Electromagnetic waves can have all sorts of strange effects on us.

磁波对我们有各种各样奇怪的影响。

Infrared waves are electromagnetic energy that cannot be seen with the human eye.

红外线是肉眼看到的磁波。

We should beware of the electromagnetic waves from the computer.

我们应该小心从脑中发射的磁波。

To see something, we need light, an electromagnetic wave.

想要做观测，我们需要光，也就是磁波。

Light is basically a tiny electromagnetic wave traveling through space.

基上，光是在宇宙中穿梭的微小磁波。

Radio waves have the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum.

无线波在磁波谱中波长最长。

So small that the electromagnetic waves we used to see are too big to touch them.

它小到我们过去所能看到的磁波根到。

Ten-second trivia: What type of waves have the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum?

在磁波谱中哪种波具有最长的波长？

The oven emits microwave radiation, which is absorbed by the molecules, especially those of water.

微波炉放射出磁波 被分子吸收，尤其易被液体吸收。

We can try to solve this by creating electromagnetic waves with more and much smaller wavelengths.

我们可以藉由缩小磁波波长来解决问题。

Now, a new generation of wiring can direct the energy on one part of the brain.

如今，新型线可将磁波直接送至大脑的某一区域。

With wavelengths measuring between one millimeter and 62 miles, radio waves are the longest.

无线波的波长在1毫米至62英里之间，是其中最长的磁波。

But together, we call all of these different kinds of light the electromagnetic or EM spectrum.

但是我们把所有这些同种类的光统称为磁或磁波谱。

Wifi networks on land use electromagnetic waves, but in water these will only travel a few centimetres.

地面上的WiFi网络使用磁波，但是在水中它们只能穿行几厘米而已。

Both brain and radio waves are forms of electromagnetic radiation, waves that travel at the speed of light.

大脑和无线波都是一种磁波，即以光速传播的波。

The advent of " metamaterials" provides a new solution for the perfect invisibility of any electromagnetic wave.

“超材料”的出现为任何磁波的完美隐形提供了新的解决方案。

Now, as these two oscillating fields move across space, that is what is known as an electromagnetic wave.

现在，当这两个振荡场在空间中移动时，这就是我们所说的磁波。

Maybe as civilizations develop, they quickly discover communication technologies far more sophisticated and useful than electromagnetic waves.

可能一个文明发展得太快，以致于它们使用的是比磁波更加复杂有用的信号。

They give tribute to electromagnetic waves of the telegraph, a new form of communication at the time.

他们为报中磁波的研究作出了极大的贡献，也就是当时新的一种通信方式。

To understand what's actually happening here, we need to understand how electromagnetic waves like light travel across space.

为了理解这里到底发生了什么，我们需要理解像光这样的磁波是如何穿越空间的。