搜索 复制 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...
搜索 复制 Humans are a really noisy species: hammering and digging, flying and driving, delivering heavy cargo all over the world. And that activity creates seismic noise, which masks delicate signals from faraway small earthquakes. 人类是真的...
搜索 复制 Hedgehogs Host the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance 刺猬宿主抗生素耐药性的进化 Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. Hedgehogs are a lot of things. Theyre small and spiky, covered...
搜索 复制 ...choruses of frogs... 蛙声 ...and lots of lesser known sounds, like the ray gunlike sounds of baby alligators hatching and calling for Mom. 还有许多鲜为人知的声音,比如小短吻鳄被孵化和呼唤妈妈时发出的射线...
搜索 复制 Bridget Jones, in print and on screen, called them the Smug Marriedsthe happy couples that seemed to have it all. But maybe the fictional Jones should have called them the Plump Marrieds. Because along with offering couples unbridled bl...
搜索 复制 Pigeons. Ever since humans established permanent agricultural settlements, weve lived side-by-side with the birdsor, as some people call them, rats with wings. They walk on our sidewalks, roost on our buildings, and eat our leftovers. B...
搜索 复制 Old Yeller was a great smeller. Dogs in general have superior smelling abilities. They detect dead bodies, illegal drugs and explosiveseven cancer. But dogs don't just have great olfactory gear. Another reason they're amazing chemical d...
搜索 复制 Meerkats Are Getting Climate Sick 猫鼬对气候感到不适 Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. Climate change. Its the culprit behind an increase in droughts and floods, wildfires and storms...
搜索 复制 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. 智能手机非常智能的一个表现就是,...
搜索 复制 Where Are Vaccines for Little Kids?' and the Latest on Long COVID 最新新冠:小孩子的疫苗在哪里? Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track...
搜索 复制 Foraging for food in urban areas is on the rise. Not dumpster diving. Collecting fruits and herbs. 在城市觅食越来越流行。当然啦,不是在垃圾堆里翻找食物。而是采摘水果和香草。 Throughout cities, forgot...
搜索 复制 For 4500 years, the Great Pyramid, or Khufu's Pyramid, has kept watch over the Egyptian desert. In that time, it's suffered the indignities of tomb raiders and gunpowder-toting archaeologists, a la Indiana Jones. But the latest investig...
搜索 复制 A dying battery is a huge annoyance for cell phone users. But for engineers? It's inspiration. Can we design a smartphone which can make a phone call and have a conversation without the need for any kind of battery? 电池没电对于手机...
搜索 复制 I think its really important for us to use this magical power of invention and innovation to change the lives of people who really needed their lives changed. 我认为,利用发明和创新的神奇力量来改变那些真正需要改变...
搜索 复制 Besides helping to create the United States of America, Benjamin Franklin of course invented the lightning rod. Which sits atop buildings and protects them by attracting lightning strikes and conducting them to the ground. Rather than t...