SSS 2008-01-31

This is Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The search for alternative fuels to gasoline has led to surprising possibilities, for instance, the waste oil for making French fries. But one of the most unusual alterna

SSS 2008-01-23

This is Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mersky. Got a minute? Its the kind of thing we can look forward to more in the coming years: Personalized drug regimens based on our individual DNA. The example of this new kind of Personaliz

SSS 2008-10-27

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? The eyes often dont have it. Tennis referees, for example, sometimes mess up when calling a ball in or out. And a new study finds that refs are much more likely to mak

SSS 2011-07-21

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. After water, tea is the world's most popular drink. Now three New York City high school students have discovered what maybe a bruing scandal because th

SSS 2011-10-21

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The human genome was sequenced, and in the process of moving that forward the technology that was developed was incredible. And because of their efforts in human genome,

SSS 2008-09-17

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? We live in a nice neighborhood. Of the galaxy, that is. The sun is about halfway toward the outer edge of the Milky Way. But the sun may have migrated vast distances t

SSS 2008-10-02

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? This presidential election will likely have a huge effect on health care. But it also will probably have a direct effect on public health. Because theres a higher risk

SSS 2008-09-08

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Its not often that an incoming college freshman is already starting his own multimillion dollar business. But thats whats happening to Ben Gulak. Hes a

SSS 2008-08-08

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Ever been woken up by the sound of the refrigerator compressor kicking on? Well, such clumsy heat exchange units featuring long metal coils may be on their way out. Becaus

SSS 2008-11-11

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? If you're too tired to think straight, it might be because parts of your brain are already asleep at the wheel. A team of neuroscientists from Washington State Unive

SSS 2008-05-07

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science,I am Steve Mirsky.Got a minute? Its accepted that a large meteor impact 65 million years ago was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. Which opened up niches for birds and mammals. But l

SSS 2008-07-02

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. Methane is a greenhouse gas that traps heat even better than carbon dioxide. It comes from a variety of sources, including fossil fuel production and even

SSS 2009-05-01

This is Scientific Americans 60-second Science. Im Steve Mirsky.Got a minute? The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and DND Imports of Los Angeles recently announced a voluntary recall of something called the dinosaur Era Two Hunting Dinosaur Pla

SSS 2009-05-15

This is Scientific Americans 60-second Science, Im Steve Mirsky, got a minute? Friends who had a swimming pool also had a little sign posted that said, We dont swim in your toilet. Please dont pee in our pool. Despite such widespread admonitions, 4/5

SSS 2009-03-10

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. This will just take a minute. So check this out: Hi my name is Adi Rajagopalan, I'm going on 18 in a few days, and my project was Modelling Synergistic Cellulolytic-Hemicellulol

SSS 2009-02-17

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? Even monkeys know when theyre getting a bad deal, said primatologist Frans de Waal at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in

SSS 2010-04-05

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The National Safety Council estimates that 28 percent of all highway accidents and deaths are caused by drivers paying poor attention to the road because theyre holding

SSS 2010-06-11

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? With the World Cup soccer tournament underway in South Africa, a couple of things for the science-interested audience to watch for. First, the games will feature a new

每日一词【985】the Pill：避孕药

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