60秒科学:Pharaohs Had Heart Disease

Darwin in Battle of Wits against Unarmed Man Antievolutionist Ray Comfort will be distributing copies of the Origin of Species with a new introduction that misrepresents, misunderstands and distorts Darwin's ideas and legacy. Steve Mirsky comments No

60秒科学:Sound During Sleep Fixes Learning

Sound During Sleep Fixes Learning A study in the journal Science found that sleeping after learning consolidated the acquisition of the new information, especially if sound cues related to the info were played to the sleeper. Karen Hopkin reports The

60秒科学:Plants Share Light If Neighbor Is Related

Plants Share Light If Neighbor Is Related A study in the American Journal of Botany finds that plants can tell if they're next to a relative and will grow to allow the kin more access to light. Cynthia Graber reports. We humans are known to help out

60秒科学:Cigarettes Are Bacteria Sticks,Too

Cigarettes Are Bacteria Sticks, Too A study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives finds that cigarettes harbor various species of bacteria, some of which cause disease. Karen Hopkin reports This January, the country Turkey will join a hand

60秒科学:Window Stickers Lead To Stretchy Electronics

Window Stickers Lead To Stretchy Electronics Engineers would love to embed flexible electronics into things like paper, or surgical gloves or conventional clothing. But the wiring usually gets twisted and damaged. Now MIT researchers have found insp

60秒科学:Women Better Than Men with a Hammer

Women Better Than Men with a Hammer Research presented at the Experimental Biology annual meeting reveals that women may be more accurate than men at using a hammer in certain conditions. Christie Nicholson reports [The following is an exact transcr

60秒科学:Genetic Protection against Sleep Deprivation

Genetic Protection against Sleep Deprivation A study in The Journal of Neuroscience finds that people with a particular version of a gene called Period 3 are better able to handle sleep deprivation because more of their brains get involved in counte

60秒科学:Wind's Power Potential Quantified

Last month, President Obama pledged nearly half a billion dollars toward the development of solar and geothermal energies. But what about wind? A team of scientists estimates that wind turbines in the continental U.S. could produce 16 times more ele

60秒科学:Fish Capable of Judgment Calls

Fish Capable of Judgment Calls In a report in the journal Behavioral Ecology, fish learned from watching other fish find food and comparing their success rates. Cynthia Graber reports. [The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.] Theres p

60秒科学:Tools Are Body Parts to Brain

Tools Are Body Parts to Brain In a report in the journal Current Biology, researchers claim that the brain interprets a tool, such as a hammer, as a temporary extension of your physical body. Karen Hopkin reports [The following is an exact transcrip

60秒科学:Subways Loudest Transit Option in NYC

Subways Loudest Transit Option in NYC In a report in the American Journal of Public Health performed in New York City, subways were the loudest mass transit option, with potentially hearing-damaging noise levels. Steve Mirsky reports. [The following

60秒科学:我们需要新的农业改革

Energy Secretary: We Need New Agriculture Revolution In his CalTech commencement address on June 12, Nobel physicist and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu called for a new agricultural revolution, led by scientists. Heres a clip from last weeks CalTech

60秒科学:Molting Molds Flying Bird Size Limit

Molting Molds Flying Bird Size Limit A study in the journal Public Library of Science Biology finds that it's the rate at which flying birds can replace their flight feathers that determines how big they can grow and still get off the ground. Karen

60秒科学:Earth's Fried Far-Future Postponed

Earth's Fried Far-Future Postponed A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences adds at least a billion years to the already far-future estimate of when the sun will make Earth too hot to handle. Karen Hopkin reports. [The followin

60秒科学:The Rain's Maintained Speed Strain Is Now Explained

The Rain's Maintained Speed Strain Is Now Explained A study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds that some raindrops are falling faster than they should be, which means meteorologists may be overestimating the total amount of rainfall.

60秒科学:Brain Knows It's Duck Reason

When an Iraqi reporter threw his shoe at President Bush, University of Washington neurologists were delighted. But not because of politics. The fling was just real-world evidence of a theory they were testing. As the shoe flew, Bush ducked while Ira

60秒科学:Maple Seed Flight Aerodynamics

What do a hummingbird, a moth, and a maple tree have in common? They all use a similar trick to fly. Okay, okay, a maple tree doesnt fly. But its seeds kind of do. Maples make those little whirlybird seeds you see spiraling down in droves each sprin

60秒科学:Speed-Dating Roles Influence Attraction Perception

For folks whove engaged in the strange ritual of speed dating, finding that special someone is like winning a romantic game of musical chairs. Now scientists from Northwestern University say that the results depend on whos doing the circling and who

60秒科学:Ancient Granary Predates Agriculture

A team of archeologists working in Jordan has made a discovery that represents a new chapter in the story of our ancestors' move from foraging to farming. The researchers unearthed an ancient granary. The round, mud hut dates back more than 11,000 y

60秒科学:Cat Call Coerces Can Opening

Cat Call Coerces Can Opening 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 J