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科学美国人60秒:Bacterially Boosted Mosquitoes Could Vex Viruses
It may sound strange, but scientists are celebrating the survival and spread of tens of thousands of mosquitoes they released in Northeastern Australia. The whole thing makes more
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科学美国人60秒:Alaska Accelerates Indoor Agriculture
What comes to mind when you think of Alaska? Probably snow. And ice. And extreme cold. But what about tomatoes?
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In fact, agriculture is booming in the 49th state. Because in the l -
科学美国人60秒:Chromosomes Combat Counterfeit Caviar
Caviar is one of the world's priciest foods: it can cost thousands of dollars a pound. And caviar from the beluga sturgeon is the most exclusive of all. But even experts have a ha
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科学美国人60秒:French Prez Invites Trumped Researchers
“I wish to tell the United States, France believes in you. The world believes in you.”
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New French President Emmanual Macron, speaking in English, June 1st, after Ameri -
科学美国人60秒:Trees Beat Lawns for Water-Hungry L.A.
When California was strangled by drought, the city of Los Angeles was offering homeowners cash to replace their lawns with landscaping that was less thirsty. Because water just eva
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科学美国人60秒:Former CDC Head Warns of Threats Biological and Political
“Einstein wrote, ‘Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.’”
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Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prev -
科学美国人60秒:Fitness Bands Fail on Calorie Counts
Fitness bands like the Apple Watch and the Fitbit aim to track your vitals, like heart rate. But early models weren't all that accurate. "We thought of them a little bit like rand
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科学美国人60秒:New Concrete Recipes Could Cut Cracks
There's a stretch of highway in Pennsylvania, along U.S. 422. "And like every probably 20 feet you see a big pothole or cracking at the joint. Like everywhere. It was so bad." Yag
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科学美国人60秒:Bees Prefer Flowers That Proffer Nicotine
We humans enjoy coffee and tea, to give our brains a caffeine boost. And bees sometimes sip nectar that naturally contains caffeine, which seems to enhance their memory. Now a stud
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科学美国人60秒:Large Impacts May Cause Volcanic Eruptions
Other rocky planets in our solar system show a common feature: within giant craters caused by impacts there’s evidence of volcanic activity. Which made scientists wonder&mdas
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科学美国人60秒:Why the Cross Put Chickens on a New Road
Why did the chicken cross the road? Well, that’s a philosophical pickle. But if you want to know why chickens don’t get cross at people—why they’re content
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科学美国人60秒:Field Study: Worms Leave 'Til No-Till
Charles Darwin is, most famously, the author of The Origin of Species. But the last book he ever wrote gets far less attention today. It's called The Formation of Vegetable Mould
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科学美国人60秒:The Sneaky Danger of Space Dust
Aside from all the satellites, and the space station orbiting the Earth, there's a lot of trash circling the planet, too. Twenty-one thousand baseball-sized chunks of debris, acco
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科学美国人60秒:Insects Donate DNA to Unrelated Bugs
You can thank your parents for your DNA. Because humans share genes through sexual reproduction, passing DNA from parent to child. It's known as the 'vertical transfer' of DNA.
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科学美国人60秒:Gophers versus the Volcano
May 18th is the 37th anniversary of the massive explosion of Mount Saint Helens. But within days of the volcano erupting, the local ecosystem started to bounce back. Thanks to some
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科学美国人60秒:Wilderness Areas Suffer from Human Sound
“Noise can prevent an animal from hearing other important sounds.”
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Rachel Buxton, a conservation biologist at Colorado State University. Buxton and colleagues wanted t -
科学美国人60秒:Pollution Peaks When Temperatures Top Out
You may have noticed your summertime electricity bills, when you're cranking the A–C, are more pricey than your wintertime payments. That's because air-conditioning is an e
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科学美国人60秒:Hot Chilies Cool Down Gut Inflammation in Mice
The ingredient that makes hot chilies hot is called capsaicin—and it can set your mouth on fire. But the spicy compound has a soothing effect too: in your gut, it kicks off a
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科学美国人60秒:Bronx River's Cleanup Brings Herring Home
“So here’s the first of the alewives, all silvery, they’re all about the same size, you can’t tell the boys from the girls. These will be the first.”
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科学美国人60秒:Ancient Human DNA Found in Cave Dirt
Fossilized skulls and skeletons found in European caves gave us our first glimpse of our ancient cousins, the Neandertals. And a finger bone, found in a Siberian cave, first indica
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科学美国人60秒:Gut Microbes Help Keep Starved Flies Fecund
Just like humans, fruit flies have to eat a balanced diet.
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"They need sugar to survive, they need amino acids to make eggs, to have stem cells proliferate. They need salt, they n -
科学美国人60秒:Selective Breeding Molds Foxes into Pets
Want to make a dog? Well, wolves evolved into dogs at least once. But it turns out you can also make what’s basically a dog by starting with wild foxes. Select the ones that
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科学美国人60秒:Why One Researcher Marched for Science
“And tomorrow I’ll be marching, because don’t you think Millie would agree with the March for Science.”
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Lisa Klein, from the materials science and engineer -
科学美国人60秒:Healthy Behavior Can Spread Like Illness
If your friends are happy—turns out you're more likely to be happy too. If your friends are overweight, that too ups the odds you'll pack on pounds. Those effects have been
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科学美国人60秒:Climate 420 Million Years Ago Poised for Comeback
“We’re hearing a lot of the arguments against action on reducing CO2 being based on, ‘well CO2 was higher in the past, so we don’t have to worry about it.&r
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