2018-06-20 所属栏目:科学美国人

Thirty-nine years ago, Voyager 1 swung by Jupiter on its journey to interstellar space. As it did, it picked up spooky low-frequency radio signals <CLIP: Voyager 1 whistlers>

The

2018-06-19 所属栏目:科学美国人

Coral reefs are already appreciated for their beauty. But they provide another, more tangible benefit, too.

"Every day waves are coming ashore. And of course during storms you mig

2018-06-19 所属栏目:科学美国人

They weigh about 3,000 pounds and eat about 100 pounds of plants each day. So your average adult hippo produces quite a lot of poop. By some estimates, a single hippo blasts out mo

2018-06-15 所属栏目:科学美国人

Need a quick breath check before your big meeting&hellip;or your big date? Well, scientists from South Korea may be able to help. They&rsquo;ve engineered a portable device that de

2018-06-14 所属栏目:科学美国人

“On average, gun violence claims the lives of nearly 100 people a day in the United States. People are dying of gun violence in our homes, in our churches, in our schools, on

2018-06-12 所属栏目:科学美国人

It's an idea straight out of Star Wars: suck the humidity from dry desert air, and turn it into drinking water.

<<Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope: "What I really need is a

2018-06-12 所属栏目:科学美国人

Men inherit their Y chromosomes from their fathers. And they get an almost exact copy, other than a few mutations. Meaning very little changes about the Y chromosome from generatio

2018-06-07 所属栏目:科学美国人

Getting a vaccine can be a painful experience, especially when you&rsquo;re a kid. But getting told the shot might “hurt a bit” could actually make it worse.

“W

2018-06-06 所属栏目:科学美国人

If I buy you lunch today, chances are you'll pick up the tab next time. We humans reciprocate a lot&hellip; days, weeks or even months later. And other primates do it too. Monkeys

2018-06-04 所属栏目:科学美国人

Google and Facebook both do a nice job identifying your friends in photos—a testament to how good machines have gotten at studying human faces. But how well would an algorith

2018-06-04 所属栏目:科学美国人

Here&rsquo;s a short piece from the May 2018 issue of the magazine, in the section we call Advances: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Science, Technology and Medicine:

Sweaty Tree

2018-05-31 所属栏目:科学美国人

Cabo Polonio is a small seaside village on Uruguay's Atlantic coast. The permanent, year-round population is just 95 people living in around 50 homes. Another 350 homes are used b

2018-05-30 所属栏目:科学美国人

Many parents are no doubt familiar with their teenagers' musical tastes. Very few are probably inspired enough to launch an experiment into them.

"I listened to some of the music

2018-05-25 所属栏目:科学美国人

“My book is called Water in May. It&rsquo;s about a 15-year-old Dominican-American living in Washington Heights named Mari Pujols. And she wants more than anything else to ha

2018-05-24 所属栏目:科学美国人

<Booking haircut audio>

The person making the haircut appointment for her boss? She&rsquo;s not a person.

There&rsquo;s a trend rapidly developing in AI—have it do the thin

2018-05-18 所属栏目:科学美国人

Here&rsquo;s a short piece from the May 2018 issue of the magazine, in the section we call Advances: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Science, Technology and Medicine:

Orangutan M

2018-05-18 所属栏目:科学美国人

When he worked in a pharmacy in Portugal, Fernando Moreira often encountered people who stopped by for performance-enhancing drugs&hellip;for their racing pigeons. "Yes, I saw it v

2018-05-16 所属栏目:科学美国人

North Korea has promised to close its underground nuclear test site at Mount Mantap later this month. Shortly thereafter, President Trump is set to meet North Korea's leader Kim J

2018-05-15 所属栏目:科学美国人

In North America, many critters commonly encountered today—like wild turkeys or white-tailed deer—were brought back from near oblivion through conservation efforts led

2018-05-14 所属栏目:科学美国人

The sun exerts an enormous and obvious influence on the Earth, with its gravity and light. But other bodies also have a small say in our affairs.

"We're not alone in the solar sy

2018-05-11 所属栏目:科学美国人

“Absolutely spectacular mission&hellip;and it&rsquo;s not a rover, it&rsquo;s a lander. It&rsquo;s designed to land and deploy several instruments.”

Jim Green, NASA&rs

2018-05-08 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 May 2018 issue of the magazine, in the section we call Advances: Dispatches f

2018-05-08 所属栏目:科学美国人

The more we learn about Neandertals, the more like us they become. They made jewelry, from shells and eagle talons. They probably painted cave art. They may have buried their dead

2018-05-07 所属栏目:科学美国人

The more we learn about Neanderthals, the more like us they become. They made jewelry, from shells and eagle talons. They probably painted cave art. They may have buried their dead

2018-05-07 所属栏目:科学美国人

“In a couple of decades from now Africa is going to be the powerhouse of human capital globally—the youngest continent in terms of young demography.”

Thierry Zom