The 2016 presidential candidates have subjected voters nationwide to a cognitive challenge: can you untangle what one candidate is saying while the others talk over him? That challenge is a test of something called the cocktail party problem, or spee...
It turns out the best looking thing on a man may be a good-looking woman. 结果证明，男性身上最耐看的是旁边站一个漂亮的女性。 Researchers report that women find a man they see with an attractive woman more desirable than unatt...
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...
Boston and New York are famed for their rivalries: everything from the Yankees versus the Red Sox to who makes the correct clam chowder. Even the local wildlife has hometown pridebecause pigeons that roost near Rockefeller Center are genetically dist...
Tracking Outbreaks through Sewers, and Kids' Vaccines on Hold Again 通过下水道追踪疫情，儿童疫苗再次被搁置 Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track...
Answering an Age-Old Mystery: How Do Birds Actually Fly 回答一个古老的谜团：鸟类是如何飞行的 This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, I'm Emily Schwing. 这是《科学美国人》的60秒科学，我是艾米莉施温。 Hav...
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...
