Scientists have long been aware of the link between drinking and smoking. 科学家们长期以来一直在研究喝酒和抽烟之间的联系。 In fact, eighty to ninety percent of alcoholics also smoke, which is about three times the rate in the...
Our sense of smell can have a large impact on how we think and feel. 我们的嗅觉对我们的思维和感觉能够产生很大影响。 But did you know that mood can affect how we smell? 但你知道吗，心情也是能够影响嗅觉的。 Acco...
Normally, those circuits don't interact much, but when the subjects were anxious, the circuits morphed into something like a unified network, essentially rewiring the brain. 正常情况下，这些回路并不会发生太多的互动，但是当人体...
Or they might sip from the morning dew or from raindrops or from edges of ponds or puddles. 它们或许还会从露水、雨水、池塘或者水坑边饮水。 If they're blood suckers, they probably get their water from their food. 如果是吸血类...
I was sitting on my Porsche yesterday, having a soda, and a wasp picked its head into the can and drink from my soda. 昨儿我坐在我的保时捷里，喝着汽水，一只黄蜂将头伸进了我的瓶子，喝起了我的汽水。 For the sugar...
Well, even without industrial pollution, atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolved into clouds makes rainwater at least slightly acidic. Oh! 嗯，即使没有工业污染，大气中的二氧化碳被云层吸收后也会导致雨水呈弱酸性。噢! B...
What are you doing outside, Don? It's about to rain. 你在外面干嘛呢，唐？快要下雨啦! I'm setting out bottles. 我正在放置瓶子。 I can see that. But why? 我知道！可是用来干嘛的? For my new business venture. Bottled rai...
Each layer of cells has a specialized purpose. 每个蜂房都有特殊的作用。 The uppermost cells store honey, followed by pollen-storage cells. 最上面的蜂房是储存蜂蜜的，下面一层是储存花粉的， The bottom layers are desi...
Unless you're an entomologist or a beekeeper, bees typically inspire one thing: fear. 说起蜜蜂，大家第一反应是觉得可怕，当然昆虫学者或养蜂人例外。 But most bees are non-aggressive, and only sting when provoked. 但是，大...
While adults poured about twenty percent more liquid into short, wide glasses, teenagers poured a whopping seventy-five percent more into short, wide glasses. 成人往矮宽杯里多倒20%的橘汁时青少年却要多倒高达70%的橘汁。 Adults...
How does the shape of a glass affect how much you drink? 水杯的形状是怎样影响喝水量的呢? A scientist set out to examine just this, and the results are rather astounding. 一位科学家打算调查一下，调查结果相当令人惊讶。...
By the way did you have any other dreams last night that didn't come true? 顺便问一下，你昨天晚上还做了其它没有实现的梦吗？ Hmm, I don't remember what other else I dreamed. 嗯，其他的梦不太记得了。 Why not? Some st...
Lots of people have had dreams that seem to foretell the future. 许多人都做过似乎能够预知未来的梦。 Some psychologists attribute this to retrieval cues. 心理学家把这种现象归因于检索线索。 Retrieval cues? 提取线索？...
Since there are now fewer liquid water molecules to be captured and frozen by the ice, the rate of freezing drops. 既然结冰的液态水分子减少了，冰点自然降低了。 I think I get it. And Since the rate of melting stays the same, ther...
Why does salt melt ice? 为什么食盐能让冰块融化? It lowers the melting and freezing point of water. 是因为食盐将水的熔点和冰点降低了。 Oh, OK. Wait, I don't get it. Doesn't that mean the salt make ice colder? 等一下，我不...
