SSS 2011-09-01

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Pasteurization makes food safe by heating microbes to death. But the high temperatures can destroy some nutrients too. A possible alternative? Ultrahigh

SSS 2011-09-02

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science.I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Hi. Im running. Im also telling some ofmy stem cells what to do right now. Well, I probably am, based on a new study with mice. We have what are called mesenchymal stemce

SSS 2011-09-06

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Labor Days over, and Americans fortunate enough to have jobs are getting back to work. But all work and no play might make us, well, less productive. Tha

SSS 2011-09-07

This is Scientific Americans 60-SecondScience. Im Steve Mirsky. This will just take a minute. Economics:supply and demand. Thats Father Guido Sarducci... Thats it. sharing theentirety of the economics course at his Five-Minute-University. Of course,

SSS 2011-09-08

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Thars gold in them thar hillsand we may have meteorites to thank. Because it appears that a rain of meteors nearly 4 billion years ago peppered the Earths

SSS 2011-09-13

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. The little black boxes in airplanes provide useful information after a crash has taken place. Now researchers have devised a way to use black box info

SSS 2011-09-09

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Common batteries are electrochemical cells. And they may get better thanks to living cells: the multicellular organism called brown algae. Lithium ion

SSS 2011-09-14

The little black boxes in airplanes provide useful information after a crash has taken place. Now researchers have devised a way to use black box info from planes that do not crash to help prevent accidents from ever happening. Some airlines already

SSS 2011-09-15

hwThe little black boxes in the aeroplanes provide useful information after a crash has taken place. Now researchers have devised a way to use black box info from planes that do not crash to prevent accidents from never happening. Some airlines alrea

SSS 2011-09-20

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute? When it came to surviving freezing weather, mammoths relied on more than their woolly coats: even their blood was specially adapted to let them thrive in chilly clime

SSS 2011-09-29

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. They say all roads lead to Rome. Unfortunately that ain't all that roads lead to. A new study shows that roads can promote the spread of antibiotic-resis

SSS 2011-09-21

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Asbestos increases the risk for certain cancers. The fibers are thought to do so by skewering cells, setting off chemical reactions that lead to inflammation,

SSS 2011-09-22

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Scientists can now include online gaming in their problem-solving arsenal. Because game players seem to have provided an answer to a scientific questio

SSS 2011-09-23

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm John Matson. Got a minute? Out in space, NASA's Kepler mission keeps watch on more than 150,000 stars. The telescope's job is to see if those stars dim ever so slightlybecause of the presence of an

SSS 2011-09-26

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Life requires balance. We balance work and family. We eat a balanced breakfast, sometimes. And we balance our electrolytes. That salt-water synergy is no

SSS 2011-09-27

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute? The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line, but try telling that to electrons: when current flows down a wire, these particles zig and zag, movin

SSS 2011-09-28

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Amy Kraft. Got a minute? Out of control drivers aren't the only thing city cyclists have to worry about. New research suggests that cyclists are at increased risk of lung damage because of soot. A

SSS 2011-09-30

This is Scientific Americans 60-second science, Im Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute? To vocalize, animals create sound waves in the pipeline vocal checks. Shorter pipes produce higher frequency sounds, so smallest animals like the cuddly koala should ha