SSS 2009-03-02

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Its like the molecular version of the Joker and the Riddler teaming up against Batman. Scientists at Yale University have discovered that amyloid beta, a

SSS 2009-03-03

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. We like to think were pretty sophisticated when it comes to voting for politicians. Oh, sure, weve all heard that the taller guy usually wins. But were

SSS 2009-03-04

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Over the past 50 years more and more women have entered the work force. And theyre increasingly taking on jobs that have traditionally gone to men. Now

SSS 2009-03-05

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Well, that just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Its a phrase youve likely used at one time or other. And chances are you were talking about something you

SSS 2009-03-06

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. This will just take a minute. Ticking clock indeed. Already its time to turn clocks forward one hour this Sunday morning, March 8th. Two years ago Congress ordered Daylight Savi

SSS 2009-03-09

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. This will just take a minute. Most of us know we save energy when we put our idle computers to sleep. But what about the servers that run data centers? Every cell phone call, AT

SSS 2009-03-10

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. This will just take a minute. So check this out: Hi my name is Adi Rajagopalan, I'm going on 18 in a few days, and my project was Modelling Synergistic Cellulolytic-Hemicellulol

SSS 2009-03-12

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? Farmers fertilize their fields to get the maximum meal from their crops. But the effects of these loads of nitrogen and phosphorous extend beyond the field and past

SSS 2009-03-13

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. If you get a scratch, your skin can heal itself. But if your car gets scratched, it stays scratched. Scientists at the University of Southern Mississip

SSS 2009-03-16

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. On March 11th, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called for a moonshot for energy independence. Hes set up a task force to look into the large-scale product

SSS 2009-03-17

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. People get malaria from Anopheles mosquitoes that themselves are infected with a protozoan parasite called Plasmodium. The mosquitoes do have immune sy

SSS 2009-03-18

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Seventy percent of all antibiotics in this country go to livestock like pigs and chickens. And concern is growing about drug-resistant bacteria that sp

SSS 2009-03-19

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Imagine antibiotics that would never lose their punch. New research focuses on drugs that bacteria simply cant resist. Most antibiotics work by killing p

SSS 2009-03-11

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Conscious planning for the future was thought to be a cognitive behavior unique to humans. Not anymore. Researchers in Sweden have found a zoo chimp th

SSS 2009-03-26

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? Eating fish can be good medicine. And, according to the U.S. EPA and researchers from Baylor University, fish all over the country are literally stuffed to the gills

SSS 2009-03-27

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. If youve ever popped open a jar of the pickled fish, you know that herring like to stick together. Actually, its something they do naturally, even before

SSS 2009-03-30

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. In 2005, Steven Johnson wrote a book called Everything Bad is Good For You. He proposed that popular culture is actually making us smarter. Because thing

SSS 2009-03-31

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? How do you do a brain scan on a gorilla. Yeah, yeah, very carefully, right. He sleeps anywhere he wants to, too. But seriously, trying to do an MRI on a gorilla presen

SSS 2009-03-24

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Understanding all the genes and molecules involved in human disease is quite a challenge. Thats why scientists study model organisms, like flies and worm

SSS 2009-03-25

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Generally speaking, kids do like their candy. Now scientists say that this sweet tooth may have some basis in biology. Because sugars may help fuel the r