Our ability to empathize depends, in part, on how much we see ourselves in others. Watch someone get smacked in the face and youre likely to wince. And studies show youre more likely to feel the sting when the other person is more like you, when it c...
This campaign season, there's been plenty of name calling and lots of accusations. David Clementson, a PhD candidate at The Ohio State University, has been keeping tabs. I mean there was one debate where Rubio and Cruz were just all over Trump, accus...
Dont mess with a monkey. Because if you do, hes might take revengeon your family and friends. Thats according to a study of Japanese macaques, which shows that monkeys keep track of eachs others associates and make use of that intel when it comes tim...
I'm a big fan of sushi and ceviche, so I was alarmed to see the headline on a recent news release from the University of Washington stating that 'sushi parasites' have increased 283-fold in past 40 years. 我特别爱吃寿司和柠汁腌鱼生，因此...
The baseball season is almost here. To get you up to speed, the excellent new documentary Fastball opens today in select theaters. 棒球季即将来临。为了提升你的速度，优秀的新纪录片《快球》今日将会在部分影院上映。...
A good mood may put a spring in your step. But the opposite can work too: purposefully putting a spring in your step can improve your mood. Thats the finding from a study in the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 好心情可能会...
Josh Fischman: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. This is your fast-track update on the COVID pandemic. We bring you up to speed on the science behind the most urgent questions about the virus and the disease. We...
Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. Some words imitate the sounds made by the things they describe, like buzz or hiss or zip. For you language lovers, thats called onomatopoeia. But what if the the way a wor...
Urban gentrification is thought to happen like this: artists move into lower income neighborhoods, looking for cheap gallery and living space. So they move into these neighborhoods, and they make these neighborhoods really pleasant to live in. They k...
Exposure to the unusual, the jarring, the culturally shocking may be beneficial for your cognitive reasoningand your waistline. 接触与众不同、不和谐文化方面的冲击可能会有益于认知推理甚至你的腰围。 Thats according to...
