76岁的年轻人在搜寻同一农民的田地后发现了稀有的罗马硬币

据信是在英国有史以来第一个在英国发现的金币，在被一位虔诚的金属探测者发掘出来后，在拍卖会上拍卖。

A Breakthrough Prize-winning physicist says quantum physics is ‘nonsense’

突破性获奖物理学家说，量子物理学是“胡说八道”

From Scientific American: In the pantheon of modern physics, few figures can match the quiet authority of Gerard ’t Hooft. The Dutch theoretical physicist, now a professor emeritus at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, has spent much of the past half-century reshaping our understanding of the fundamental forces that knit together reality. But ’t Hooft’s unassuming, soft-spoken manner belies his towering scientific stature, which is better revealed by the prodigious numbers of prestigious prizes he has accrued, which include a Nobel Prize, a Wolf Prize, a Franklin Medal, and many more.

来自科学美国人：在现代物理的万神殿中，很少有数字可以与杰拉德（Gerard）的安静权威相匹配。荷兰理论物理学家现在是荷兰乌得勒支大学的名誉教授，在过去的半个世纪中，大部分时间都在重塑了我们对将现实结合在一起的基本力量的理解。但是，霍夫特（Hooft）谦虚，柔和的口语方式掩盖了他高耸的科学地位，这是他所累积的著名奖品更好地揭示了这一点，其中包括诺贝尔奖，狼奖，富兰克林奖牌等。

His latest accolade, announced on April 5, is the most lucrative in all of science: a Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, worth $3 million, in recognition of ’t Hooft’s myriad contributions to physics across his long career. In a conversation with Scientific American, ’t Hooft spoke about his Breakthrough Prize, his optimism for the future of particle physics and his dissatisfaction with quantum mechanics.

他的最新荣誉于4月5日宣布，是所有科学中最有利可图的：基本物理学的特别突破奖，价值300万美元，以表彰他在漫长的职业生涯中对物理学的无数贡献。在与科学美国人的对话中，霍夫特谈到了他的突破奖，对粒子物理的未来的乐观情绪以及对量子力学的不满。

76-year-old finds rare Roman coin after 6 years of searching in farmer’s field

76岁的老人在农民领域进行了6年的搜索后发现了稀有的罗马硬币

From Good News Network: A gold Roman coin believed to be the first of its kind ever found in Britain has fetched thousands at auction after being unearthed by a devoted metal detectorist.

从好消息网络：一枚据信是英国有史以来第一个同类的黄金罗马硬币，在被虔诚的金属探测者发掘出来后，在拍卖会上拍卖了数千枚。

Ron Walters finally struck gold after six years of searching the same farmer’s field in spring and autumn when the crops weren’t sown. The retired welder said he stumbled across the rare coin, which dates back to 69AD, on a day when he was planning to stay home.

罗恩·沃尔特斯（Ron Walters）在春季和秋季搜寻了同一农民的田野后，终于获得了金牌。退休的焊工说，他偶然发现了稀有的硬币，该硬币可以追溯到69AD，这是他计划待在家里的一天。

“I was going to go one Thursday and decided against it. It was my wife who basically told me to ‘bugger off and get out of the house for a bit'.”

“我要去一个星期四决定反对。是我的妻子基本上告诉我'bugger掉了屋子'''。”

It is believed to be the first gold aureus of emperor Aulus Vitellius to ever be recorded as a find in the British Isles. The 1,955-year-old coin was auctioned this week by Fieldings Auctioneers and fetched $6,000, which the Kingswinford man will split with the field’s landowner.

据信，这是第一个在不列颠群岛中被记录为有史以来发现的金Vitellius皇帝的金果石。这位1,955年历史的硬币本周被菲尔德斯拍卖师拍卖，并获得了6,000美元，金斯温福德男子将与该田地的土地所有者分开。

This tropical tree thrives after being struck by lightning

这种热带树在被闪电击中后蓬勃发展

From Science.org: Growing up to 55 meters tall in the tropical forests of Panama, the almendro tree is a natural lightning rod.

从Science.org：在巴拿马的热带森林中长达55米，Almendro树是天然避雷针。

And that appears to be a good thing: The millions of volts that course through this species during a strike electrocute parasitic vines and leap from branches, killing nearby trees that might compete for the almendro’s sunlight, researchers report today in New Phytologist.

这似乎是一件好事：在新的植物学家中报道，新植物学家的报道说，在罢工电寄生藤蔓中，通过该物种的数百万伏特通过该物种从分支上跳下来，杀死了附近的树木，可能会争夺Almendro的阳光。

Lightning works in mysterious ways in tropical forests. Unlike in cooler climes, trees don’t scorch, ignite, or explode when struck.

闪电在热带森林中以神秘的方式工作。与凉爽的气体不同，在撞击时，树木不会灼伤，点燃或爆炸。

Since 2014, scientists have installed several monitoring systems in a patch of forest on Panama’s Barro Colorado Island. The systems can pinpoint the location of a lightning bolt to within fewer than 30 meters.

自2014年以来，科学家在巴拿马科罗拉多岛的一片森林中安装了多个监测系统。系统可以将避雷针的位置定位在不到30米以内。

Almendro trees (Dipteryx oleifera) seemed particularly resilient to lightning strikes. All nine that had been struck were practically unscathed, losing only small patches of leaves. In comparison, similarly tall trees of other species took nearly six times as much damage.

Almendro树（Dipteryx oleifera）似乎对雷击特别有弹性。几乎毫发无损，所有击中的九个都只会失去一小块叶子。相比之下，其他物种的高大树木造成了近六倍的伤害。

These 2,000-year-old mystery mounds in Ohio were built by an ancient civilization

俄亥俄州有2,000年历史的神秘丘是由一个古老的文明建造的

From the BBC: We stopped when we reached the opening of a turf-topped circle, which was formed by another wall of mounded earth. We were at The Octagon, part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, a large network of hand-constructed hills spread throughout central and southern Ohio that were built as many as 2,000 years ago. Indigenous people would come to The Octagon from hundreds of miles away, gathering regularly for shared rituals and worship.

从英国广播公司（BBC）到达：当我们到达一个草皮顶圆圈的开口时，我们停下来，该圆圈由另一堵土壁的地球形成。我们在八角形的八角形，这是霍普韦尔礼仪的一部分，这是一个大型手工建造的山丘网络，遍布俄亥俄州中部和南部，建于2000年前。土著人民将从数百英里之外来到八角形，定期聚集参加共同的仪式和崇拜。

All these prehistoric ceremonial earthworks in Ohio were created by what is now called the Hopewell Culture, a network of Native American societies that gathered from as far away as Montana and the Gulf of Mexico between roughly 100 BCE and 500 CE. Their earthworks in Ohio consist of shapes - like circles, squares and octagons - that were often connected to each other. Archaeologists are only now beginning to understand the sophistication of these engineering marvels.

所有这些史前仪式的土方在俄亥俄州都是由现在所谓的Hopewell Culture创建的，这是一个由美洲原住民社会组成的网络，该网络从蒙大拿州和墨西哥湾远处聚集在公元前100年和公元前500年之间。他们在俄亥俄州的土方工程通常由圆形，正方形和八角形组成，它们经常相互连接。考古学家直到现在才开始理解这些工程奇迹的复杂性。