This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. If you saw the movie March of the Penguins, or even the animated film Happy Feet, you know that male penguins take their role as parents pretty seriously
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Its the time of year to take a look backand thats just what the journal Science did as they listed their most important breakthroughs of 2008. At the v
We humans dont always make the best choices. But now a study in the journal Neuron demonstrates that maybe our brains do make the best possible decisionsbut only if its done unconsciously. Alex Pouget at the University of Rochester takes a look at un
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. In America theres a feeling of Christmas. But thats not the only winter holiday going on. Jews are lighting Hanukkah candles, Muslims recently feasted
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Sometimes its not what you eat, but when you eat it. At least when it comes to longevity diets. For some time, scientists have known that animals kept on
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. On its opening day, 90,000 tourists traipsed across the London Millennium Bridge. That pitter patter of pedestrian feet caused the structure to visibly r
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Women are so much better than men at so many things. But according to a report published by the Royal Society, chess is not one of them. The topic of sex