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！
When an ocean liner starts taking on water, what governs whether its women and children first or every man for himself? According to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , mens altruistic versus self-serving behavior depend...
俗话说，体型越大，摔得越惨，现在我们知道了，体型越大，脚底越硬。 Big cats or wolves seem like scaled-up versions of the tabby or terrier sleeping on your sofa. But the proportions do subtly change as animals get larger...
吃鸡肉时，你知道鸡身上的哪个部分是最好的吗？科学家的回答是：眼睛。科学发现，鸡的视网膜锥(体) 数量比人类多，因此可以感知更多的色彩。 Super Chicken Vision Bring home a bucket of fried chic...
在最近举行的美国科学促进会会议上，石溪大学的Robert Crease谈到了世界末日的恐慌，涉及《科学美国人》和RHIC。 At the recent AAAS meeting, Stony Brook Universitys Robert Crease talked about a doomsday scare invo...
工作累了，就趴在办公桌上小睡片刻，这样有助于提高你的记忆力。据英国《每日邮报》报道，德国一项最新研究发现，白天打个盹不仅可以使人恢复体力，还能帮助大家提高记忆力。 To Lea...
Immigrant Dust Feeds Rain Forests Intercontinental dust helps fertilize lush forests in the Western Hemisphere and Hawaii, noted Oliver Chadwick of the University of California, Santa Barbara, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the...
Despite Climategate, IPPC Mostly Underestimates Climate Change Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, James McCarthy of the Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment noted...
King Tut's Tough Life New analysis of the mummy of King Tut, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that the boy king had severe bone disease and malaria. Christopher Intagliata reports The Journal of the American Medical...
Murchison Meteorite's Chemical Bonanza The 1969 Murchison meteorite was known to harbor complex organic compounds, but a new analysis in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that it may also contain millions of chemicals and shed lig...
Finches Seek Out Sick Dining Companions A study in the journal Biology Letters finds that male finches prefer dining next to a sick bird despite the risk of infection, probably because the lethargic companion is less likely to engage in food fights....
Forcing Electrons into Superconducting Line In a study in the journal Nature researchers created a pseudo gap, in which electrons in superconducting materials line up just before flowing resistance-free. Sonya Buyting reports Imagine a world with lev...
Listening While Driving Is, What'd Ya Say? A study in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin and Review finds that not only does talking interfere with driving skills, the act of driving makes listening a much harder task. Karen Hopkin reports We all know...
Plants Put the Bend in Rivers Studies in the journals Geology and Earth-Science Reviews reveal that ancient rivers were broad straight sheets of water. Colonization by plants changed the water flow. Adam Hinterthuer reports What was around the bend i...
Men Won't Ask for Shopping Directions Either A study in the Journal of Consumer Marketing finds that men are less likely than women to ask for expert advice when shopping, in this case for wine. Karen Hopkin reports They say that men dont like to ask...
Cleopatra's Eyeliner: Peeper Health Keeper A study in the journal Analytical Chemistry finds that the black eyeliner worn by ancient Egyptians may have had properties that helped ward off eye-damaging bacterial infections. Cynthia Graber reports When...
