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This is scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Predicting a hurricanes strength and speed is crucial in order to save property and lives. Right now, the only way to get accurate information is to fly
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer, Got a minute? Hillary is undecided; Obama and McCain both passed. But the scientific community is committed to staging a candidates debate about science and technology. They want
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science .I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. It's Valentine's Day, even for barnacles which are stuck to rocks. But evolution has endowed these stationary creatures with some curious abilities accor
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? The new Yankee Stadium has opened in the Bronx. I went to a game Saturday, and its a much friendlier place for anyone trying to eat healthfully and maintain some envir
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? At Antarcticas Blood Falls, the ice is stained red by ancient, iron-rich water pouring out of subglacial lakes formed millions of years ago. The cascading water is e
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. It's April 15th. Like many people around the country, you might be feeling your blood pressure rise as you deal with everyone's favorite activityfiling
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute? If youve spoken to anyone in New York City, where Scientific Americans offices are, then youve heard about the rain, every day since mid-June. Still, were not in t
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. For folks whove engaged in the strange ritual of speed dating, finding that special someone is like winning a romantic game of musical chairs. Now scient
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. 'Tis the season when many of us go on a seafood diet: we see food and we eat it. But if you want to avoid packing on the pounds, a new study suggests tha
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Whaddya get when you cross a planet with a comet? Well, HD 209458b looks like a candidate. Its a gas giant planet also called Osiris, and its orbiting so close to its st
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Quality truffles can sell for more than a $1000 a pound. Theyre also valuable in environmental research, work thats discussed in an article called The Hidden Life of Tru
This is Scientific American's Sixty-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got the minute? A couple million years ago, mammoths migrated north from Africa to colonize Eurasia. Sometime around then a massive ice age kicked inand it was stay warm
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. I once took part in a vodka tasting contest, in which participants tried to tell an expensive brand from a cheap one. I dont recall the exact outcome, f
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Believe it or not, violence has been in decline for long stretches of time. And today we are probably living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence. Harvard
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Amy Kraft. Got a minute? Over the course of this campaign... A lot of people watch political debates on TV. Which means great opportunities for advertisers. But an ad for an island getaway or exoti
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to Daniel Schechtman of the TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology in Haifa. Schechtman discovered what are called quasicrystals.
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Saul Perlmutter at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Brian Schmidt at the Australian National Lab and Adam Reiss at Johns Hopki
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
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? One way advertisers convince us to buy something is to remind us that weve enjoyed their product before. But unfortunately, we can have fond memories of a produc
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