SSS 2008-02-11

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin, this'll just take a minute. For years, advocates have touted the use of biofuels as a clean burning alternative to gasoline, now a pair of studies published in the Feb 8 issue of Sci

SSS 2008-04-02

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Somewhere along the line you've probably heard that you should drink eight glasses of water a day. Its supposed to make your skin supple, keep your organ

SSS 2008-03-07

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirskey, Got a minute? Here is another reason to stop global warming to keep the Burmese pythons in Florida. Burmese pythons have been turning up in south Florida in recent years. Perhaps you

SSS 2008-02-13

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. Seems like every other week brings news that global warming is gonna be bad for some poor animal or other. But plants? Well, I guess I was thinking that p

SSS 2009-03-04

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Over the past 50 years more and more women have entered the work force. And theyre increasingly taking on jobs that have traditionally gone to men. Now

SSS 2009-03-03

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. We like to think were pretty sophisticated when it comes to voting for politicians. Oh, sure, weve all heard that the taller guy usually wins. But were

SSS 2010-11-16

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? That old saying, she died of a broken heart? It's not just poetry. Studies have shown that some people who lose a loved one may be at greater risk for a heart at

SSS 2010-11-11

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Ah, daydreaming. Is there anything more pleasant than sitting back and letting your thoughts drift? Well, yes: not letting your thoughts drift, for one.

SSS 2009-02-16

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Expectant moms can have very different ideas when it comes to where they plan to have their babies. Some women even choose to give birth in a warm tub of

SSS 2009-02-12

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? February 12th is the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. But theyre linked by something else, too. Before Darwin, natural philosophers held to a poin

SSS 2010-07-07

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. When it comes to elections, sometimes we vote with our heads and sometimes with our hearts. But scientists at Stanford say we might also be voting with our

SSS 2010-04-12

Here in New York, the pending state budget includes one provision thats probably making more news than the rest of the budgets contents combined: a tax on non-diet soda and other high-calorie drinks. If the budget is passed by the legislature, sugary

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 2011-08-18

This is Scientific Americans 60-SecondScience. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The traveling salesman problem is afavorite math conundrum: if a salesman has to visit a bunch of cities, how doyou get him to all of them once via the shortest possible ro

SSS 2011-08-12

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Sophie Bushwick. Got a Minute? What's the best way to find out if an unknown mixture contains a specific substance, like an environmental contaminant? You could use an expensive, bulky gas chromatogr

SSS 2011-07-13

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? You could think of it as the real dancing with the stars. Two white dwarf stars have been found twirling around each other to make a complete orbit in less than every 13

SSS 2011-07-11

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? You've heard of tennis elbow. Well, a friend of mine has gamekeeper's thumb. When he told me his diagnosis, it rang a bell. So I went through the Scientific American arc

SSS 2011-01-18

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Its a now-they-know-how-many-holes-it-takes-to-fill-the-Albert-Hall situation, because researchers have measured the actual blood alcohol level of fans leaving professiona

SSS 2011-03-07

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute? The National Sleep Foundation released the results of its annual sleep poll today, where they surveyed more than 1,500 people between the ages of 13 and 64. Here a

SSS 2011-04-01

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. They say you should take the bitter with the sweet. But if you're not a big fan of bitter, chemists have just the loophole for you. Oh, you'll still have