SSS 2008-05-23

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin, this'll just take a minute. I had a roommate who couldnt sleep unless it was pitch dark, so she wore a face mask to bed. But shed gotten it from an airline, so one of the eye patches

SSS 2008-05-26

This is Scientific American 60-Second Science.I am Steve Mersky, got a minute? Phoenix has landed! Phoenix has landed! Welcome to the northern plains of Mars. That was the Jet Propulsion Laboratorys Richard Kornfeld, Sunday at 7:53pm eastern time, ac

SSS 2008-05-27

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Adam Hamterture, got a minute? What's sixteen feet tall and 9,550 years old? Its the world's oldest tree. The worn and weathered spruce grows in Sweden's windswept tundra. But, until recently, wel

SSS 2008-05-28

This Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. They say that older folks benefit from spending time with young people. And thats not just an excuse to stick grandma at the kids table at Thanksgiving. Now

SSS 2008-05-29

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber, this will just take a minute. For generations, nearly all medical research was done on men. And the assumption was that whats true for men is true for women. Now of course we know tha

SSS 2008-05-30

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mersky. Got a minute? Heres why its time for instant replay in major league baseball. Dont worry, this is a technology story. Four times within a week recently, what were clearly home runs acco

SSS 2008-04-21

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? Youve probably heard about mercury contamination in fish. But a new study says that the toxin has climbed out of the water. Researchers from the College of William Mar

SSS 2008-04-22

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Ben Franklin started it and it's hotter than ever: research on lightning. For the first time, a team of European scientists have used lasers to create

SSS 2008-04-23

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. Shakespeare once said: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. And that is true today as it was 400 years ago. What's different now, though, is th

SSS 2008-04-24

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Considering getting pregnant and want to influence whether you have a boy or a girl? According to new research published in the Proceedings of the Roya

SSS 2008-04-25

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Adam Hinterthuer, got a minute? If a train heading east leaves Chicago at noon, and a train heading west leaves New York an hour later, would that make you any better at math? New evidence says No

SSS 2008-04-28

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Chirisopher Intagliata, got a minute? But mum, that's not fair! sound familiar? Even as children we hate getting gypped, whether it's fewer slices of pizza or lousy presents from Santa. More surpri

SSS 2008-01-31

This is Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The search for alternative fuels to gasoline has led to surprising possibilities, for instance, the waste oil for making French fries. But one of the most unusual alterna

SSS 2008-04-29

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. Mozart was a genius. Duke Ellington, genius. Ringo Starr? Well, Ringo may be smarter than you think. Because a new study from Stockholm shows that people w

SSS 2008-12-16

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Sarah Palin on the campaign trail was at times dismissive of science. She attacked fruit fly research, saying that tax dollars were going to projects h

SSS 2008-12-17

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. When it comes to pain, its the thought that counts. Because pain hurts more when its inflicted on purpose. Or so say researchers from Harvard University

SSS 2008-12-18

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Real-time information about whats happening in our bodies at the cellular level could be crucial for fighting cancer and other life-threatening conditi

SSS 2008-09-03

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. [Sports announcer:] Hello and welcome to Sports Update. In NHL action: with two seconds left in OT, Penguins winger Jean Jejune nailed a wrist shot from

SSS 2008-08-29

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. This will just take a minute. Youve probably chased a fly or two around the house this summer. And, chances are, it took a few swings before you brought down the buzzing nuisance.

SSS 2008-12-22

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. For those of you whove spent many of your waking hours this winter washing your hands and fretting about getting sick, you might be better off just stayi