科普: popular science, popularization of science, abbr. of...
回: (a measure word for matters or actions) a time, to circle, to go back, to turn around, to answer, to return, to revolve, Islam...
疲惫不堪: whacked to the wide -- terribly fatigued, being fatigued to the extreme, be tired beyond endurance, be tired to death, extremely tired...
余地: margin, leeway...
矿产: minerals...
脸盆: washbowl, basin for washing hands and face...
行人: pedestrian, traveler on foot, passer-by, official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor...
思念: to think of, to long for, to miss...
刻舟求剑: a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); an action made pointless by changed circumstances...
