A new analysis shows that last year's NASA mission to change the course of an asteroid by smashing into it with a small spacecraft was surprisingly successful.

一项新的分析显示，去年美国航天局通过用小型航天器撞击小行星来改变小行星原有轨道的任务取得了惊人的成功。

James Clerk Maxwell, a Scottish physicist and mathematician born in 1831, significantly influenced the course of physics by providing a unified framework that linked electricity and magnetism—two forces once considered separate.

詹姆斯·克拉克·麦克斯韦 (James Clerk Maxwell) 是一位出生于 1831 年的苏格兰物理学家和数学家，他提供了一个将电和磁（这两种力曾经被认为是独立的力）联系起来的统一框架，对物理学的进程产生了重大影响。

Ivar the Boneless changed the course of British  history by conquering and uniting the northern, eastern, and central parts of England into the  Danelaw – now northern and eastern England.

无骨的伊瓦尔 (Ivar the Boneless) 征服了英格兰的北部、东部和中部，并将其统一为丹麦法区（即现在的英格兰北部和东部），从而改变了英国历史的进程。