SSS 2012-02-14

How healthy are you? Your best guess might be pretty accurate: Researchers found that people who gave their health a positive rating were less likely to fall ill or die over the next 30 years than were those who thought they werent as healthy. The wo

SSS 2012-02-13

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Sophine Bushwick. Got a minute? Crickets make a big contribution to the sounds of a summer night. And theyve been doing so for some 165 million years. Now paleontologists have reconstructed the son

SSS 2012-02-10

This is scientific Americans, 60 second science, I'm Sarah Fecht. Got a minute Thats not a bird whistling. This sound was recorded 2000 feet below the oceans surface. Scientists postulated decades ago that deep-sea animals might use sound to navigate

SSS 2012-02-09

This Scientific Americans 60 senconds science. I'm Cythia Graber. This will just take a minute. How did the zebra get stripes. One theory holds that stripes help confused predators. But stripes might be primarilly to protect zebras from ferocious ins

SSS 2012-02-07

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. American is still far short of the recommend daily portions of food and vegetables, and kids are no ...veggies at school cafateria. So researches tested whether visual cuse at hopeful foods could incre

SSS 2012-02-03

Advertisers will has dropped 3500,000,000 dollars for a the thirty seconds spot onduring the Sunday's Super Bowlcerticles. But to get the most bangd for their buckbowl, they might want to play their ads right after the game ends, not during it. Becau

SSS 2012-02-02

This is scientific American sixty seconds sicience. I am Cynthia Graber.That's all just take a minute.There is an easy way to acarch people to take stairs to stand elevator put a sign to remind them to. Study have found that science works but those e

SSS 2012-02-01

It's tough to be a machine in the desert. Particles of dirty sands walk their way in to moving parts where they break turbine's motors pipes on other equipment.To avoid the costly warranty, researches are taking lessons from a desert native, the yell

SSS 2012-01-19

On election day, where do you vote? If its in a church, you might be inclined to vote more conservatively than if you cast your ballot at a school or government building. Thats according to reserch published in the international journal for the psych

SSS 2012-01-18

True to their names, boa constrictors squeeze the life out of their prey. But how dose a boa know its enough for a rat? The snake listens, for a heart beat. When it stops, thats a cue to let go, according to a study in the Journal biology letters. Re

SSS 2012-01-17

People have used tobacco for well over a thousand years. And researchers recently found unique physical evidence of the ancient habit. They detected traces of tobacco in a 1300-year-old Mayan container. The work is in the journal Rapid Communications

SSS 2012-03-05

This is Scientific American 60 science, I am Charles Q. Choi! Psoriasis is an autoimmune diseasethe immune system mistakenly attacks its own body, causing red, itchy, scaly patches on the skin. But there may be a hidden upside. People with psoriasis

SSS 2012-03-02

This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Cynthia Graber, got a minute? Now's a great time to break out that backyard telescope. Because Saturday, March 3, is the Mars opposition. It's one of the times that the Earth and Mars pass the close

SSS 2012-05-01

This is Scientific Americans 60 Second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute? Its more bad news for vampires, but good news for the fight against food-borne illness: a compound in garlic is extremely effective at fighting Campylobacter, bacteri

SSS 2012-05-03

Most people have two copies of a gene that enables them to detect a steroidal pheromone called androstenonewhich is found in male mammals, particularly porkers. But most pigs in developed countries have been chemically castrated. Which means much les

SSS 2012-05-04

Heres a tale of genes, smells and pigs. Most people have two copies of a gene that enables them to detect a steroidal pheromone called androstenonewhich is found in male mammals, particularly porkers. But most pigs in developed countries have been ch

SSS 2012-05-07

Jack Nicholson, playing the crazed caretaker in The Shining, makes me reach for a blanket. Now a study finds that people we find, well, creepy can actually make us feel colder. The research will be published in the journal Psychological Science. Rese

SSS 2012-05-08

This is Scientific American 60 Second Science, I am Amy Kraft. Got a minute Jack Nicholson, playing the crazed caretaker in The Shining, makes me reach for a blanket. Now a study finds that people we find, well, creepy can actually make us feel colde

SSS 2012-05-09

This is Scientific American 60 Second Science, I am Amy Kraft. Got a minute Jack Nicholson, playing the crazed caretaker in The Shining, makes me reach for a blanket. Now a study finds that people we find, well, creepy can actually make us feel colde

SSS 2012-05-10

If you enjoy sharing all your likes and dislikes on Facebook, youre definitely not alone: research finds that broadcasting personal opinions gives people the same sense of reward as earning money. The study is in the Proceedings of the National Acade