This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? One way advertisers convince us to buy something is to remind us that we've enjoyed their product before. But unfortunately, we can have fond memories of a pro...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? One way advertisers convince us to buy something is to remind us that weve enjoyed their product before. But unfortunately, we can have fond memories of a produc...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? It's not news that tobacco's bad for your healthnearly half a million Americans die from tobacco-related illnesses every year. And among people who abuse drugs...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Albert Einstein wins again. A new study has confirmed another prediction of his theory of general relativity. The corroboration appears online in the jou...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Some things are best done after dark--setting off fireworks, telling scary stories and charging your plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, because a new study s...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Parents wring their hands over infant sleep patterns. And so when those patterns change, parents tend to panic. But if your baby is sleeping more or na...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. The tabloids love a good celebrity romance. But so do scientists. One has even used movie stars as models for understanding why people tend to marry partne...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The story is called Appointment in Samarra. A Baghdad merchant sends a servant to buy provisions. While at the market, the servant bumps into Death, who makes a threaten...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. It can be tough to keep up with dietary trends. Like eating eggs: good for you or bad? But one thing is certain. Taking a multivitamin is a healthy choic...
Cities have a lot to offer, theater, music, restaurants, birds...Yes, birds. But city birds are not other birds, because big cities inhabited by birds with big brains, that's according to a study in the Journal Biology Letters. It can take smarts to...
