SSS 2008-01-23

This is Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mersky. Got a minute? Its the kind of thing we can look forward to more in the coming years: Personalized drug regimens based on our individual DNA. The example of this new kind of Personaliz

SSS 2008-08-25

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute? For accurate weather forecasting and climate analysis, researchers need the best models possible about how the air circulates above the earth. And a new study is challe

SSS 2008-11-20

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? The jury is still out on the relationship between cell phone use and brain tumors. But the American Association of Neurological Surgeons has issued a statement to remi

SSS 2011-09-26

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Life requires balance. We balance work and family. We eat a balanced breakfast, sometimes. And we balance our electrolytes. That salt-water synergy is no

SSS 2011-09-21

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Asbestos increases the risk for certain cancers. The fibers are thought to do so by skewering cells, setting off chemical reactions that lead to inflammation,

SSS 2010-05-21

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Well, did you see the thing about why people on cell phones are so annoying? I know, right? Because you only hear... Oohp, I gotta go. Sorry. I know that

SSS 2008-09-04

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Conditions such as mad cow disease are caused by abnormally shaped proteins, called prions. Prions spread by causing other, normal proteins to misfold

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SSS 2008-08-07

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky, got a minute? Neandertals were our closest relatives. And now we know a lot more about them. Because researchers have for the first time sequenced a complete Neandertal genomethat of

SSS 2008-05-05

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Biologists often attempt to construct a genealogy that shows the relationships of all life on earth. One well-accepted effort compares the nucleic acid sequences that cod

SSS 2008-07-01

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. Imagine tweezers so fine that you could reach right into a cell and manipulate individual molecules. MIT researchers have created such a tweezer, using

SSS 2009-04-03

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. We can get viruses from the Internet. But can we catch viruses on our cell phones? A new study in the journal Science says yes, but the spread of such ma

SSS 2010-11-08

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? One of the dreams of biomedical scientists is to be able to transform adult cells into other kinds of cells. And thus avoid some of the ethical concerns of working with

VOA标准英语2011--Power Your Laptop by Taking a Walk

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