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

美国科学60秒 SSS 2015-05-29

Some 70 million American adults have high blood pressure. Three quarters of them rely on medication to keep the condition in check. But you've got to remember to actually take the daily dose. Now researchers have devised a longer-lasting alternative:

美国科学60秒 SSS 2015-05-28

This is Scientific American - 60 Second Science. I'm Dylan *. Got a minute? The first murder victim in the Bible is Abel, taken out by his brother, Cain. And now we have what looks to be the earliest known homocide to be confirmed by scientists. A ne

美国科学60秒 SSS 2015-03-20

Feel to walk and in central Mexico is in archaeological site, a cultural landmark and tourist attraction best known for its pyramids and plaza. But nearly 2,000 years ago, it was a powerful urban center home to more than 100,000 people. It was also o

美国科学60秒-SSS 2015-06-19

This is Scientific American-60 Second Science.I'm Steve Mersky.Got a minute? There is a lot of discussion about the debates they had and who was right. Willham Bob,he is the grandson of the great physicist Nills Bob who had strong scientific disagree

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-11-28

Ticks are bad news. They spread Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. And theyre also responsible for an unusual food allergyto meat. Yup, get bit by one of these buggers and it could be bye-bye BBQ. The strange allergy has been linked to th

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-10-25

Want to exercise, but don't have enough time? Forget slogging half an hour on the treadmill. You can burn the same number of calories with a few quick sprints on an exercise bike. So says a study presented at a meeting of the American Physiological S

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-10-23

Want to exercise, but don't have enough time? Forget slogging half an hour on the treadmill. You can burn the same number of calories with a few quick sprints on an exercise bike. So says a study presented at a meeting of the American Physiological S

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-11-29

Ticks are bad news. They spread Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. And theyre also responsible for an unusual food allergyto meat. Yup, get bit by one of these buggers and it could be bye-bye BBQ. The strange allergy has been linked to th

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-09-06

This is scientific American sixty seconds science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? New dads might expect to deal with dirty diapers or a baby's cries in the night. But how about lower testosterone levels? Previous research has shown that fa

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-11-15

This is Scientific American 60 Second Science. I am Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? In developed countries, we've mostly eliminated freeloaders like parasitic worms from our guts. But we also have the highest rates of inflammatory bowel disease

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-11-13

I've always thought that when I get a fever, it's my body trying to make things uncomfortable for the invading pathogen. And that's often true - higher temperatures can inhibit the bad guys' ability to replicate. But my fever may actually be a one-tw

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-11-05

In a recent podcast, we heard the beluga whale NOC change his voice's rhythm and pitch to imitate human speech. Pretty impressive, but you ain't heard nothing yet. M K, an Asian elephant that appears to form actual words. Thats annyong,Korean for hel

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-10-08

They say the beauty is in the eye of the holder. For f* Rainbow f*, that's definitely right. That's in right eye. The birds depend on their right eye for scoping out potential mates. Many males are choosy when picking a partner and the Rainbow or goo

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-02-12

Taste may be the least understood of our five senses, even basic questions like where the taste bugs come from remain mysterious until now. In the study published in the journal Stem Cell, scientists identified the lose of parental cell that gives ri

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-02-04

This is scientific American sixty seconds science, I'm Christopher Taliyatah. Got a minute？ When you think of an password for yet another online account, longer is better. Right? Well, it's true if your password is just strings and radoms of number

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-06-14

Stem cells are prised for their ability to give rise to a variety of specialized cell types, including heart, liver, nerve and bone. Unfortunately, it's the stem cells from embryos that have shown the biggest potential, for generating both a range of

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-07-15

It's boating season, which means it'll soon be time for that annoying ritual, the scraping of the barnacle. They latch on tight and don't let go. Barnacles can be a major pain. As they grow they build up calcium deposits under a boat's paint. And the

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-07-08

Music. It can tug at our hearts, perhaps even literally. Because when people sing together their hearts begin to beat in sync with each other. Researchers monitored the heart rates of 15 teenagers as they produced sounds solo. The participants either