Beer Fermentation Hops Along The Allagash Brewing Company, in Maine, makes a lot of bottle-conditioned beersbrews that get their carbonation by fermenting a second time, in the bottle, as yeast belch out CO2. And because they do bottle conditioning t...
Laser Advances That Changed Our Lives: Nobel Prize in Physics This years prize is about tools made from light. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has today decided to award the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics with one half to Arthur Ashkin for the opt...
Better Living through Evolution: Nobel Prize in Chemistry This years prize is harnessing the power of evolution. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with one half to Frances H. Arnold for the d...
Nobel in Physics for Controlling Laser Light 诺贝尔物理学奖颁给激光控制实验者 The main practical application of CPA so far has been in the eye surgery. It was the first one, and I think it is the one that is used by the most people fo...
Computers Go Head-to-Head with Humans on Face Recognition Google and Facebook both do a nice job identifying your friends in photosa testament to how good machines have gotten at studying human faces. But how well would an algorithm fare, when pitted...
Radar Scans Detail North Korean Nukes North Korea has promised to close its underground nuclear test site at Mount Mantap later this month. Shortly thereafter, President Trump is set to meet North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore. 朝鲜已承诺...
Jupiter and Venus Squeeze Earth's Orbit The Sun exerts an enormous and obvious influence on the Earth, with its gravity and light. But other bodies also have a small say in our affairs. 太阳用其重力和光线对地球产生巨大而明显的影响...
Hunting Rules Have Changed Mama Bear Care In North America, many critters commonly encountered todaylike wild turkeys or white-tailed deerwere brought back from near oblivion through conservation efforts led by hunters. Meanwhile, in Africa, some of...
Mars Lander Will Peer Inside Planet Absolutely spectacular missionand its not a rover, its a lander. Its designed to land and deploy several instruments. 这是一个绝对壮观的使命......它不是漫游者，而是着陆器。旨在登陆和部署...
Africa: Future Worldwide Science Hub In a couple of decades from now Africa is going to be the powerhouse of human capital globallythe youngest continent in terms of young demography. 从现在开始的几十年内，非洲将成为全球人力资本的...
Archaeologist Makes Case for Seafaring Neanderthals The more we learn about Neanderthals, the more like us they become. They made jewelry, from shells and eagle talons. They probably painted cave art. They may have buried their dead as well. 我们对尼...
Bad Audio Can Hurt a Scientist's Credibility In the era of fake news, it's worth remembering: the medium is the message. For example: psychological studies have shown that text that's hard to read is more likely to be deemed untrue. Now a study sugge...
Moths Inspire Better Smartphone Screens One of the things that makes your smartphone so smart is that if you pull it out in the sun, it senses thatand dials up the screen brightness to compensate. But it's not a perfect solution. 智能手机非常智能...
Chaotic Orbits Could Cause Catastrophic Collision Isaac Newton said, I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people. He meant that while people can be unpredictable, the planets are just the oppositethey glide through sp...
Traffic Deaths Increase after 4:20 P.M. on 4/20 Tomorrow is April 20th4/20. It's sometimes called a High Holiday. Because for a lot of people, 4/20 is Marijuana Day. And for them it's kind of a tradition to start lighting up at 4:20 P.M. on 4/20. Whi...
