2019-02-15 所属栏目:科学美国人

The rover Opportunity has called it quits after working for more than 14 years on Mars.

Full Transcript “You know, when this little rover landed, the objective was to have i

2019-02-14 所属栏目:科学美国人

Although millennials' memory of recent pop tunes drops quickly, their ability to identify top hits from the 1960s through 1990s remains moderately high. Christopher Intagliata rep

2019-02-12 所属栏目:科学美国人

Winter storms have walloped California this year, and snowpack is piling up. But just a few years back, the state was wrung dry by a record-breaking drought. And more dry spells wi

2019-02-12 所属栏目:科学美国人

For more than a hundred years, this sound has been missing from New Zealand's forests: <hihi call up and under> "It's like two stones being clicked together, or two marbles being

2019-02-11 所属栏目:科学美国人

Male humpback whales are the concert singers of the marine world. These ocean giants belt out tunes that can be heard perhaps hundreds of miles away. The songs attract friends and

2019-02-11 所属栏目:科学美国人

Every new parent knows, or learns pretty quickly, that rocking can calm that fussy baby when it&rsquo;s time to take a nap. But the benefits of gentle motion may extend past the sw

2019-02-11 所属栏目:科学美国人

Pain. It&rsquo;s unpleasant. But what if pain could be rendered less&hellip;painful&hellip;emotionally speaking? Such uncoupling might not be entirely farfetched. Because researche

2019-02-11 所属栏目:科学美国人

The time: 300,000 years ago. The scene: a herd of horses, struggling in mud. A short five meters away, a group of early Neandertal hunters, throwing a volley of wooden spears towar

2019-02-01 所属栏目:科学美国人

One of the biggest drawbacks to wearing a smartwatch is how often you have to take it off to charge it. But here's an idea. How about charging it with a power source that's prett

2019-01-31 所属栏目:科学美国人

Hi, I&rsquo;m Scientific American podcast editor Steve Mirsky. And here&rsquo;s a short piece from the January 2019 issue of the magazine, in the section called Advances: Dispatche

2019-01-30 所属栏目:科学美国人

Polar bears and coral reefs are obvious victims of climate change. But a warming world will also challenge many other animals. For example, cod. The fish play a critical role in ma

2019-01-29 所属栏目:科学美国人

“So, I never really thought I&rsquo;d study penis size, but I sorta stumbled on this topic.”

Mark Laidre, a biologist at Dartmouth College.

Laidre travels to Costa Ri

2019-01-26 所属栏目:科学美国人

Satellite imagery, like Google Earth, makes it easy for ecologists halfway around the world to check up on tropical forests—see illegal roads and logging, for example. But th

2019-01-25 所属栏目:科学美国人

When it comes to Saturn, it&rsquo;s the rings that render the planet instantly recognizable. But it turns out that Saturn was not always so elaborately adorned. Data from the final

2019-01-24 所属栏目:科学美国人

Trees in cities do measurable good for biodiversity and for human health. They scrub pollution from the air. They provide habitat to wildlife. They make streets look nicer. And the

2019-01-23 所属栏目:科学美国人

This weekend, many parts of the world—including North America—will be treated to a total lunar eclipse. So here with your viewing guide—how it happens, what to ex

2019-01-21 所属栏目:科学美国人

Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting also has an optical illusion named after it: the Mona Lisa effect. The feeling that the subject of a painting follows you with her gaze. "

2019-01-18 所属栏目:科学美国人

It&rsquo;s peak cold and flu season, which means taking a lot of preventive measures. Frequent hand-washing is a must. As is avoiding co-workers or friends who are sick. But we hum

2019-01-17 所属栏目:科学美国人

Birds in Europe have the same problem as residents of cities like New York and L.A.: a housing crisis. Not enough nest space to go around. For a species called pied flycatchers tha

2019-01-14 所属栏目:科学美国人

Monogamy. What makes one species pair off, while members of a closely related species play the field? The answer may lie in their genes.

Researchers at the University of Texas at

2019-01-14 所属栏目:科学美国人

Have you ever left the theaters after watching a Batman or Superman movie feeling like you wanted to be a better person? If so, you&rsquo;re not alone. Research finds that superher

2019-01-11 所属栏目:科学美国人

Your genome is sort of like a library—with each gene an instruction manual for making proteins. Bad news is, you can&rsquo;t return a book and take out a new edition. But the

2019-01-09 所属栏目:科学美国人

When wildfires rip through a landscape, firefighters have the first—and most immediate—job. But then, that burned moonscape often passes into the hands of restoration e

2019-01-07 所属栏目:科学美国人

Facebook is currently worth some $400 billion dollars to its shareholders. Which might seem like a lot. But a recent study suggests the company is worth many times more than that,

2019-01-03 所属栏目:科学美国人

Hi, I&rsquo;m Scientific American podcast editor Steve Mirsky. And here&rsquo;s a short piece from the December 2018 issue of the magazine, in the section called Advances: Dispatch