Gulls. You may have noticed that gulls can be pretty aggressive when it comes to grabbing food. But that behavior is more intense than you may know. Some kelp gulls snack on baby whales. Live baby whales. 海鸥!你可能已经注意到，海鸥在吃食...
Humans aren't the only species that forms friendships. Lots of animals prefer to spend their time only with certain individuals. 人类并不是唯一一种会产成友谊的物种。有很多动物都喜欢只跟特定的某些伙伴在一起消磨时...
We all know money cant buy happiness. But according to a recent study, there may be a loophole. A team of researchers finds that shelling out for services that save time can bring greater feelings of life satisfaction than, say, simply buying more st...
That, of course, is the sound of the Himalayan forest thrush. And that sound was a clue to field researchers that they might have a new species of bird on their hands. Even though it was in the bush. You know what I mean. 这是喜马拉雅深林中画...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science. I'm Jason Goldman. 这里是科学美国人60秒科学。我是杰森古德曼。 The Amazon rain forest is under threat. Fragmentation, fires and climate change are just a few of the hazards. In natur...
Every honeybee colony has its own unique scent like a fingerprint. And bees use that scent to recognize their nest matesbasically saying, You smell like me, so Im going to let you into the colony. 就像人类的指纹一样，每个蜂群都有自己独...
Christopher Intagliata: We humans often navigate using road signs and GPS. Elephants, though? 克里斯托弗因塔利亚塔:我们人类经常使用路标和GPS导航。大象呢? Connie Allen, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Exeter in t...
Tiger Sharks, Tracked Over Decades, Are Shifting Their Haunts With Ocean Warming 被追踪的虎鲨正随着海洋变暖而改变出没地 Christopher Intagliata: For Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. As it happens,...
Consider the times youve hopped on a subway, boarded a plane or entered a waiting room. Chances are, you probably avoided engaging with any fellow commuters or patients. But contrary to what we might think, wed be happier if we did strike up a conver...
Heres one of the stranger celebrity sightings out there: Researchers have confirmed that sheep can recognize the actors Emma Watson and Jake Gyllenhaal. 一个不太出名的名人说道：研究人员已经正式，羊可以认出艾玛沃特森和杰...
The Arctic's permafrost is meltingand fast. That's bad news, because these frozen soils store billions of tons of carbon, just waiting to be unleashed. So is there a way to save the permafrost? One team of researchers thinks it may have found a possi...
April Reese: Offshore wind in the US is poised for a boom. States from Rhode Island on down to Virginia all have plans to ramp up offshore wind over the next decade, and the Biden administration has pledged to add 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 203...
Don't worry about why the chicken crossed the roadthe bigger question is whether it'll m?ake it at all. Every year, millions of animals get killed by vehicles in the U.S. But that road risk has dropped because of the COVID pandemic. 不要担心鸡为什...
Oxygen and water are crucial to most life on Earth, but what about nitrogen? Its in every molecule of DNA in your body, and in all your proteinsyou literally cant live without it. But most of Earths nitrogen exists as an inert atmospheric gas that or...
Other rocky planets in our solar system show a common feature: within giant craters caused by impacts theres evidence of volcanic activity. Which made scientists wondercan big impacts actually cause volcanic eruptions? And has that scenario ever happ...
