SSS 2008-06-26

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Christopher Intagliata.Got a minute? Ten years ago, MySpace did not exist,neither did Facebook. Just one site called 6 Degrees.com dominated the online social networking market. But soon, a bunch

SSS 2011-01-27

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Generations of American children have been told, Eat your broccoli! And for decades, researchers have known that broccoli and related vegetables like cauliflower and water

SSS 2011-05-30

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Do you come from a country that has, let's say, a history of environmental disasters or conquests? Then your culture is probably tightit has strong soc

SSS 2011-06-21

This is Scientific American sixty seconds science. I am cythina Graber. This will just take a minute. You are lying in a hammock by a breezy shore. The hammock rocks softly back and forth.in no time. It turns out that not just the relaxation of being

SSS 2011-08-26

This is Scientific Americans 60-SecondScience, Im Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Historians have speculated for years thatglobal environmental changes caused some ancient wars to erupt, or evensocieties to collapse. Such connections may still

SSS 2012-01-23

Lots of studies suggested limited quantities of alcohol, like one drink a day can benefit your cardiovascular helth. But for the tiny worm C. elegans, dilute b is a valuable f of ease. It actually doubles their lifespan, according to a study in the j

SSS 2012-02-24

This is Scientific American 60 second science, I am Amy Kraft, Got a minute? Newly licensed drivers who make sharp turns and come to sudden screeching stops are nerve-wracking. And now theres evidence to confirm that erratic driving by teens predicts

SSS 2012-03-22

A quarter of all police shootings involve unarmed suspects. In a few recent cases, officers mistook cell phones and hairbrushes for guns, and shot and killed the victims. Now a study may explainin partthese errors. Researchers found that when a perso

SSS 2012-07-25

This is Scientific American's 60 seconds science. I'm Ian Chant. Got a minute Secret identities aren't just for superheros anymore. Researchers have found that protein present in everything from amoebas to people is living the double life. Once it bi

SSS 2010-03-23

Ever get a sour stomach after your morning coffee? Well, you might end up switching to a dark roastbecause that coffee concoction may leave you with a happier tummy. That's according to the research presented at the American Chemical Society meeting

SSS 2009-11-27

It really is rocket scienceresearchers are using huge x-ray scanners from NASA to understand how sonar might be affecting the hearing of large ocean mammals. These scanners are usually used to inspect the space shuttles solid fuel rockets. Navy sonar

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Study of Women's Health Proves a Headache for Doctors, PatientsBy Caty Weaver Broadcast: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Low-Fat Diets Alone Do Not Reduce Health RisksBy Dana Demange, Brianna Blake, Lawan Davis and Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIE

Designer Antibiotics

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Ginger may diminish risk of colon cancer

BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study finds that ginger may decrease the risk of colon cancer through diminishing the inflammation in the gut, according to media reports Thursday. Prior researches have found that chronicle inflammation in the g

SCIENCE REPORT - New Cold Drug

SCIENCE REPORT - January 2, 2002: New Cold Drug By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Science Report. American researchers say they have developed the first drug that can effectively trea

SSS 2008-09-05

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Open a newspaper any day of the week and youre likely to read about a promising new treatment for one disease or another. But according to a study publis

SSS 2008-08-05

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Some good news for, and about, primates. Scientists now think there are a lot more gorillas out there than they used to think. A new Wildlife Conservation Society census

SSS 2008-01-18

This is Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Gonna watch the NFL Conference Championship games on Sunday? Youll see evidence for a new finding: aggression is rewarding. In what scientists from Vanderbilt University

SSS 2009-11-10

What you eat affects more than physical health. Two new studies have added to the growing evidence linking the stomach and the brain. In a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers studied how junk food can trigger ad