This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin, this'll just take a minute. Next time you are shoveling snow off your walk, don't blame the weatherman, blame bacteria. Because an international team of scientists has found that micr...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. The history of science is inextricably linked to the Galapagos and its influence on Darwin. In 2001, an oil tanker hit a reef in the Galapagos Islands an...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? Earlier this month, NASA announced that an MIT Physics professor will lead a team of scientists on a new mission. The objective: build a giant radio telescope on the...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Being a big fish in a small pond is more likely to get you noticed. Thats good news if you are, say, the best pitcher in your little league division, but...
Transcript This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber.This will just take a minute. Physicists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have been able to send information ahead of particle beams racing at nearly the speed of li...
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....
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm steve mirsky, got a minute? When you google yourself, who do you find? That question was raised by Clive Thompson. Speaking Tuesday at science Journalism symposium in Cambridge, M. Thompson is a sc...
This is Scientific American's 60 Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky, got a minute? The Meridiana Planum region of Mars once had water that was really soft and highly acidic, conditions in incredibly hostile to any life forms that we know about. So any...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Merskey. Got a minute? Some strong comments from John Holdren, director of the science technology and public policy program in Harvards JFK school of government. Saturday, the annual meeting...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. got a minute? Earth-like planets have the potential to form around manyand perhaps mostof the nearest stars that are like our sun. Michael Meyer of the University of Arizona announced t...
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...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science .I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. It's Valentine's Day, even for barnacles which are stuck to rocks. But evolution has endowed these stationary creatures with some curious abilities accor...
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...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Adam Hintertheur, got a minute? These days it seems no one's job is safe from computerized replacements, now it is time to add coffee experts to that list. Scientists at the Nestl Research Center...
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...
