SSS 2012-04-23

This is Scientific American 60 Second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick, go a minute? Its tough to pick a familiar face out of a crowdbut focusing on a known voice in a noisy room is easy. And a new study scanned volunteers brains to look at how we solve

SSS 2012-06-28

For many people summer equals tomatoes. Thats when folks can get their hands on gorgeous heirloom and traditional varieties, full of tomatoey flavor. Such tomatoes provide a stark contrast to year-round supermarket ones, famous for tasting like, well

SSS 2012-06-27

Every time you inhale, oxygen passes from your windpipe to your lungs and on into your bloodstream. But what if your windpipe was blocked? Getting the gas straight to your blood could save your life. Wait, put down that syringea large air bubble in a

SSS 2012-06-25

Remember those educational cassettes that youd supposedly learn from overnight? Well, scientific evidence says they're bunkunless you listen to them while youre up during the night, that is. But if youre actually sleeping and you play something that

SSS 2012-06-22

To make a big impression, youve got to grin and bare ityour array of teeth, that is. Because people gazing at a crowd find it easier to spot someone with a toothy facial expression, whether its a happy smile or an angry snarl, than someone with a tig

SSS 2012-06-21

This is Scientific American, 60-second science. I'm Evelyn Lamb. Got a minute? That is Generation Zero of DarwinTunes. It is a website researchers are using to study how listener preferences affect the evolution of music. A new study claims that the

SSS 2012-04-27

This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick, got a minute? Does your puppy turn his nose up at his own chowbecause he wants some of whatever it is that youre having? A new study finds that, when it comes to food, dogs recogniz

SSS 2012-03-27

This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick, got a minute? Stuck on a tricky math problem? Start clapping. Grade school kids who learned about fractions through a rhythm-and-music-based curriculum outperformed their peers in t

SSS 2012-03-23

This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick, Got a minute~ Opera and classical music can relax you and maybe your immune system, if results with mice extend to us. Because mice that got heart transplants and who listened to op

SSS 2012-08-23

One day the banana is perfect- bright yellow, firm, flavourful. But even within the same day, brown spots can appear on your perfectly ripe banana. Its flesh turns mushy and it's destined for the compost or at best banana bread. But scientists are de

SSS 2012-08-21

This is scientific American sixty seconds science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Worldwide, we know of enough uranium to power today's nuclear reactors for another hundred years according to the nuclear energy agency. But scientists say t

SSS 2012-08-08

Olympic athletes submit their bodies to grueling training. And then they soar around the world to meet the competition. American east coast athletes traveled five time zones to get to London. West coast athletes leapt over eight. And increased the od

SSS 2012-08-06

This is Scientific American sixty seconds space, I'm John Matson, got minute? Touchdown confirmed. We are safe on Mars. Time to see where our Curiosity will take us. The control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory late in the evening of August 5

SSS 2012-08-03

Humans prefer to associate with other humans who share their subculture. That's why there are needing* clubs and fantacy football leagues. And it turns out that dolpins also form cliques. Researchers found that dolphins known as spongers spend most o

SSS 2012-07-19

Mycology generation causes visual distortion and even complete loss of sight. When the wife of chemistry Nobel l Walter Cone was diagnosed with mycology distortion, he wanted to do something. I spoke with him at the recent L Nobel L meeting in German

SSS 2012-07-18

Meetings, calls, kids, dogs, earrings, exercise and all those emails. Who doesn't feel start out for time these days. But a new study suggested that you can feel like you have more times by donating some to others. The research is in the journal Psyc

SSS 2012-04-02

The dengue virus depends on mosquitoes to get around, but the virus may have evolved a way to speed its spread by manipulating the behavior of masquito hosts. It makes them more blood thirsty, to quicker find a blood meal than their uninfected counte

SSS 2012-04-05

Concentrating in class gets two thumbs up. Which has the benefit of keeping those thumbs off the smartphone. A new study finds that texting in class distracts students. And that effective learners, who earn higher grades, text less during class. The

SSS 2012-06-15

Plants that use animals to disperse their seeds can find themselves in a pickle. Their need to make fruit tasty enough to entice the local fauna, but they also need to make sure that their animal assistants don't digest the very seeds they are meant

SSS 2012-06-18

Deer tick and Lime disease go hand in hand in some places but you can't always put blame on Bambi. Because new research shows the incidence of Lime disease tracks less with the abundance of deer than those with disappearance of foxes. The study is in