This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Steve Mirsky, got a minute? You are pulling the tape off the roll and it starts to tear, or you are moving wallpaper and it refuses to strip off in strips or in what may be the most infuriating ca...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. One of the problems with large-scale solar power plants is that they require a huge amount of space. To rise above that problem Israeli researchers rece...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Brains can register a foods caloric value independent of our taste buds, say scientists from Duke University and from Portugal. First the scientists e...
Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the 7 days starting March 26, 2008. Im Steve Mirsky. The baseball season is already underway, so this week on the podcast well talk about some baseball related science with editor...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. When it comes to saving lives, a personal touch can sometimes work better than drugs alone. Thats what researchers in Uganda found in a study publishe...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. On March 18th, we told you that smoking doesnt make people happy. Well, we hear you ask, what will make me happy? What? What? Ok. First relax, then take ou...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. If youve ever given any thought to the life style of the hermaphrodite, its probably occurred to you that being both male and female doubles your chance...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. You've probably take you depth perception for granted. It allows you to easily judge distances. Each eye sends a different signal to the brain, and the...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Ants are known for working together, operating as a unit for the good of the colony. But not so fast, say researchers from the Universities of Leeds an...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin.This will just take a minute. For someone who smokes, there is nothing like that first nicotine rush of the day, but though taking a puff may bring smokers pleasure, it doesnt make the...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. This will just take a minute. Computer status report. After its ongoing Mars missions, NASA will concentrate less on the red planet, and more on the solar system's other planets and moo...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. If youve ever been to the everglades or tuned into the animal planet, you know that gators can move through the water oh, so silently barely creating a rip...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mursky. Got a minute? Orbiting around stars far far away is sand. Astronomers have found sandy particles circling a pair of stars about 2,400 light years from us. And they think they might be...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mursky. Got a minute? Cameras that catch drivers who blow through red lights are there to improve safety by discouraging light-running. But such cameras actually increase the likelihood of car...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. Anyone whos ever cut up an onion knows that some smells can actually be painful. Now, researchers from Baltimore and Denver are closer to understanding why...
