Scientific American-60 Second Science 科学美国人-60秒科学是科学美国人网站下的一套广播栏目，开办于2006年，内容以科学报道为主，用仅仅一分钟的时间对当今的科学技术新发展作以简明、通俗的介绍，对于科学的发展如何影响人们的生活环境、健康状况及科学技术，提供了大量简明易懂的阐释。以生动、有趣的事例展现了生活中的科学，富于趣味性！
美国佛罗里达州一国际机场与英国伦敦国际机场近日爆出安检丑闻，由于其安检设施形同虚设，致使一军火狂人从美 国走私了大量枪支进英国。据悉，从美佛罗里达州圣弗德机场起飞至英国的...
据《科学》杂志报道，苏联的月球车40年前在月球表面留下了激光反射器，虽然经过多年的搜寻科学家始终没有发现激光反射器的踪迹。 4月22日，一组物理学家终于发现了来自反射器的微弱闪...
研究人员选取了两份用于评定人们是否酗酒、是否有物质相关性障碍的问卷模板，内容则换成美黑相关。例如：你是否在美黑的同时计划减少美黑时间？ 然后，研究人员对数百名本科生进行了...
One main goal in the renewable energy field is to find an efficient, inexpensive way to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen could then be used as a fuel source for vehicles or fuel cells. Typically, an electric current breaks the water...
People start stereotyping early. Even toddlers react positively to members of their own race, but often distrust those from different groups. The seeds of racism are planted in most everyone. Everyone, that is, except people with a rare genetic condi...
今年纽约州提交的财政预算案中有一项引发热议：向汽水等高热量饮料征收肥胖税。若预算案得以通过，含糖饮料将面临每盎司1美分的额外征税。这将给州政府带来每年10亿美元左右的财政收...
As scientists delve deeper beneath the oceans surface, they find bizarre creatures that have adapted to harsh and extreme environments. Now comes a new onethe discovery of the first multicellular animals that survive and reproduce entirely without ox...
Traditional Sushi Eaters Have Specialized Gut Bacteria If you want to shell a walnut, it helps to have a nutcracker. And if you want to digest seaweed, it helps to have the right enzymes. Now, a study in the journal Nature shows that Japanese peopleb...
谁都会犯错，特别是在计算器或电子表格里处理数字时。计算自己在披萨上花了多少钱是件小事，而医院里管理药品时，一点儿的差错都可能是致命的，那么，怎么来减少误差的出现呢？ Med...
Truffles Serve Up Environmental Info Quality truffles can sell for more than a $1,000 a pound. Theyre also valuable in environmental research, work thats discussed in an article called The Hidden Life of Truffles in the April issue of Scientific Amer...
The National Safety Council estimates that 28 percent of all highway accidents and deaths are caused by drivers paying poor attention to the road because theyre holding cell phones to their heads. But a study of 200 volunteers finds that one out of e...
斑点鬣狗会咕哝咕哝叫，会吼叫，可是你知道吗？它们最有名的是笑声，是的，咯咯的笑声。 科学家发现，这种动物会用笑声作为语言来交流诸如年龄、身份和地位等信息，这样，就知道把猎...
你可能觉得年轻女科学家挣的钱没有男性多，然而，那些身居高位的资深女科学家们，她们的收入仍比同职位的男性少。 Veteran Women BioMed Researchers Still Shortchanged You might expect young women scientist...
大多数四条腿动物用后腿前进，前腿停步，而研究表明，大象用四条腿来加速和刹车。 Elephants. Theyre the SUVs of the animal kingdom. Theyre big and rugged, and can carry lots of cargo. And now a study in the Proceeding...
鸣禽类的骨骼或是空的，以便飞行，然而，其骨骼密度事实上比同大小的哺乳动物要高，这样可以使身体更加有力、坚硬，满足飞行的需要。 For earthbound creatures like us, flight just seems so fantasti...
