SSS 2010-12-17

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. They call it culturomics: the obvious play on the word genomics looks at trends in human thought and culture. But scientists say culturomics has been h

SSS 2010-12-24

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Pop-pop! Its so good to see you. How are you? Mans voice: Good, good. How are those knees holding up? And the old ticker? Man: Fine. Cant complain. What m

SSS 2010-04-29

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. Thisll just take a minute. Any school kid can tell you that comets are made of ice. That frozen water burning off is what gives comets their characteristic tails. But asteroids were g

SSS 2010-05-30

This is Scientific America's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. Thisll just take a minute. Research on acupuncture just got a shot in the arm. Well, a needle near the knee, actually. Because a study in the journal Nature Neuroscience has uncovered

SSS 2010-12-20

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Sticks and stones may break some bonesunless you're a young female chimp. In that case, you're more likely to cradle your stick like a dollie. That findi

SSS 2010-01-29

Organisms evolved sexual reproduction so they could stay one step ahead of parasites. Or so the theory goes. But what about beasties that make babies without sex? How do they escape infection? A study in the journal Science suggests that for bdelloid

SSS 2010-09-30

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Karen Hopkin. This will take a minute. If Alice is smart, and Bobs even smarter, working together they would A) be twice as smart, B) be half as smart or C) form a task force and get nothing done. Ac

SSS 2010-04-19

This is Scientific American's Sixty-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got the minute? Scientists have finally verified something that Jersey Shore stars Snooki and Pauly D have probably known all alongthat getting your bronze on at the tann

SSS 2010-03-31

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. Thisll just take a minute. You might expect young women scientists to make less than older men. But veteran female life science researchers, even in very advanced positions, still ma

SSS 2010-12-30

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Over the years regulations have developed to limit the hours of hospital interns and residents, because someone putting in a 100-hour workweek might not be at their best w

SSS 2010-12-29

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Beauty is only skin deep. And the beauty of shiny white teeth is even less deep. Because a new study shows that fluoride forms a thinner protective shiel