This is Scientific American's 60-Second Psych, I'm Christopher Intagliata, got a minute? While at Stanford in the mid-1960s, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest author Ken Kesey started adding a peculiar ingredient to his home-cooked venison stew--LSD. N
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. For worse or for better, humans are changing the course of evolution. On February 26, we talked about how fishing practices may be driving the evolution of
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Are smarter people drown to music, theater and dance? Or does arts training in childhood change the brain in positive ways? In 2004, the philanthropic Dana Foundation cre
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirskey, Got a minute? Here is another reason to stop global warming to keep the Burmese pythons in Florida. Burmese pythons have been turning up in south Florida in recent years. Perhaps you
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Astronomers have discovered a star thats running away from home. The star is speeding away at a blistering 2.6 million kilometers an hour, apparently after being cast out
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. Anyone whos ever cut up an onion knows that some smells can actually be painful. Now, researchers from Baltimore and Denver are closer to understanding why
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mursky. Got a minute? Cameras that catch drivers who blow through red lights are there to improve safety by discouraging light-running. But such cameras actually increase the likelihood of car
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mursky. Got a minute? Orbiting around stars far far away is sand. Astronomers have found sandy particles circling a pair of stars about 2,400 light years from us. And they think they might be
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. If youve ever been to the everglades or tuned into the animal planet, you know that gators can move through the water oh, so silently barely creating a rip
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. This will just take a minute. Computer status report. After its ongoing Mars missions, NASA will concentrate less on the red planet, and more on the solar system's other planets and moo
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin.This will just take a minute. For someone who smokes, there is nothing like that first nicotine rush of the day, but though taking a puff may bring smokers pleasure, it doesnt make the
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Ants are known for working together, operating as a unit for the good of the colony. But not so fast, say researchers from the Universities of Leeds an
This is scientific Americans 60 Second Science. I'm Steve Mirskey. Got a minute? The lure of gold can be electric to some people even though the element is chemically inert on the large scale. But the researchers from Georgia Tech report that down at
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. If youve ever given any thought to the life style of the hermaphrodite, its probably occurred to you that being both male and female doubles your chance
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. On March 18th, we told you that smoking doesnt make people happy. Well, we hear you ask, what will make me happy? What? What? Ok. First relax, then take ou
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. When it comes to saving lives, a personal touch can sometimes work better than drugs alone. Thats what researchers in Uganda found in a study publishe
Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the 7 days starting March 26, 2008. Im Steve Mirsky. The baseball season is already underway, so this week on the podcast well talk about some baseball related science with editor
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Brains can register a foods caloric value independent of our taste buds, say scientists from Duke University and from Portugal. First the scientists e
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. One of the problems with large-scale solar power plants is that they require a huge amount of space. To rise above that problem Israeli researchers rece
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Steve Mirsky, got a minute? You are pulling the tape off the roll and it starts to tear, or you are moving wallpaper and it refuses to strip off in strips or in what may be the most infuriating ca