2020-03-31 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
You hear a lot about how what you eat will affect your microbiome. Probiotics. Prebiotics. Stu

2020-03-27 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin.
In the wild, monkeys need to keep their eyes peeled for all sorts of dangers, like leopards

2020-03-25 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Bob Hirshon.
Most animals are pretty good at avoiding the embarrassing faux pas of having sex with the

2020-03-25 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Annie Sneed.
Plastic is lightweight, malleable, durable. But it has also become so widespread that it's ending up

2020-03-23 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Steve Mirsky.
So you buy something made of plastic and it's labeled biodegradable. You can rest easy knowing that

2020-03-18 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
The English-language version of Wikipedia has almost six million articles. And if you're a

2020-03-17 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
For a long time, archaeologists have dug for the shiny stuff, the sorts of artifacts that belo

2020-03-17 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Steve Mirsky.
"Murray Gell-Mann was one of the great physicists of the 20th century."
Historian of physics Graham Far

2020-03-12 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin.
Some parents get overly involved in their kids' personal lives, but bonobo mothers t&#6

2020-03-12 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
Fifteen million babies are born prematurely every year, worldwide. In some cases, the early bi

2020-03-11 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
A few years ago scientists determined that our thermostats are sexist—namely, that office clim

2020-03-05 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Annie Sneed.
The beak shapes of different species of Galapagos finches played an important part in Darwin's concep

2020-03-02 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
You're probably not too interested in what some people call ABC gum—already been chewed.

2020-03-02 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Steve Mirsky.
"I'm an engineer, trained as an engineer. I have degrees in mechanical and chemical engineering, and

2020-02-26 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin.
We know that reading is good for children and presumably for adults as well. Now a new study suggests that

2020-02-24 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American 60-second Science, I'm Adam Levy.
Avoiding the worst effects of climate change will require action. But it's hard to take action when you don&#

2020-02-24 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
Antarctica is known for its great expanses of white—and not just snow.
"If it's fresh it

2020-02-24 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Bob Hirshon.
A 10,000-year-old archaeological site in central Turkey is helping scientists unlock the region's pee

2020-02-21 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
A physics lesson may be the last thing on your mind as you relax at the ocean, however:
"If y

2020-02-20 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
Air-conditioning and fans account for a full 10 percent of the world's electricity usage.

2020-02-20 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin.
Casanova. The name is synonymous with a reputation for romantic—let's say excess. But a new study sugg

2020-02-12 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American 60-second Science, I'm Lucy Huang.
Mice and rats vocalize. To us, many of the sounds they make are ultrasonic—at too high a frequency to hear. But

2020-02-12 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata.
On July 20th, 1969, humankind finally set foot on the surface of the moon. Fifty years later a

2020-02-06 所属栏目:科学美国人

This is Scientific American 60-second Science, I'm Jim Daley.
Almost any cat owner will testify to the felines' apparent indifference to humans when we call their names. B

2020-02-06 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 April 2019 issue of the magazine, in the section called Advances: Dispatches From