This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Have you ever turned off your lights and heard [mosquito buzz]? To you its a sound that signals bites in the night. But to a male mosquito its a love son...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Aspirin is a popular painkiller, and chances are you have some in your medicine chest right now. You might even have some in your flesh-and-blood, put-a-...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? Man-made light sources can really throw animals for a loop. Moths can't tear themselves away from lightbulbs, and newly hatched sea turtles often shun moonlit ocean...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. If we want to learn more about our planet and other planets in the universe, we can get some help from stars that are long dead and gone. Thats what U....
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? We residents of the Milky Way should have a little extra skip in our step today. Turns out our home galaxy is much bigger and moving a lot faster than we previously th...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Mosquitoes carry nasty diseasesdengue fever, west nile, malaria. But the microbes that cause those diseases dont attach themselves to the mosquitoes an...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute Happy New Year! And dont feel bad about taking today off. After all, youve traveled far. And Im not talking about the trip home from the party last night. According to N...
