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　　From the morning of December 31, 2022 to the early morning of January 1, 2023, with experts and scholars carefully "cooking" a series of "popular science delicacies", the 2023 New Year's Eve Science Lecture held by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Academy of Sciences) lasted for more than 15 hours Continuously updating, offering a "science popularization feast" to the whole network.

　　The theme of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ New Year’s Eve Science Speech is “Scientific Power on the Road to Revival”. Nobel Prize winners, experts, scholars, and science experts were invited to take turns to give speeches, visits, salons, and slow-moving lectures in various forms and rich content. live streaming.

The theme of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' 2023 New Year's Eve Science Lecture is "Scientific Power on the Road to Revival". Experts and scholars discussed how to spread knowledge in the Internet age.

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　　Professor Erwin Nell, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Institute of Brain Cognition and Brain Diseases, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Director of Nell Neuroplasticity Research Center, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Brain Science Innovation Institute, took the lead in giving a lecture. With the title of "The Magical Signal in the Heart", he recalled the process of discovering single ion channels in cells during his doctoral period, and on this basis, introduced the concept of neuroplasticity, and analyzed the similarities and differences between the real brain and artificial intelligence.

　　Sun Baowei, former Secretary of the Party Committee of Xichang Satellite Launch Center and expert of the Chinese Academy of Sciences veteran science popularization lecture group, gave the topic "Dream Pursuing Space and the Great Aerospace Spirit", from "two bombs and one satellite" to manned spaceflight, from moon and Mars exploration to Beidou navigation , revisiting many important nodes and events in the history of China's aerospace development, and telling many little-known behind-the-scenes details.

　　Focusing on the topics of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, Chen Haisheng, deputy director of the Major Science and Technology Task Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a researcher at the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, explained the important role of technology in "double carbon" and demonstrated the basic From research, key core technology breakthroughs to comprehensive demonstration of the whole chain layout.

　　Focusing on the "Yutu" lunar rover and the "Zhurong" Mars rover, Jia Yang, a researcher at the General Department of the China Academy of Space Technology, deputy chief designer of the lunar and Mars probes, and Tan Hao, an independent designer, jointly shared the background behind China's lunar and fire detection The story shows the beauty of the romantic universe of scientific research.

　　How to protect and make good use of the black land known as "the giant panda in the cultivated land"?

Zou Wenxiu, a researcher at the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, explained the various changes in soil fertility since the black land reclamation in Northeast China, focusing on the role of the "Longjiang Model" in serving the national black soil protection project and the "Black Soil Granary" scientific and technological battle of the Chinese Academy of Sciences important role.

　　The traditional Chinese Year of the Rabbit is approaching. In her speech, Li Qian, a researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, explained the 62 million-year evolution history of rabbits, introducing the world's oldest "rabbit" that originated in China. Anhui model pika, showing the "Chinese answer" given by Chinese scientists in exploring the origin and evolution of rabbits.

　　The science expert "Infinity Small Bright" Zhang Chenliang visited the insect branch, bird branch and animal branch of the National Animal Specimen Resource Bank. Under the guidance of the staff, he demonstrated the specimen making process on the spot and led the audience to experience the scientific research of the resource bank work routine.

　　Cao Zexian, a researcher at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who gave lectures across the year for the fourth consecutive year, took "Electromagnetism/Electrodynamics: Phenomena, Technology and Thought" as the theme, starting from the electric and magnetic phenomena discovered by people in ancient times, popularizing electromagnetics and electrodynamics development process, and introduced a variety of philosophical ideas on scientific research.

The slow live broadcast signal of the starry sky of the Shahe Science Popularization Base of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (right), and the real-time picture display of the National Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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　　During the Chinese Academy of Sciences 2023 New Year's Eve scientific speech, many experts and scholars sat together to identify popular popular science videos on the Internet and discuss how to spread knowledge in the Internet age.

The teachers and students of the Choir of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ph.D. Choir of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences also presented wonderful performances such as "Pilot", "Flying the Flag of Science", "Wanjiang" and "Snowflake's Happiness".

In addition, this "science popularization feast" is also interspersed with observations from the Qinghai Lenghu Astronomical Observation Base of the University of Science and Technology of China, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of Everest Special Atmospheric Processes and Environmental Changes in Tibet, and the Hainan Tropical Ocean Research Station of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Slow live broadcasts of the Biological Experiment Station, the National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of the Guangdong Daya Bay Ecosystem, the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other scientific research institutes, scientific research bases, and field stations, leading the public to appreciate the charm of science with unique images and perspectives .

　　At the end of this 2023 New Year’s Eve scientific speech, the live webcast is connected to the slow live broadcast signal of the starry sky from the Shahe Science Popularization Base of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the real-time picture of the National Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is also displayed at the same time, witnessing both online and offline Beijing time January 1, 2023 The arrival of 0:00:00.

　　It is understood that the New Year's Eve Science Speech is a popular science brand activity formed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences during the implementation of the "Popularization of High-end Scientific Research Resources" and "'Science and China' Science Education" programs. It was the first of its kind in 2009 for scientific lectures, and it has been successfully held for 4 consecutive years so far.

The 2023 New Year's Eve Science Lecture is hosted by the Science Communication Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, organized by the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and co-organized by the Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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