Ever get a ringing in your ears after a loud blast of music on your iPod? Thats one example of the usually temporary condition called tinnitus, the sensation of sound even when no sound is being produced. But a new inventioncreated by high school stu

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. When we think about how to represent sound visually, most of us probably picture those volume-dependent sine waves. But thats not how John Stuart Reid

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The Importance of Hand Washing 洗手很重要 In a recent study of people passing through major U.S. airports, it turned out that about thirty percent werent washing their hands after using the bathroom. These people who dont wash their hands dont j

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1. Cyber Sickness 晕屏症 Also called digital motion sickness, symptoms that range from headaches to woozy feelings can occur when you quickly scroll on your smart phone or watch action-packed video on your screen. 这种病也被称为数字晕车,

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Why Don't Snorers Wake Themselves Up? Anyone who's ever slept in the same room as a loud snorer knows how infuriating it is to have to suffer through all that noise while the offending party remains blissfully oblivious and asleep. Loud snorers can w

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Snowflakes are small ice crystals. Snowflakes near the ir melting temperature can, through hand pressure, be made to fuse into a snowball by a process of melting and re-freezing. The snow yields to pressure gently and progressively and doesnt make so

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