Nice Nest 雄孔雀开屏是为了向人类炫耀她无与伦比的美丽尾巴？呵呵，似乎我们有点自作多情了，雄孔雀可没有兴趣理睬人类，他不过是在向自己的意中人表达爱意。现在研究人员发现，雄性刺...
Snake Vision 即使在晚上，蛇也能凭借它超常的视力抓到食物。究竟为什么，听听就知道了。 Time for True or False.We 'A Moment of Science' gives you a scientific claim that you may have never heard before and then tells yo...
Flu Shot Through the Heart 一定恨透了流感吧？头疼脑热，四肢无力，涕泪四流但你是否知道偶尔患患流感能降低罹患心脏病与中风的危险呢？让我们一起来听听研究人员的新发现吧。 Researchers con...
Sometime Cavemen 我们的祖先是否一直生活在一个地方呢？山顶洞人就一直生活在山洞里吗？ From the bestselling novel Clan of the Cave Bear to the 1981 movie Caveman, pop-culture tends to misrepresent prehistoric people as c...
Flutter Battle 你喜欢蝴蝶吗？你了解蝴蝶吗？有的人认为蝴蝶是非常绅士的物种，让我们一起去了解真实的情况吧。 'Flutter Battle' on today's A Moment Of Science. One thinks of nature as red in tooth and claw, as...
Getting Rid Of Cavities 牙痛是继续忍受还是提前做好防护?爱护牙齿，每天的必修课。 M:Sorry,I'm late.I was brushing my teeth. W:Brushing your teeth?Right before 'A Moment Of Science'? Why? M:I'm trying to get rid of a cavity. W...
Reentry Heat [Why does a space shuttle get hotter on reentry than on liftoff?] 能想象航天飞机穿越大气层时受到摩擦产生的热量有多惊人吗？来一起听听吧。 M:Dolle,we now know that the space shuttle Columbia burned up whe...
When you experience something new, do you know what happens to your brain? Some of the neurons in your brain build new connections. The brain is rewired, as scientists often put it. Our brains are always changing, in response to new experiences or as...
Weve recently been talking about the Fermi Paradox, attributed to Nobel-winning physicist Enrico Fermi. According to reasonable estimates of how many stars have planets, how many planets may be suitable for the evolution of organisms, and so on, our...
D: OK, Yael, you want to build an aquatic robot,and you're trying to figure out the most efficient way to move it through water, what do you do? Y: I am guessing the answer isn't to build a robot using a lot of root-force to move forward? D: Anyone w...
