SSS 2011-04-01

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. They say you should take the bitter with the sweet. But if you're not a big fan of bitter, chemists have just the loophole for you. Oh, you'll still have

SSS 2011-04-05

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? A rolling stone gathers no moss. But a salamander embryo can attract algae inside its tissues and cells. This intimate co-habitationthe first ever seen between algae and a

SSS 2011-04-06

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Solar cells convert sunlight to electricity. But they don't take advantage of all that solar heat, thereby missing out on the majority of the solar ene

SSS 2011-04-08

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. When you hear about asteroids close to the Earth, you probably have visions of collisions and extinctions and a post apocalyptic future or of brave space c

SSS 2011-04-11

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Landfills produce methanewhich can be valuable as an energy source. But scientists haven't known why landfills make so much methane. The solid waste in

SSS 2011-04-13

[fly]This is Scientific Americans: 60-Second Science, I'm Steve Mirsky. Go a minute? Only ten percent of people die from primary tumors, the real problem is when it spreads around the body, the problem of metastasis. Arizona state University's Paul D

SSS 2011-04-12

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? One of the things that amazed me was when we brought business people back to say, What dont we teach you in school, these were physicists who became business people. We di

SSS 2011-04-14

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Only 10 percent of people die from primary tumors. The real problem is when it spreads around the body. The problem of metastases. Arizona State Universitys Paul Davies, s

SSS 2011-04-15

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? When your stomach's empty, it pumps out the hormone ghrelin, to whet your appetite and get your juices flowing. But ghrelin doesn't just make you crave a bite.

SSS 2011-04-18

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Grabera. This will just take a minute. Keeping the brain active and engaged appears to combat the cognitive decline associated with getting older. Now a study has found a new, but related,

SSS 2011-04-19

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Believe it or not, George isnt at home, please leave a message at the beep. So what happens when you cant get George? Some viewers have a tough time. Get out. No, its true

SSS 2011-04-21

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. When it comes to handedness, righties rule. And according to a new study, they have for a long time, because even half a million years ago, nine out of 10

SSS 2011-04-22

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Most plants capture sunlight. And the results are usually green. Because in photosynthesis, plant chlorophyll uses wavelengths of blue and our sun's ab

SSS 2011-04-25

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Take a fire antdon't forget your gloves. Toss it in water, and it'll eventually drown. But throw a group of fire ants into the water, come back the nex

SSS 2011-04-27

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Cities have a lot to offer: theater, music, restaurants, birds. Yes, birds. But city birds are not like other birds. Because big cities are inhabited by

SSS 2011-04-28

Cities have a lot to offer, theater, music, restaurants, birds...Yes, birds. But city birds are not other birds, because big cities inhabited by birds with big brains, that's according to a study in the Journal Biology Letters. It can take smarts to

SSS 2011-04-29

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. It can be tough to keep up with dietary trends. Like eating eggs: good for you or bad? But one thing is certain. Taking a multivitamin is a healthy choic

SSS 2011-04-20

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Are your car bumpers riddled with scars from encounters with tight parking spaces? Did the furniture movers scratch your floor? Wouldn't it be great if t