2020-07-27 所属栏目:科学美国人

Hi, I'm Scientific American podcast editor Steve Mirsky. And here's a short piece from the September 2019 issue of the magazine, in the section called Advances: Dispatches

2020-07-23 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science, I'm Susanne Bard.
Every culture around the world creates music. But what shapes our perception of music? Two candidates are t

2020-07-21 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
Nature documentaries are known for their sweeping

2020-07-20 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science, I'm Susanne Bard.
Switching on the lights at night is second nature to most people in the developed world. But electricity is

2020-07-16 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
Archaeologists have spent a lot of time analyzing the flashiest objects recovered at ancient site

2020-07-14 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American 60-second Science, I'm Eilene Augenbraun.
Plastic waste breaks down into ever smaller pieces, becoming tiny enough to waft in the air and f

2020-07-13 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Jared Rizzi.
Kids spend a lot of time looking at screens. And some parents worry. But a new study a&#6

2020-07-09 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Susanne Bard.
It's not easy to study the early development of the human brain.
"The brain is very inaccessible, e

2020-07-07 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
Seems like any time you see a squirrel, it's busy doing something—headed somewhere; scrou

2020-07-06 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Annie Sneed.
Earth's magnetic field—which creates our planet's north and south pole—i&#65279

2020-07-03 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
In 1964 the Beatles set foot in America and ki

2020-06-30 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American 60-second Science, I'm Jared Rizzi.
"Best before," "sell by," "for best results, use by." You probably have many of these labels on items in your f

2020-06-28 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American 60-second Science, I'm Susanne Bard.
We often associate giant solar arrays with deserts. But the extreme heat can curb solar panels' potential.

2020-06-24 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American 60-second Science, I'm Christine Herman.
Got a minute?
Polyurethane: It's used to make seat cushions, memory foam, paint and myriad other prod

2020-06-23 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
High cholesterol affects a third of American adults. But it's not just us! Studies have indicate

2020-06-22 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Susanne Bard.
Some scientists stick to the lab. But others brave venomous snakes and downed power lines. Take Jonathan

2020-06-18 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
Mosquitoes are precision guided to their prey by plumes of carbon dioxide, heat and humidity.

2020-06-16 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
The Curiosity Rover was never fully sterilized before it touched down on Mars.

2020-06-15 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christine Herman.
Got a minute?
Some scientists want to use the DNA of indigenous people to reconstruct the "human mi

2020-06-11 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Steve Mirsky.
"In the early years of the development of gunpowder, it was known as the devil's distillate because

2020-06-09 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
In the summer of 2015, a strange delivery arrived in Munich, Germany: 25 boxes of still-frozen

2020-06-08 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin.
When it comes to the ritual act of dating, participants often have very different expectations. Some hope t

2020-06-04 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
The Food and Drug Administration has to recall hundreds of foods every year. Like cookie snack

2020-06-02 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Sophie Bushwick.
Is that person really glad to see me? Or are they just being polite? Some people struggle to distingu

2020-06-01 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
No trip to the beach would be complete without a swarm of hungry gulls. But don't get dist