科学美国人60秒 SSS Housing Boom Busts Birds' Valentine's Day

Urban development is encroaching on forests in the Pacific Northwest. And its also ruining Valentines Day for some songbirds. Because urban growth is making it a challenge for some birds like the Pacific Wren to stay faithful to their partners, at le

科学美国人60秒 SSS Pesticide Additive Could Be One Culprit in Bee Deaths

Pesticide Additive Could Be One Culprit in Bee Deaths 农药添加剂是蜜蜂死亡的一大诱因 Springtime is flower season. And that includes some 90 million almond trees in California. It's the largest pollination event in the U.S.and beekeeper

科学美国人60秒 SSS Concrete Defects Could Become Strengths

Concrete is one of the most widely used materials on the planet. And this consumption comes with a heavy ecological price. Rouzbeh Shahsavari, a materials scientist at Rice University. Around 5 to 10 percent of total CO2 emissions comes from concrete

科学美国人60秒 SSS Tsunami Sent Species on a Transoceanic Trip

Tsunami Sent Species on a Transoceanic Trip 海啸引发的物种跨洋迁移 The massive earthquake that rocked Japan in March 2011 took thousands of lives. It sent tsunami waves more than a hundred feet high towards northern Japan, where they batte

科学美国人60秒 SSS When We Fly to Mars, Microbes Will, Too

When We Fly to Mars, Microbes Will, Too 飞向火星的不止是你，还有我 A humid bathroom is the perfect habitat for mold. But there are ways to avoid it. We can just open the window and let some fresh air in! Not so easy on a space station th

科学美国人60秒 SSS Windows Vex Bats' Echolocating Abilities

Windows Vex Bats' Echolocating Abilities 干扰蝙蝠回声定位的烦人窗 Just as humans understand the shape of our surroundings by how light reflects off objects, bats use reflections of sounds they produce insteadwhats called echolocation. But

科学美国人60秒 SSS Wetlands Could Save Cities--and Money, Too

Wetlands Could Save Cities--and Money, Too 湿地不仅能保护人类还能替人类省钱 As Houston begins recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey, a new storm threatHurricane Irmais barreling west towards the Caribbean and Florida. We have few def

科学美国人60秒 SSS Feds Want to Know Who's Protesting Trump

Feds Want to Know Who's Protesting Trump 联邦政府妄图追查谁在抗议川普 Internet companies often receive requests by law enforcement for customer info to help with ongoing investigations. Rarely, however, will a court order hit up a Web h

科学美国人60秒 SSS Cannibalism Quells Contagion among Caterpillars

Cannibalism Quells Contagion among Caterpillars 同类相食可防治传染病 Ben Van Allen collects caterpillars. 本 范 艾伦喜欢收集毛毛虫。 While doing postdoctoral research at Louisiana State University, 在路易斯安那州立大学做

科学美国人60秒 SSS Grazing Cattle Trim the Menu for Birds

Grazing Cattle Trim the Menu for Birds 愿为鸟儿修改食谱的牛群 When birds face the destruction of their habitat, some species dont make it while others survive. But what happens at the very beginning of the process, just as a bird's habitat

科学美国人60秒 SSS Stone Age Pottery Reveals Signs of Beekeeping

Stone Age Pottery Reveals Signs of Beekeeping陶器揭露人类养蜂历史 You have bees to thank every time you drizzle some honey into your tea. And the human-honeybee relationship is long-standing. Iconography of honeybees adorns 4400-year-old wa