SSS 2008-02-22

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin, this'll just take a minute. On February 8th, we told you about scientists who had created a device worn over the knees that could harvest the energy you otherwise waste while walking.

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SSS 2010-02-22

Lost in the coverage of the so-called climategate email controversy is a key point about the IPCCs track record of climate change estimates. James McCarthy is on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment.

SSS 2009-02-18

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? Future cosmologists will get the universe all wrong, said Arizona States Lawrence Krauss at the AAAS Meeting on February 16th: All of the pillars of the big bang will

SSS 2008-09-02

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. this will just take a minute. Weve all heard of the fight to combat malaria in mostly poor, tropical countries. But a whole host of other tropical diseases exist that leave their vi

SSS 2008-02-06

This is Scientific Americans' 60-second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. When you have an itch nothing feels better than a good scratch. Now scientists from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center think they know why. Th

SSS 2008-02-15

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? On February 14th, the Union of Concerned Scientists issued a call for the protection of federal scientists. The UCS press conference took place in space made available by

SSS 2009-09-02

Music is known to make us happy, or calm, or sad. But do other animals respond to dulcet tones, as well? In studies, our primate cousins prefer silence to our music. But maybe we were playing the wrong tune. Psychologist Charles Snowdon and musician

SSS 2009-11-02

The 12 million Americans with sleep apnea stop breathing for short periods during the night, sometimes hundreds of times. Now a new study finds that a good motivator for some apnea sufferers to get treatment could be improved athletic performance. Be

SSS 2010-11-02

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Toss a piece of leaf onto a spider web. The spider is indifferent. Because leaves don't squirm like captured flies. But Australia's assassin bug turns the tabl

SSS 2009-02-06

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Its good to be the Queen. You get fed and cared for and generally treated like royalty. But if youre a blue butterfly caterpillar, you can get the same b

SSS 2010-08-02

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will take just a minute. As many of us broil in August heat, the Mars Rover Spirit is hunkered down to survive a far more brutal seasona Martian winter. Spirits been on Mars sinc

SSS 2010-07-02

Sometimes it seems theres only so much we can learn about dinosaurs. We cant know what their coloration looked like, we cant watch them interact with each other. We can only extrapolate from their remains. But now scientists say we can discern a hint

SSS 2010-09-02

We all know that elephants arent really scared of mice. But a new study shows that theyre really not crazy about something even smaller: ants. In fact, elephants dislike ants so much that they avoid acacia trees that harbor the tiny, six-legged necta

SSS 2010-04-02

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? A direct effect on human health related to climate change is the likely increase in infectious diseases transmitted by insects or through contaminated water. In the Marc

SSS 2010-02-05

As we look forward to Sundays Super Bowl Game, we might still think back on the shocking mistakes made during the playoffs, especially so, if your team was the one that made some of the critical errors. Consider the last play of the NFC championship

SSS 2010-02-08

At one time or other, someone has probably told you its written all over your face. Thats because your emotions can influence your expressions. Well, a study in the journal Psychological Science suggests that the reverse is also true: that the look o

SSS 2010-02-11

Snowpocalypse. Snowmageddon. Whatever your preferred appellation, this week's winter storms brought misery to denizens of the U.S. East Coast and prompted some at least to question the scientific theory of climate change. After all, shouldn't global

SSS 2010-02-12

Its good to keep on your toes. Metaphorically, that is. Not when youre actually out for a stroll. Because a new study suggests that it takes nearly twice as much energy to walk on your toes than it does to land on your heel. Humans are among a small

SSS 2010-02-15

Imagine a world where sunlight can be captured to produce electricity anywhere, on any surface. The makers of thin-film flexible solar cells imagine that world too. But a big problem has been the amount of silicon needed to harvest a little sunshine.