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[科学美国人60秒综合系列] 60秒科学:Ocean Noise Clue to 
Seismologists spend a lot of time listening to the earth. Ocean acoustic monitors have been providing information on the earth’s vibrations since the 1930’s. But there are other sounds those monito2009-06-04 编辑:echo
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[科学美国人60秒综合系列] 60秒科学:Mice Sensing Leptin Stav
Leptin is a hormone made by fat cells that tells you when you’re full. If you didn’t have leptin—and some people don’t—you’d eat too way too much, get real fat and almost certainly develop diab2009-06-03 编辑:echo
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[科学美国人60秒综合系列] 60秒科学:Bad Mileage Driving Tips
On May 19th, President Obama announced a new federal gas mileage standard. He wants the country’s entire car and light truck fleet to average 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. Some reaction was swift a2009-06-02 编辑:echo
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[科学美国人60秒综合系列] 60秒科学:Monkey Drives Dinosaur G
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and DND Imports of Los Angeles recently announced a voluntary recall of something called the Dinosaur Era 2 Hunting Dinosaur playset. Because the monkey co2009-06-01 编辑:echo
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[科学美国人60秒综合系列] 60秒科学:Human Speech Genes Mimic
[Cartoon audio clip] “We interrupt your regular broadcast to bring you this important news bulletin.”Humans can talk. Chimps can’t.“Your scientific jargon staggers me, Pinky.”In recent years sci2009-05-31 编辑:echo
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[科学美国人60秒综合系列] 60秒科学:Bacteria on the Skin&nbs
Have you ever said, “I know it like the back of my hand”? Well, how well do you know the back of your hand? Or the back of your knee? Or behind your ears? Probably not as well as scientists at the2009-05-30 编辑:echo
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[科学美国人60秒综合系列] 60秒科学:Rice for Nice, Low-Price
The fridge is one of your home’s biggest energy hogs. Better insulation can make refrigerators much more efficient. And a panel encasing a vacuum is one of the best insulators known. But vacuum-insu2009-05-28 编辑:echo
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[科学美国人60秒综合系列] 60秒科学:Cancer Drugs May Also&nb
As we recover from the holiday weekend, there’s some intoxicating news on curbing the effects of alcohol. In the May 29th issue of Cell, scientists report discovering a gene that controls fruit flie2009-05-27 编辑:echo
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[科学美国人60秒综合系列] 60秒科学:Earth Experiencing "Clim
Climate change is the great environmental challenge facing the world today. But maybe we should start calling it “climates change”. Because scientists who’ve looked to glaciers to study the histor2009-05-26 编辑:echo
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[科学美国人60秒综合系列] 60秒科学:Heather Today, Gone Tomo
Some names never seem to go out of style, like David or Emily. Some never really catch on. Not many girls are named Laurel, even fewer are named lauryl sulfate. And now a study in the May 5th issue o2009-05-25 编辑:echo