科学美国人
《科学美国人》(Scientific American),全球权威科普杂志,报道最前沿的科学与技术进展。
陆地速度纪录保持者驾驶氢动力赛车突破406英里/小时
JCB Hydromax氢动力赛车在博纳维尔盐滩创下406.320英里/小时陆地速度纪录,由1997年超音速纪录保持者Andy Green驾驶。该车搭载两台800马力发动机,使用与JCB挖掘机相同的量产发动机,以氢气为燃料实现零排放。此次同时打破三项FIA纪录:氢内燃机最快(原185.5 mph)、氢燃料电池车最快(原303 mph)、电动车最快(原342 mph)。
AI能让数学研究变得更"人性化"吗?
数学家Yang-Hui He用神经网络研究卡拉比-丘流形,意外发现AI能识别高维几何的拓扑性质。FrontierMath项目中30位数学家闭门出题,AI一个月内解出约10%。He认为AI正在成为数学研究的通用语言,让不同分支的研究者能真正对话。
National Academy of Sciences pulls climate chapter from judges’ manual
President Donald Trump and other Republican officials had criticized this chapter as biased against fossil fuel companies
107 years ago, the Eddington total eclipse experiment helped prove Einstein’s theory of relativity
The Eddington experiment used a solar eclipse to prove Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity
Humans' sense of smell is still evolving
A genetic study shows how smell capabilities were maintained in a hunter-gatherer population
New psychedelic clinics treat rare post-trip harms
As psychedelic therapies expand, new clinics treat uncommon long-term harms
Scientists are closer than ever to understanding the power of the vagus nerve
The vagus nerve is the autonomic nervous system’s highway, connecting every major organ
Has science finally made up its mind about coffee’s health benefits?
Doctors used to warn coffee drinkers. Now research reassures them
The birth of modern life was fueled by poop, new theory proposes
The Cambrian explosion is a critical moment for life on Earth—and it may have been all about poop
Birdsong follows a fundamental law of human language
A fundamental law of human language has now been found in both songbirds and whales
How many paper folds would get you to the moon?
Folding a piece of paper makes it thicker. How many folds would it take to reach the moon—and beyond?
OpenAI数学突破被指学术不端,专家称AI只是拼接已有成果
OpenAI的Astra模型声称取得10项数学突破,但多位数学家指出其中关键成果未正确引用已有研究,涉嫌抄袭。 OpenAI在内部测试下一代大模型时发现10个AI生成的数学进展,总token成本仅2000美元。耶鲁大学数学家Steven Miller指出,Astra在解决高维球体填充问题时,将其核心论证当作自己的发现,但该论证最早出现在他2016年的论文中。剑桥大学数学家Francesco Fournier-Facio发现,Astra关于soficity群论的结果同样拼凑了2016年和2019年的已有论文。多位数学家认为,AI的真正能力是超人的耐心——把已有数学文献中的想法拼接起来,而非做出深刻的智力飞跃。OpenAI表示将按学术惯例对论文做小幅更新。
迷幻蘑菇成分能否成为治疗厌食症的关键?
迷幻蘑菇成分psilocybin在厌食症治疗试验中展现潜力,21名女性参与者中3个月时半数症状缓解。研究由伦敦帝国理工等机构进行,发表在《英国精神病学杂志》。无对照组是小样本试点研究的局限。特朗普政府推动美国监管层支持致幻剂研究,FDA或5年内批准。机制可能是增加大脑神经可塑性,打破僵化思维模式。
Why Einstein's theories of relativity make time travel possible
Physicists, mathematicians and philosophers have been exploring the possibility of going forward to the future or back to the past
How mental exhaustion changes the choices you make
Neuroscientists show how the brain weighs effort against reward when we're mentally fatigued
What caused the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Japan?
This quake, which has caused damage to several roads and buildings, occurred along a strike-slip fault
Scientists get best-yet glimpse of Betelgeuse’s companion star
After decades of hints and speculation, scientists have at last unveiled the hidden companion to the iconic star Betelgeuse
2026 Fields Medals go to four young mathematicians
The 2026 Fields Medals recognize breakthroughs in the math of messy fluids, tangled knots, spinning pencils, and more