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科普阅读:是什么让真诚的微笑如此真诚?
What is the telltale clue to a genuine smile? Recent research finds positive correlations with this honest show of emotion. Christie Nicholson reports Most of us can spot a genuine smile. There&rsquo2012-01-13 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:为什么小朋友走路会更容易感觉累?
If you’ve ever had to pick up and carry a tired child through the mall, you know that walking sometimes tuckers out the toddlers. Now scientists think they know why. The results appear in the J2012-01-12 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:座头鲸为找配偶能游多远?
A woman from Hancock, Maine, discovered that a tourist snapshot of a humpback whale on Flickr matched with photos documented in the Allied Whale research catalogue, providing proof that this whale ha2012-01-11 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:时间VS金钱 左右你心情的是......?
Priming our mind with thoughts of time or money influences our future behavior. Christie Nicholson reports[qh]把金钱或者时间放在首位,将会影响你未来的行为方式。[qh]A study published this week in the2012-01-10 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:世界上最轻的物质有多轻?
Six thousand billion of them are going through your body every second. That’s physicist Lawrence Krauss on neutrinos, on the June 15th weekly Science Talk podcast. Neutrinos are the lightest el2012-01-09 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:要想心情好 去公园散步吧
This podcast is one minute long. If you listen while going for a walk in a park or working in a garden, you’re 20 percent of the way to giving your mental health a good boost.[qh]别看本播客只有2012-01-06 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:温室气体排放的真正元凶是谁?
We're not just outsourcing jobs to China and India. We're outsourcing pollution. So says a new analysis of global trade published in the March 1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Science2012-01-05 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:鸡视野里的特殊世界
一项在《壹号科学公共图书馆》杂志上的发表的研究表明,鸡比人多了一种视网膜锥(体),使得它们能够分辨一些人类看不到的颜色。卡伦·霍普金报告。Bring home a bucket of fried chicken and you may find that peop2012-01-04 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:打盹儿能提高学习效率
Wanna be lazy and productive at the same time? Try a nap—because napping can improve learning. So said U.C. Berkeley’s Matthew Walker February 21st at the meeting of the American Association f2011-12-31 编辑:Richard 标签:
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太阳能发电新技术:所需硅料只有当前技术水平的1%
A study in the journal Nature Materials details the creation of a nanowire-based technology that absorbs solar energy at comparable levels to currently available systems while using only 1 percent of2011-12-30 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:全脚掌行走更高效
It’s good to keep on your toes. Metaphorically, that is. Not when you’re actually out for a stroll. Because a new study suggests that it takes nearly twice as much energy to walk on your2011-12-29 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:不皱愁眉 心情愉悦
A study in the journal Psychological Science indicates that people who had facial muscles deadened with botox had difficulty processing negative emotions. Karen Hopkin reports[qh]心理科学》上的一项研2011-12-28 编辑:Richard 标签:
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身体出轨 精神出轨:哪一个你更不能忍受?
Studies from around the world have reported that men are more jealous of sexual infidelity than emotional infidelity. And women are the opposite—they're more jealous of emotional cheating than s2011-12-27 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:蜜蜂虽小 本领超群
Bees’ bread and butter is flowers—there’s no reason they should be able to distinguish human faces. But they can. Back in 2005, Arian Dyer at Monash University showed that bees could ide2011-12-26 编辑:Richard 标签:
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科普阅读:面部识别的能力可能来自遗传
You know those people who always run into people they know? Like when they're buying groceries, taking the kids to school, trying on jackets? They must be really popular, right?[qh]身边有没有朋友2011-12-23 编辑:Richard 标签: