Now, however, with the help of sophisticated computers, 然而现在凭借先进的计算机, scientists have discovered what seem to be superplumes, more intense thunderstorms, if you will. 科学家们已经发现了似乎是超级地幔柱的存在...
Why horses have skinny legs? 马的腿为什么这么细？ What's the use of a skinny leg? 这么细的腿有何作用？ The answer is Running. 答案是用于奔跑。 The skinniest lower legs belong to the fastest runners. 最细长的小腿能够赋...
Then that foot stops and the other one accelerates. 然后那只脚停止,另一只开始加速。 And so on. Thinner, lighter things are easier to accelerate than heavy, massive ones. 之后往复。相比沉重,巨大的脚掌，更薄、更轻则更...
Sometimes we get letters here at Moment of Science asking whether psychics are for real. 我们的科学一刻栏目有时会收到观众来信询问那些精神能量是否真的存在。 Well,despite the TV. shows,there isn't any scientific evidenc...
If, somehow, brains could read other brains directly, there would indeed be a very strong evolutionary advantage to it. 大脑如果能够直接解读其他大脑，必然会是一种强大的进化优势。 In Asimov's example, even a simple version...
We all know that smoking cigarettes is bad. 我们都对吸烟有害健康这一点心知肚明。 But what about smoking a pipe or cigars? 但是抽烟斗或抽雪茄呢？ Since you don't inhale, is it better for your health? 如果你不吸气，那...
One study found that people who smoke pipes or cigars are more likely than non smokers to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 一项研究发现,抽烟斗或雪茄的人比非吸烟者患慢性阻塞性肺疾病的几率要更大。 People wi...
Let's start by reviewing the ways in which the surface of our lips is different from the surface of the skin on the rest of our bodies. 我们首先看下嘴唇表面与我们的身体其余部分皮肤的不同。 Basically, our lips are made of the...
What this means is that our lips have little to no protection from the environment, and their main source of moisture is the saliva that comes from our mouths. 这就说明嘴唇易受环境影响，而嘴唇水分大多是来自嘴里的唾液。 Wh...
Snoring can be pretty disturbing to people who sleep in the company of snorers, as well as to the snorer himself, though she may not realize it. 公司睡觉发出的打鼾声可能相当令人感到不安, 甚至对打鼾者本人也是如此,尽管其...
Until now it has not been known whether children who snore, but who do not have obstructive sleep apnea, are at risk, too, for these cognitive and behavioral problems. 目前，还不得而知的是，打呼但是未患有阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停综...
Running shoes are carefully designed to cushion your feet and provide arch support and padding and all that stuff. 凭借科学严谨的设计跑鞋能够缓冲脚部压力而且为足弓，鞋衬及衬垫提供支撑。 Run without shoes and you'll...
But you're still smacking your foot directly on the ground, without any padding. 但是光脚跑步仍然是在没有任何衬垫的情况下脚部直接猛烈接触地面。 Wouldn't this lead to more foot injuries? Possibly. 这会不会导致脚部受...
Today, Afghanistan is a war-torn region, battled over by military forces and world-spanning empires. 如今军队武力战争和帝国扩张疆土让阿富汗饱受战乱之苦。 Eight hundred years ago things were much the same. 而早在800年前，...
Researcher Tatiana Zerjal, from the University of Oxford in England, and a team of geneticists took genetic samples of over twenty-one thousand men from all over Asia. 牛津大学研究人员塔缇娜瑟加尔和一组基因学者采集了亚洲2100...
