Lightning Helps Fertilize The Soil 闪电有助于肥沃土壤 Our bodies need protein, and proteins contain nitrogen. The air we breathe has plenty of nitrogen to satisfy our needs. 人体需要蛋白质，蛋白质中含有氮元素。我们呼吸的...
Glow In The Dark Cats, Monkeys, And HIV 荧光猫、猴子和艾滋 Have you heard the one about the jellyfish, the monkey, and the glow in the dark cat? 你听说过关于水母、猴子和在荧光猫的事情吗？ Actually, it's no joke: scientis...
Is My Brain Static Or Constantly Changing? 我的大脑是静止的还是不断变化的？ Scientists used to think that for all its complexity, the brain was pretty static. Once the brain matured, it essentially stopped growing and changing. And wh...
Do Magic Mushrooms Make People Nicer? 迷幻蘑菇会让人性格更好吗？ Ive heard that psilocybin, which is the hallucinogenic ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, can alter people's personalities and make them nicer. Is that true? 我听说裸头...
Why Do Golf Balls Have Dimples? 为何高尔夫球上有小窝？ You're out on the golf course one pleasant afternoon. Your ball is set on the tee. You lean over the ball. You grip the club just right. 在一个舒适的下午，你站在高尔夫球场...
Night Vision And Humans: Why Can't We See Color? 夜视：人类为何看不见颜色？ When we are in a fairly dark room, or outside at night away from lights, we can still see, but we can't see the colors of things very well. Why is that? 当我们在...
Why The Sky Is Not Blue 为什么天空不是统一的蓝色 Look at various parts of the sky on a clear day and you will see that it is not a uniform blue. Even if the sky is deep blue when you look straight up, near the horizon it is lighter. 抬头仰...
The Blurry World Underwater 水下的朦胧世界 When you open your eyes underwater, things look blurry, but with goggles, everything looks perfectly clear. Why can't we landlubbers focus underwater without goggles? 当你在水底睁开眼睛的时候...
The Rolling Boil That Cools Your Food 有一种沸腾能冷却你的食物！ When you think of something boiling, you probably picture a pot on the stove, but there's another kitchen appliance that brings liquid to a boil, not to heat food, but cool...
Why refrigerators hum? 为何冰箱会发出声音？ Why refrigerators hum，on toay's moment of science.On the recent program we have discussed how fluorocarboncoolant cools your food by coming to a boil in coils hidden in your fridge. 今天的科学...
