Dear A Moment of Science, 亲爱的的《科学一刻》栏目组， I hate going to the dentist. In fact, I openly fear it. Yet Ive never actually had a really bad or painful experience with a dentist. So why do I fear it so much? 我很讨厌看牙医...
Peanuts are one of the worlds most nutritious foods. 花生是世界上最有营养的食品之一。 Peanuts contain pound for pound more protein, vitamins, and minerals than beef liver and more fat than heavy cream. For approximately .5% of America...
Oftentimes when we cry, we feel a lump in the throat. Does a lump actually form, or is there some other explanation? 很多时候，当我们哭泣时，我们会感到哽咽。难道是真的在喉咙中形成了块状物？或是有其它的解释？...
The natural History of the Cockroach, on this Moment of Science. 科学一刻为您揭秘蟑螂的自然发展历史。 For certain species of cockroach, humans make the perfect roommates. Why do cockroaches like living in our houses? And what do the...
Its time to go again to the A Moment of Science mailbag. A listener writes: 又到阅读《科学一刻》栏目来信的时间了。其中一个听众来信说： Dear A Moment of Science, 亲爱的《科学一刻》栏目组， Ive heard that ownin...
In books and movies like Call of the Wild, huge, vicious huskies pull sleds for hundreds of miles over the Alaskan tundra. A Moment of Science wonders, what kind of dogs are sled dogs? 在书里或者在像《野性的呼唤》之类的电影里，巨型...
Remember that hit song from the 80s that featured the chorus: And I would walk five hundred miles / and I would walk five hundred more / Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles / to fall down at your door? What sounds romantic in pop song fanta...
I have a trivia question for you, Don. What do the Ebola virus, anthrax, and the avian flu have in common? 唐，我有个小问题想问你，埃博拉病毒、炭疽热和禽流感这些疾病有哪些共同的特点？ Researching Disease 疾病研究...
Its time to go again to the A Moment of Science mailbag. A listener writes: 又到了科学一刻的读信时间，一位听友写道： Dear A Moment of Science, 亲爱的《科学一刻》栏目： Everyone gets bored from time to time. But I was w...
If you follow football, hockey, soccer, or boxing, then you know that athletes in these and other contact sports are at constant risk for a concussion. Every season several football players miss a number of games after absorbing vicious blows to the...
Its eleven oclock Sunday morning, and youve just woken up after a late night of carousing. You stumble out of bed, brace yourself on the bathroom sink and blink into the mirror. 现在是周日上午11点，而你刚从前一晚的狂欢过后醒来。...
Niagara Falls has been a famous honeymoon spot for over a hundred years: some honeymooners have been more faithful to it than to each other. 一百多年来，尼亚加拉大瀑布一直是闻名的蜜月旅行圣地：许多新婚夫妇对它的情有...
Like a science fiction time traveler, an arctic plant of the late Pleistocene age, over thirty one thousand years old, is growing again after a long frozen sleep. 犹如科幻小说里的时间旅行者，一种曾存活在更新世晚期的极地植物...
Stroll through the frozen foods section of the supermarket and youll find frozen corn, peas, and beans. A Moment of Science wonders, why isnt there any frozen lettuce? 你在闲逛超市的冷冻食品区的时候，会看到有冷冻玉米、冷冻豌...
When they hear the name Ben Franklin, many folks think of the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress and things like that. Not as many people remember that Franklin was an inventor . . . and a good one, too! He also did some pioneering...
