SSS 2012-02-24

This is Scientific American 60 second science, I am Amy Kraft, Got a minute? Newly licensed drivers who make sharp turns and come to sudden screeching stops are nerve-wracking. And now theres evidence to confirm that erratic driving by teens predicts

SSS 2012-02-27

Cave painting connects us with our prehistoric artist ancestors. But there's a dearth of such illustration in the Americas. Now a cave in Brazil has been found to house the oldest New World image known. The shelter was excavated from 2002 to 2009. In

SSS 2012-02-28

This is Scientific Ameican 60 second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber, this will just take a minute! Cave painting connects us with our prehistoric artist ancestors. But there's a dearth of such illustration in the Americas. Now a cave in Brazil has been

SSS 2012-02-29

This is Scientific American 60 Second Science, I am Mariette DiChristina. Got a minute? Maybe you've heard that sound. It's an Orca, a killer whale. We know that whales have a kind of language. Families and closely related groups even share dialects.

SSS 2012-01-20

Two washing machine-sized satellites recently went into orbit around the moon. In March, they start together the detailed data about the quakes of the moons gravity. The working name of the satellites have been GRAIL A and B，for gravity recovery an

SSS 2012-01-23

Lots of studies suggested limited quantities of alcohol, like one drink a day can benefit your cardiovascular helth. But for the tiny worm C. elegans, dilute b is a valuable f of ease. It actually doubles their lifespan, according to a study in the j

SSS 2012-01-25

This is Scientific American's sixty seconds science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. It's know that taller people tend to have more jobs with more authority and higher salaries but there is a flip side the more powerful person is th

SSS 2012-04-27

This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick, got a minute? Does your puppy turn his nose up at his own chowbecause he wants some of whatever it is that youre having? A new study finds that, when it comes to food, dogs recogniz

SSS 2012-06-20

This is Scientific American 60 Seconds. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. In Europe and the near east, people went from being mobile hunter gathers to more settled agriculture way of life. But in Africa, no matters domesticated animals

SSS 2012-06-21

This is Scientific American, 60-second science. I'm Evelyn Lamb. Got a minute? That is Generation Zero of DarwinTunes. It is a website researchers are using to study how listener preferences affect the evolution of music. A new study claims that the

SSS 2012-06-22

To make a big impression, youve got to grin and bare ityour array of teeth, that is. Because people gazing at a crowd find it easier to spot someone with a toothy facial expression, whether its a happy smile or an angry snarl, than someone with a tig

SSS 2012-06-25

Remember those educational cassettes that youd supposedly learn from overnight? Well, scientific evidence says they're bunkunless you listen to them while youre up during the night, that is. But if youre actually sleeping and you play something that

SSS 2012-06-26

A planet sees what we see, a planet sees light. Danel ** director of NANA center for planet boi-sciences at tele university, and the author of a new book, what a planet knows?. so he takes someone who is completely blind and by observe in some way gi

SSS 2012-06-27

Every time you inhale, oxygen passes from your windpipe to your lungs and on into your bloodstream. But what if your windpipe was blocked? Getting the gas straight to your blood could save your life. Wait, put down that syringea large air bubble in a

SSS 2012-06-28

For many people summer equals tomatoes. Thats when folks can get their hands on gorgeous heirloom and traditional varieties, full of tomatoey flavor. Such tomatoes provide a stark contrast to year-round supermarket ones, famous for tasting like, well

SSS 2012-06-29

This is Scientific Americans 60 second Science, I am Christopher Intagliata, got a minute? You know what fiber's good forto keep things moving smoothly downstairs. But it's not just for staying regular. Fiber can boost the number of beneficial bacter

SSS 2012-05-21

Stockbrokers are some of the highest paid sales workers in the country. But they also have one of the largest gender pay gaps in sales jobsdata from the mid 90s show that women made 20 percent less than men. But stockbrokers are usually paid through

SSS 2012-01-24

This is Scientific American Sixty Seconds Science, I'm Sophie Bushwick, got a minute? When Mexican tetra fish moved into darker caves long ago, they evolved to deal with the dark by becoming albino and going blind. A new research shows that the chang

SSS 2012-05-24

If you could add cells anywhere in your body, you might pick your brain. More brain cells should make you smarter, right? Well, a new study shows that they might just make you fatter. Becauseanimals that make new nerve cells in a brain region that co

SSS 2012-05-25

This is scientific Americans 60 second science, I am Sophie Bushwick. got a minute. Tens of millions of years ago, cephalopods were hiding from their enemies in clouds of ink. And it turns out that cuttlefish today produce ink thats almost identical.