This is Scientific America's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. Thisll just take a minute. Research on acupuncture just got a shot in the arm. Well, a needle near the knee, actually. Because a study in the journal Nature Neuroscience has uncovered...
This is Scientific America's Sixty-Second-Science. I am Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Some interesting electrical activity in the clouds of ash drifting around Europe as a result of that Icelandic volcano. Models predicted that electrical charge should...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? A strain of mutant mice groom compulsively till they seriously injure themselves. The condition is considered a good animal model for OCD, and its similar to the human d...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. What do a carnivorous sponge, a lobular yam and a flat-faced psychedelic frogfish all have in common? They're among the Top 10 Species first described in 2...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. Its often said we know more about the moon than we do about the depths of the ocean. There is a lot we dont know about the H2O that covers much of the pl...
This is Scientific Americans Sixty-Second-Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. Social networking is all the rage. Seems the more people we know, the better we feel. But that drive for being connected may enrich more than our social...
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...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Why do some chords sound sweet but others make you wince? Well it appears our earsor at least the ears of 250 Minnesota undergradsprefer chords containing harm...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. Want to feed a hungry world? According to David Gracer, add bugs to the menu. Gracer is, he says, a normal guy whos also an entomophagist, an advocate fo...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Could the eradication of smallpox have been a factor in the spread of HIV? Thats the question posed by researchers in the journal BMC Immunology, who think that the vacc...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. How do baby coral find a new home in the open ocean? They listenvery closelyfor reef sounds. Scientists at the University of Bristol in England had alrea...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. Thisll just take a minute. Bisphenol A. Also called BPA, it's used to make shatter-proof plastic known as polycarbonate, found in everything from water bottles to medical devices to...
Twelve men have walked on the moon. And now you can, too. Virtually, that is. Because planetary researchers are enlisting everyday citizens in scientific exploration of the surface of the moon. At the Web site moonzoo.org, you can check out new high-...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute? We know someone is in pain just by looking at their face. Winced eyes, grimacing smile. I mean we recognize it immediately. But can we see pain in non-human faces?...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. The Patriot Act and the Bioterrorism Preparedness Act were passed in 2001 and 2002. These laws in part cover research on pathogens and toxins thought to...
