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2017-08-21AnornamentalpumpkinisgrownatanagriculturalscientificresearchinstituteinFoshan,SouthChina'sGuangdongprovince,Nov24,2011.图中是广州佛山农业科学研究所培植的南瓜,摄于2011年十月24日。Gourdplantsaregrown......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第74期:高掷比赛(2)
2015-10-23Amechanismforhittingyourselfintheheadwithabaseballafterafour-seconddelay这个装置能让你在扔出棒球4秒后被这个棒球砸中脑袋。Wecoulduseaspringboard,agreasedchute,orevenadanglingsling-anythingthatredirects......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第66期:人类大迁徙(3)
2015-10-23Thefirstapproachisthe“spaceelevator”concept,afavoriteofsciencefictionauthors.Theideaisthatweconnectatethertoasatelliteorbitingfarenoughoutthatthetetherisheldtautbycentrifugalforce.Thenwecansendclimb......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第99期:论Twitter的无穷性(1)
2015-10-21TWITTER论Twitter的无穷性Q.HowmanyuniqueEnglishtweetsarepossible?Howlongwouldittakeforthepopulationoftheworldtoreadthemalloutloud?Q.世界上有多少独一无二的英语推文(Twitter状态)?如果全世界人民把它们都读出来......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第127期:汇聚闪电(1)
2015-10-18ALLTHELIGHTNING汇聚闪电Q.Ifallthelightningstrikeshappeningintheworldonanygivendayallhappenedinthesameplaceatonce,whatwouldhappentothatplace?Q.如果某一天全世界发生的所有闪电都同时出现在一个地方,那么那个......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第2期:全球风暴
2015-10-29GLOBALWINDSTORM全球风暴Q.WhatwouldhappeniftheEarthandallterrestrialobjectssuddenlystoppedspinning,buttheatmosphereretaineditsvelocity?-AndrewBrownQ.如果地球和地上所有的东西都在一瞬间停止转动,但大气层还......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第48期:消失的DNA(1)
2015-10-25NOMOREDNA消失的DNAQ.Thismaybeabitgruesome,but...ifsomeone'sDNAsuddenlyvanished,howlongwouldthatpersonlast?Q.虽然听上去有点吓人,但……如果一个人体内的DNA突然消失了,那么他还能活多久?A.IFYOULOSTYOURDNA,y......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第97期:把海水抽干(3)
2015-10-21Vacuuminguphalftheoceanswouldmassivelyaltertheclimateandecosystemsinwaysthatarehardtopredict.Attheveryleast,itwouldalmostcertainlyinvolveacollapseofthebiosphereandmassextinctionsateverylevel.抽空海洋......
科学培育"古怪"时蔬
2016-11-13AnornamentalpumpkinisgrownatanagriculturalscientificresearchinstituteinFoshan,SouthChina'sGuangdongprovince,Nov24,2011.图中是广州佛山农业科学研究所培植的南瓜,摄于2011年十月24日。GourdplantsaregrownatF......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第132期:最孤独的人(3)
2015-10-17Loneliness孤独AfterreturningtoEarth,Apollo11commandmodulepilotMikeCollinssaidhedidnotfeelatalllonely.HewroteabouttheexperienceinhisbookCarryingtheFire:AnAstronaut'sJourneys:返回地球后,阿波罗11号指......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第85期:轨道速度(1)
2015-10-22ORBITALSPEED轨道速度Q.WhatifaspacecraftsloweddownonreentrytojustafewmilesperhourusingrocketboostersliketheMarsskycrane?Woulditnegatetheneedforaheatshield?Q.在宇宙飞船返回再入大气层时,如果用一个像“好奇......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第68期:自体繁殖(2)
2015-10-23Here'sanexampleDNA“strand”:我们现在来看一段示例DNA“序列”:Inourmodel,eachchromosomecontainsonepieceofinformation.Thispieceofinformationiseitherastat(anumber,usuallybetween1and18)oramultiplier.Th......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第112期:地球扩张(5)
2015-10-19t=100years100年后After100years,we'dbeexperiencingover6geesofgravity.Notonlywouldwebeunabletomovearoundtofindfood,butourheartswouldbeunabletopumpbloodtoourbrains.Onlysmallinsects(andseaanimals)woul......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第76期:致命中微子(1)
2015-10-23LETHALNEUTRINOS致命中微子Q.Howclosewouldyouhavetobetoasupernovatogetalethaldoseofneutrinoradiation?Q.一个人要离超新星多近才能受到致命剂量的中微子辐射?A.THEPHRASE“LETHALDOSEofneutrinoradiation”isaweird......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第16期:匀速上升
2015-10-28RISINGSTEADILY匀速上升Q.Ifyousuddenlybeganrisingsteadilyat1footpersecond,howexactlywouldyoudie?Wouldyoufreezeorsuffocatefirst?Orsomethingelse?Q.如果你突然开始以每秒1英尺(约30厘米)的速度上升,你会怎么死?你会......
高学历女性找老公时要遵守的十大古怪标准(中)
2016-11-18ivateDifferentInterests7.培养不同的兴趣Muchlikechoosingtostudyatraditionallymalesubjectyoucanwidenyourpoolofpotentialmalefriends(andthereforepotentialboyfriends)bycultivatingahobbyorinterestthatattrac......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第96期:把海水抽干(2)
2015-10-21Here'showitlooksatthestart:一开始看起来是这样的:ThisisaPlateCarréeprojection(c.f.).方格投影图(参考:)Andhere'sthemapaftertheoceansdrop50meters:这是海平面下降50米时的景象:It'sprettysimilar,butth......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第125期:搅拌加热(1)
2015-10-18STIRRINGTEA搅拌加热Q.Iwasabsentmindedlystirringacupofhottea,whenIgottothinking,“Aren'tIactuallyaddingkineticenergyintothiscup?”Iknowthatstirringdoeshelptocooldownthetea,butwhatifIweretostiritfas......
海外文化:看看美国高校的十大古怪课程
2016-04-01Collegecoursesaren’tall“Econ1011”and“TheHistoryofEurope:1500-Present”.Atrendamongmanycollegesanduniversitiesistooffercoursesthatareslightlyoffthebeatentrack.Manyofthesecoursesdrawtheirthemesfromp......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第73期:高掷比赛(1)
2015-10-23HIGHTHROW高掷比赛Q.Howhighcanahumanthrowsomething?Q.人类可以把一个物体扔多高?A.HUMANSAREGOODATthrowingthings.Infact,we'regreatatit;nootheranimalcanthrowstufflikewecan.A.人类很擅长扔东西。实际上,我们是......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第64期:人类大迁徙(1)
2015-10-24EVERYBODYOUT人类大迁徙Q.Isthereenoughenergytomovetheentirecurrenthumanpopulationoff-planet?Q.我们有足够的能量把现在地球上的全部人口都搬到太空中吗?A.THEREAREABUNCHofsciencefictionmovieswhere,becauseofpol......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第5期:乏燃料游泳池
2015-10-29SPENTFUELPOOL乏燃料游泳池Q.WhatifItookaswiminatypicalspentnuclearfuelpool?WouldIneedtodivetoactuallyexperienceafatalamountofradiation?HowlongcouldIstaysafelyatthesurface?Q.如果我在一个普通的乏燃料(用过......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第104期:最长的落日(1)
2015-10-20LONGESTSUNSET最长的落日Q.Whatisthelongestpossiblesunsetyoucanexperiencewhiledriving,assumingweareobeyingthespeedlimitanddrivingonpavedroads?Q.假设你遵守交通法规不超速驾驶,并且在铺有路面的道路上行驶,那么......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第139期:中子子弹(3)
2015-10-16ThebulletwouldfallstraightthroughtheEarth'scrust.Onthesurface,thevibrationwouldquicklydiedown.Butfarbelow,thebulletwouldbecrushingandvaporizingthemantleinfrontofitasitfell.Itwouldblastthematerialo......
《那些古怪又让人忧心的问题》第109期:地球扩张(2)
2015-10-20Whataboutourroadsandbridges?Eventually,theywouldhavetobreakup,right?那么道路和桥梁呢?总有一天它们会断裂,对吧?Notasquicklyasyoumightthink.Here'sapuzzleIonceheard:是的,但没有你想象中那么快。我曾经听说过......