美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-12-28

When autumn rolls around, the leaf peepers come out in force. Armed with digital cameras, they record the most spectacular displays of fall foliage. Well according to a study in the journal Functional Ecology [Toshie Mizunuma et al., The relationship

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-12-26

When I say telecommuting, do you picture yourself easing into the workday in a pair of fuzzy slippers? Well, so does your boss. But the reality is, youre both dreaming. Because a new study shows that folks who work at home at least some of the time,

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-12-17

This Scientific Americans podcast is sponsored by audible.com, the number-one online resource for best-selling audio books and more. And now audible.com is offering Scientific American listeners a free audio book of your choice. For details go to aud

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-02-18

A lot of people have had impacted third molars. Third molars produce a lot of chronic pain. Alan Mann, a Prinston University physical anthropologist at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston on Februar

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-03-28

In southwestern African namely,desert,the lack of rainwater keeps grass sparks.but in some areas,mysterious rain brings grass with bare center appeared thrive. Now scientists sub discovery the so called the very circles are decreased by wearied littl

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-03-21

This is Scientific American 60 second Science, Im Steve Mirsky Nothing was on the table at the annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate March 20th at theAmerican Museum of Natural History in New York City. Heres Hayden PlanetariumDirector Neil deGrasse Ty

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-07-25

Good news for big time networking primates. Other primates that live in large social groups have more street smarts than their comrades with smaller social circles. So finds in a study in the journal Plus1, researchers tested the circumstances under

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-07-18

As a recent sixty-second-science podcast explained music sings up the heartbeats of singers. Now comes the study on music on the step of walkers. It's not just the beat that effects walkers pace. Scientists discovered that even at the same tempo, dif

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-04-25

Chimps show other chimps how to use tools. My roommate showed me some tricks to make better scrambled eggs. Group members teaching each other is called cultural transmission. And a study finds that a cultural transmission is behind the spread of hunt

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-04-22

I am in full reporter,are you gonna look at this cons first? which one? I am gonna bluff anyone.the good poker face can hide the quality of the cards, but your arms must still be giving away your hands,that is the finding of study to come out of the

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-05-31

Baleen allows the non-toothed whales to strain sea water for the fish and crustacean pray. Alexander Werth of Hampden Sydney College of Virgina avoided a Jonah like journey, and still managed to analyze how baleen works. Two kinds of whales sport bal

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-05-29

People with anorexia see themselves as heavier than they actually are. But does this distorted selfimage inform unconscious behavior? Scientists are opening doors to find out. Literally, body image and doorways are her linked because the ability to n

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2014-09-01

Heres an easy way to find out if someone is a narcissist. Just ask them. Thats according to a study in the journal PLoS One. Researchers posed the following question to more than two thousand people: To what extent do you agree with this statement: I

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2014-11-03

This is Scientists American sixty seconds. I am Santy Graver. Got a minute? They are called button cells, coin cells or watch batteries. By any names, this tiny round batteries pose a choking danger to kids. And if a kid succeeds in swallowing a butt

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2014-10-09

ctually happens every time you take a step. And we precisely place our feet we walk to avoid taking a tumble doing this and doing balancing act.The study is in the draw biology letters.When humans walk,we put one foot in front of the other,but the wa

美国科学60秒-SSS 2015-06-09

Chimpanzees.They are much like us, genetically and atomically, and as it turns out, cocktail logically. Because we finally have solid evidence that chims drink alcohol. So say researchers who observed wild chimpanzees throw back fermented tree sap. T

美国科学60秒 SSS 2015-03-09

Have you ever sworn that you left your phone in the car only to find it in your pocket or on your desk or, admit it, in the fridge. Or maybe you just dreamed that you left it on the dashboard(汽车仪表盘) and the memory was so real, you had to ch

美国科学60秒 SSS 2015-04-15

Early warning systems can be the difference between life and death in earthquake-prone regions. But they are expensive. The US, Mexico and Japan have such systems. That leaves large swats of central and South America, Asia and the Caribbean unprotect

[科学美国人60秒] SSS 2015-11-06

From the back seat of a cab, the moves a driver makes may at time seem, let us say, daring. In fact, cabbys may actually be better, more edge out drivers than the rest of us, because they know their streets so well. Previous research found that the h

[科学美国人60秒] SSS 2015-10-13

If you are lost, you need a map and a compass. The map pinpoints where you are and the compass orients you in the right direction. Migratory birds, on the other hand, can traverseentire hemispheres and end up just a couple of miles from where they br