历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-17

Jan.17th. 1706, Benjamin Franklin, author, publisher, inventor and one of Americas most famous founding fathers is born in Boston. 1945, in the final month of World War II in Europe, Soviet and Polish forces liberate Polands capital Warsaw from Nazi

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-01-31

When you think about dog food, you probably picture more meet than potato. But a new study finds that unlike wolves, dog have genes allow them to digest starch. That evolutionary adaptation may help fuel domestication. The report is in the journal na

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-01-23

This is Scientific Americans 60 second Science, I am Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. Since the first human genome sequence was published, thousands of people have submitted their DNA for scientific analysis. They made these donations anon

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-01-25

This is Scientific American 60-second Science,I'm Sophie Bushwick.Got a minute?Scientists have used synthetic DNA to store digital files,including a photo,Shakespeare's sonnets and an audio recording on Martin Luther King. And the pursuit of happines

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-01-09

This is Scientific Americans 60 - Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. After a long bath, your fingers and toes come out all wrinkly. You may have wondered why your skin would go and do such a thing. Now a study shows that

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-01-02

This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick, Got a minute? Sharing is one of the hallmarks of human behavior: give me a cookie and Im more likely to give you one later. But our bonobo cousins have an odd variation on the pract

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2014-01-02

Beatboxing, as musician Tom Thom was doing in that last example, uses the voice to mimic an incredible range of percussion instruments, from drums, and symbols to records scratches and digeridjuz. But to make such well, inhuman sounds, the performer

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2014-01-08

Its important to trust your gut because the stomach and the food put into it can influence the entire body. For example a new study finds that mice that eat lots of fiber have stronger resistance against asthmatic attacks. For two weeks, let mice eat

美国科学60秒 SSS 2015-01-22

This is Scientific American's 60s Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Think about the tools used by biologists, perhaps test tubes and microscopes come to mind. But what about diapers? No, it's not the investigators in their work

美国科学60秒 SSS 2015-01-23

This is Scientific American's Sixty-Second-Science, I'm Steve Mirsky, got a minute?With every individual and every technology we have a lot of intended benefits and intended consequences. Simultaneously, we have many unintended consequences. Subra Su

美国科学60秒 SSS 2015-01-28

Winter is high time for humidifiers because dry air can irritate your throat. But a new study finds that arid conditions might have an influence on the development of the very languages that some people speak. Extensive research on human physiology s

美国科学60秒 SSS 2015-01-30

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Planning to attend a Super Bowl party in Boston or Seattle this Sunday? If so, you might think twice about sticking your chips in the communal dip. Because

美国科学60秒 SSS 2015-01-12

This is Scientific American - 60 seconds Science. I'm Synthia Graver. Got a minute. It's obivious that say turning the lights off saves money, but being reminded that using less energy saves money may not be the most effective way to motivate consume

SSS 2012-05-23

Its a confusing world for babies. To make sense of it, they look for intellectual stimulation. But theyre only interested if what they look at is not too hard to comprehendor boringly easy. Researchers call it the Goldilocks effect, in a study in the

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-01-18

Medicinal tablets are nothing new. Doctors have been dispensing pills for thousands of years. And now archaeologists have turned up some of those ancient medicines, which were preserved in a shipwreck for close to two millennia. The 2nd-century Pozzi

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-10-15

This is Scientific American-60 Second Science. I am Christopher Intagliata. Gotta a minute？ Hair helps keep you warm, right? But hair can also keep you cooler than bare skin, as long as the hair is not too thick. So says a study in a journal-Plus O

SSS 2012-05-16

This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Karen Hopkin, This will just take a minute. If youve ever spent time watching chimps at the zoo, youve probably wondered: what are they thinking? Well, the answer might be simple: could be theyre fi

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-06-17

Ordinarily you've called it a pistachio a pistachio, but if you are for example an immigrant from China, and you've just seen a Ming vase. You might call a pistachio and a happy nut. Because visual cues can affect language in people with multiple cul

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2013-10-01

this is scientific american 60 seconds science.i am soufi bushiwik got a minute? the mid-day nap is a preschool tradition, but is it necessary? some preschool plan to eliminate this downtime to feed in more teaching which could common the expense of

美国科学60秒 SSS 2015-06-01

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Eric Barris. Got a minute? Maybe call it the Sex and the City footwear effect. High heels are stylish, and in some circles, considered a fashion requirement. But they come with risks. Emergency roo