SSS 2012-07-18

Meetings, calls, kids, dogs, earrings, exercise and all those emails. Who doesn't feel start out for time these days. But a new study suggested that you can feel like you have more times by donating some to others. The research is in the journal Psyc

SSS 2012-07-19

Mycology generation causes visual distortion and even complete loss of sight. When the wife of chemistry Nobel l Walter Cone was diagnosed with mycology distortion, he wanted to do something. I spoke with him at the recent L Nobel L meeting in German

SSS 2012-08-01

This is scientific Americans 60 second science,I'm Steve Mirskey.Got a minute? I disagree that algebra doesn't do anything for our lives.Evelyn Lamb, math PhD and scientific American writer on the WNYC radio program at the takeaway. She is responding

SSS 2012-08-02

In an Aesop fable, a thirsty crow wanting to drink from a pitcher must first raise the water level. So he drops pebbles in the container. In real life, the European Jay can perform the same task. But just how smart is it? Researchers challenged jays

SSS 2012-08-03

Humans prefer to associate with other humans who share their subculture. That's why there are needing* clubs and fantacy football leagues. And it turns out that dolpins also form cliques. Researchers found that dolphins known as spongers spend most o

SSS 2012-08-06

This is Scientific American sixty seconds space, I'm John Matson, got minute? Touchdown confirmed. We are safe on Mars. Time to see where our Curiosity will take us. The control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory late in the evening of August 5

SSS 2012-08-07

This is scientific American sixty seconds science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got minute? You've probably noticed you're more likely to catch a cold if you pull a lot of all-nighters. But lack of sleep can also compromise your immune system's respon

SSS 2012-08-08

Olympic athletes submit their bodies to grueling training. And then they soar around the world to meet the competition. American east coast athletes traveled five time zones to get to London. West coast athletes leapt over eight. And increased the od

SSS 2012-08-09

This is scientific American sixty seconds science, I'm Cynthia Graber, this will just take you a minute. Tea and coffee are drunk worldwide, far beyond their original ecological niches. Now it looks like another caffeinated beverage also gained popul

SSS 2012-08-10

We all create it, even if we usually dont like to think about it: waste. And the journal Science devotes its new issue to the subject. It delves into the problemshome garbage, plastics, metal, water, even everyones favorite, sludgeand discusses resea

SSS 2012-08-13

Elephants dont need cell phones to hold long distance conversations, their deep calls can travel miles. And although humans cant always hear these vocalizations because of their low frequency, elephants produce them using the same mechanism that lets

美国60秒科学 SSS 2012-09-03

Last weekend I saw a baseball game at Cleveland's Progressive Field, one concession stand specialized in over-the-top fun food. It offered the infamous fried Twinkie, fried cookie dough, even a deep-fried snickers bar. I decided to eat more healthful

SSS 2012-07-17

This is Scientific American -60 seconds science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. A coal mine can degrade its local environment. But fungus may inadvertently help clean up the mine with its own waste products. Researchers worked with

SSS 2011-01-13

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Christie Nicholson. Got a minute? Performance anxiety can be crippling. Entertainers who suffer from it come up with creative defenses. Bono has his purple shades. The indie rock singer Cat Power fac

SSS 2011-01-12

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Remember affirmations? Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggonit, people like me. Well, if Stuart Smalley's shot-in-the-arm makes you smile

SSS 2011-01-10

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? The Apollo moon missions ended almost 40 years ago. But for lunar scientists, they're gifts that keep on giving. Researchers studying rocks brought back by ast

SSS 2011-01-06

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. We produce tears in response to insults to the eyesthe sting of onion fumes, a tiny insect that flew into your cornea. But we also produce emotional tear

SSS 2011-01-05

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. January often gets people thinking about what they've accomplished over the past 12 months. This year, it got the editors of the medical journal the Lanc

SSS 2011-01-04

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Oh what a tangled web we weave. Or so it may seem, because many social networks eventually evolve into one of just two states. We either all get along, o

SSS 2011-01-03

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Did you hoist a few on New Year's? Of course, getting together with friends over a few adult beverages has a long history. Here's the University of Cincinnati's Kathleen