This is Scientific American's sixty seconds science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Instead of installing solar paint on your roof how about just giving a house new paint job of cause you'd have to sure to use solar paint. That's what to a...
nobody likes getting shots, but what if you could make the needles so tiny that they broke skin painlessly. engineers from top university have created such micro needles, made from major protein in silk, fibrolin. the work is in the journal of advanc...
This is scientific American's 60 seconds science.I'm Sophie Bushwick.Got a minute? For shift workers odd hours usually mean strange sleeping habits and unhealthy meals.And now an editorial in the journal Public Library of Science Medicine takes the p...
This is Scientific American's sixty seconds science, I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The eastern green tree frog looks exactly like the close related cops gree tree frog, the big difference between the two species is beneath the surface. The eastern...
You've found that perfect pricey gift to your significant other. Now you decided to pick up a little something else, but wait! The second smaller gift can actually take away from the powerful impression from the gift No. 1. That's according to the an...
This is Scientific American's sixty Science. I'm Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute. Several for the species can distinguish between two and five bananas, but what's the exceptional the primates they can't grasp the new American rules, what let they range...
spiciness is chilli pepper's best defense against seed attacking microbes.but not all chillis are hot, because producing that heat comes at a price.so says a study in journal proceeding the royal society b.researchers look at wild chilli populations...
material scientists admire spider silk for being lightweight and strong.now another arthropod product is getting into the act insect cuticle,the tough flexible material is inside insect skeleton.researchers at harvard * institute for biological inspi...
This is Scientific American's Sixty Seconds Science. I'm Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute? To monitor the biodiversity of the freshwater habitat, you could compare by the water and count the rare wildlife. Or you could just scoop up a cup of water. A ne...
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When it comes to sheer celestial bling, stars might not corner the market on twinkle, because beneath their rocky exteriors, some terrestrial planets may be half diamond. So said scientists at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The r...
Cooking is one big science experiment and chefs have been gaining fame for more explicit uses of scentific techniques and tools in the kitchen. Now, according to an article in the December issue of physics world, mixologists the folks behind the bar...
Cooking is one big science experiment. And chefs have been gaining fame for more explicit use of scientific techniques and tools in the kitchen. Now, according to an article in the December issue of Physics World, mixologiststhe folks behind the bara...
Golf fans always suspected it: before his infamous improprieties, the mere presence of Tiger Woods could panic other pros. Now, economist Jennifer Brown has figured out how strong that Tiger factor was. She analyzed a decade's worth of PGA events, co...
