Youve heard of synchronized swimming. But what about synchronized blinking? No, its not a new Olympic sport for slackers. Its something that seems to happen when we watch a video. Because none of us want to miss the good parts. If you stop to add it...
Remember Dick and Jane? And their dog Spot? Maybe you read about them in first grade. See Spot run. Run, Spot, run! Well, a new study in the journal Psychological Science suggests that not only did you see Spot run, but you ran, too. At least in your...
When Michael Phelps is out of the water, he towers over mere non-Olympic mortals. Then he slips into the pool, and makes record-breaking speed seem effortless. His height, it turns out, is no accident. According to research published in The Journal o...
Why did the orangutan cross the forest canopy? Presumably, to reach some tasty fruit. But the better question might be: how did the orangutan cross the forest canopy. And according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc...
The toucan's long bill has long perplexed biologists. Darwin theorized that it attracted mates. Other suggested uses ranged from fruit peeling to territorial defense. But a report in the July 24th issue of the journal Science offers another explanati...
This is Scientific Ameican's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute? Forget the meek. If the Earth keeps getting warmer, a recent study shows that its the small that are gonna come out on topat least in the worlds oceans. W...
This is Scientific Ameicans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Would you mind telling me what this is all about, Mister? No problem, Captain. A study in the Journal of Applied Physiology shows that artificial gravity should prevent a b...
This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Cindey Graber. This will just take a minute. When TV sets die, they usually end up incinerated or in landfills. But now researchers from Englands University of York believe theyve found a valuable us...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin . This will just take a minute. When you get caught in a downpour, you probably dont think about the size of the raindrops that assault you as you run for cover. But physicists do. And...
This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky, got a minute？ Its the 40th anniversary of the first humans setting foot on the moon. Last August, I interviewed one of them, Buzz Aldrin, in the lobby of a hotel he was staying at in...
transcript This is Scientific Ameicans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. Got a minute? Horse racing is a sport that's 200 years old. And a day at the track is much more exciting now than it was back then. That's because horses are faster than they...
Modern humans are masters of multitasking. We eat while driving, watch TV while studying, and of course talk on our cell phones while doing, well, everything. How do we do it? A study in the July 16th issue of Neuron suggests that though we can train...
Anyone whos ever had a cat knows how demanding they can be. Let me out, let me in, give me food, give me different food. The list goes on. But how do these clever kitties convince us to do their bidding? A study in the July 14 issue of Current Biolog...
According to neuro scientist from Briton's Kill? University, dropping the F bomb(does he mean fuck here?) can actually relief physical pain, in the up coming August ?? issue of the Journal NeuroReport the researcher says swearing is a different pheno...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. It sounds like the title to a Rudyard Kipling tale: how the turtle got its shell. But its actually a question that has puzzled scientists. After all, n...
