Someone who knows how can pick a door lock using a paper clip. But how about with a smartphone? Researchers at the National University of Singapore wondered if smartphone audio of a key turning a lock could be analyzed to determine the shape of the k...
Some birds are relatively easy to study. Ross Crates studies the ones that arent. Hes part of the Difficult Bird Research Group at the Australian National University. 有些鸟类比较容易研究。罗斯克拉茨研究的是那些不易研究的鸟类...
Pregnancy brings big physical changes to a woman's body. But what three neuroscientists were more interested in was, what does it do to the womans brain? We were in our 30s, and we were thinking I'd like to have a baby, but look at this, look at this...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. 这里是科学美国人60秒科学系列,我是克里斯托弗因塔格里塔。 If you have heart disease, your doctor might tell you, eat more vegetables. A tactic that...
Salvador Dali's Creative Secret Is Backed by Science 萨尔瓦多达利的创作秘密得到了科学支持 Salvador Dali had a peculiar way of refreshing his mindsomething he called slumber with a key. In his 1948 book 50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmans...
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...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. 这里是科学美国人60秒科学系列,我是克里斯托弗因塔格里塔。 The paleo diet is a popular high-protein diet that aims to mimic what our hunter-gatherer...
Coral reefs are among the most productive ecosystems in the world. 珊瑚礁是世界上生产力最强的生态系统之一。 They're also in serious dangerclimate change and other threats are killing them off. 但珊瑚礁也处于严重危险之中...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Julia Rosen. 这里是科学美国人60秒科学系列,我是克里朱莉娅罗森。 To us humans, climate change feels like something thats happening to the atmosphere. 对我们人类来说,气...
Does This Look like a Face to You? Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. Hopkin: Its probably happened to you. You look at a parking meter or a pickle slice or the foam in your cup of cappuccino and you think,...