SSS 2011-09-28

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Amy Kraft. Got a minute? Out of control drivers aren't the only thing city cyclists have to worry about. New research suggests that cyclists are at increased risk of lung damage because of soot. A

SSS 2011-09-30

This is Scientific Americans 60-second science, Im Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute? To vocalize, animals create sound waves in the pipeline vocal checks. Shorter pipes produce higher frequency sounds, so smallest animals like the cuddly koala should ha

SSS 2011-08-22

Most large animals have to chew food extensively and form it into a mushy ball that's easy to swallow. Cooking makes a huge differenceit softens the food and dramatically reduces eating time. Researchers calculated that if we lived like our non-cooki

SSS 2011-08-23

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? To be honest with you, I didnt feel a thing. But many other Scientific American staffers felt the shaking a few minutes before 2 P.M. Eastern time. After checking Twitter

SSS 2011-08-24

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Rivers today have high muddy banks, sandbars and bends. But they didnt always look that way because it wasnt until the evolution of tree-like plants, some 330 mi

SSS 2011-08-25

This is Scientific Americans 60-SecondScience. Im John Matson, got a minute? Say you need a diamond. You could go downto the jeweler, or you could put some carbon deep underground and let it sitfor a couple billion years. Or you could hop in a starsh

SSS 2011-08-26

This is Scientific Americans 60-SecondScience, Im Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Historians have speculated for years thatglobal environmental changes caused some ancient wars to erupt, or evensocieties to collapse. Such connections may still

SSS 2011-08-30

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Smart phones can provide music, movie times, bus schedules. They can even make phone calls! And now, they might help cut down fuel use while driving. T

SSS 2011-11-21

Male nursery web spiders often woo potential lady-friends with gifts wrapped in silk. Mating may ensue, during which a female unspools the present, expecting to find a tasty treat. But the males can be unscrupulous. Some offerings contain inedible pl

SSS 2011-11-22

Having a high IQ may have its drawbacks: a new study finds that highly intelligent children are more likely to try illegal drugs in their teenage and adult years. The work is published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. An ongoing s

SSS 2011-11-23

Confessing to a crime usually is not enough to throw you behind bars. Many states require independent evidence to corroborate a confession. But if a suspect confesses and forensic investigators know, it can cause them to favor evidence in support of

SSS 2011-11-24

Here are some Thanksgiving tips from food safety expert Ben Chapman, at North Carolina State University. First, do not wash the turkey. The water splashing off of poultry can toss bacteria around your entire food preparation area. Which is how Aunt S

SSS 2011-11-25

Here is some thanksgiving tips food and safety expert Ben Chatman in North Carolina State University. First, do not wash the turkey, which***. The water splashing off a portroy can toss bacteria around your entire food preparation area. Two, s** is t

SSS 2011-11-28

This is Scientific American, 60-second science. I'm Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute? How many Michael Jackson songs do you think became Number one hits? How tall do you think the Eiffel Tower is? How good is your posture? Believe it or not, how you sit

SSS 2011-11-29

The key to a happymarriage and a happy life in retirement, according to recent study, one answeris sex. Researchers m a national data set called 2004 General Social Surveys. Theyanalyze the responses of 238 married seniors, 65 in older, about happine

SSS 2011-08-29

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Many scientists draw their concepts.For example, if we look at the work of somebody like Maxwell or Faradywe know they drew as part of their inventing

SSS 2011-10-19

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? How do you know the moon is not made of green cheese? Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll at the ScienceWriters2011 conference in Flagstaff on October 17th. Well, we know

SSS 2011-10-20

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? We produce nine billion food animals in the United States every year. And most of these animals are fed antibiotics throughout their life. And it's the single greatest u

SSS 2011-10-21

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The human genome was sequenced, and in the process of moving that forward the technology that was developed was incredible. And because of their efforts in human genome,

SSS 2011-10-24

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? With the loss of these one, two, maybe 10 million bat individuals in these populations, what are the implications? Bats in the U.S. are being plagued by a fungal conditi