to mind as a possible tool.
研究人员想要测试打击阴谋论的新方法，他们认为生成式人工智能平台GPT-4 Turbo是一种可能利用的工具。
Basically, they were interested in its ability to deliver a bunch of information while also tailoring its approach based on user input and feedback.
基本上，他们感兴趣的是它提供大量信息的能力，同时还能根据用户的输入和反馈定制方法。
So, in other words, the chatbot takes the place of an incredibly patient, nonjudgmental person who has the whole Internet at their disposal, has been told to adapt their tactics based on how their conversation partner reacts and has the sole mission of replacing conspiracy theories with facts, which is a pretty tall order.
换句话说，聊天机器人承担了一个超级耐心、且不加评判的角色，他拥有整个互联网的信息，会根据对话伙伴的反应调整策略，它唯一的任务就是用事实取代阴谋论，这是一项相当艰巨的任务。
So, yeah, if AI can do it for us, I'm all for it.
嗯，如果人工智能能为我们做到这一点，我绝对支持。
About 2,000 participants were asked to identify and describe a conspiracy theory they believed, along with their supporting evidence.
约2000名参与者被要求识别和描述他们认为的阴谋论，并提供相关证据。
The resulting conversations, which lasted an average of 8.4 minutes, weren't always effective—especially when people said that conspiracy was really central to their worldview.
由此产生的对话（平均持续8.4分钟）并不总是奏效的--尤其是人们认为阴谋论是他们世界观的核心时。
But surprisingly, about one in four participants disavowed their conspiracy of choice by the end of the conversation, and follow-up showed that these results held up two months later.
但令人惊讶的是，大约四分之一的参与者在对话结束时否认了他们选择的阴谋，后续调查显示，这些结果在两个月后依然保持不变。
Now, AI-generated content is also a massive source of misinformation, but this is a great example of how cool language learning models have the potential to be—when we use them thoughtfully and train them to do something specific instead of just trying to replicate a human brain.
注意，人工智能生成的内容也是错误信息的一个巨大来源，但这是一个很好的例子，说明语言学习模型有多酷--如果我们谨慎使用它们，并训练它们做一些特定的事情，而不仅仅是试图用它们来复制人脑。
You can try out the model used in this particular study at DebunkBot.com.
你可以在DebunkBot.com上试用这项研究中使用的模型。
That's all for this week's news roundup.
本周的新闻综述就到这里。
