This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Lucy Huang. It's peak cold and flu season, which means taking a lot of preventative measures. Frequent hand-washing is a must. As is avoiding co-workers or friends who are sick. But we humans are not...
This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Birds in Europe have the same problem as residents of cities like New York and L.A.: a housing crisis. Not enough nest space to go around. For a species called pied flycatcher...
This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. Monogamy. What makes one species p?air off, while members of a closely related species play the field? The answer may lie in their genes. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austi...
This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Lucy Huang. Have you ever left the theaters after watching a Batman or Superman movie feeling like you wanted to be a better person? If so, you're not alone. Research finds that superheroes may be mo...
This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Your genome is sort of like a library with each gene an instruction manual for making proteins. Bad news is, you can't return a book and take out a new edition. But the techni...
隐形杀手搭本地植物幼苗的便车 This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. When wildfires rip through a landscape, firefighters have the first and most immediate job. But then, that burned moonscape often pa...
This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Facebook is currently worth some $400 billion dollars to its shareholders. Which might seem like a lot. But a recent study suggests the company is worth many times more than t...
Hi, I'm Scientific American podcast editor Steve Mirsky. And here's a short piece from the December 2018 issue of the magazine, in the section called Advances: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Science, Technology and Medicine. The article is titled Q...
This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Given much thought to the afterlife of your Christmas tree? Your city might recycle it into compost or mulch. Or it might rot in a landfill, releasing methane, a potent greenh...
This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. We all know that stuffing our faces with sweet treats is not good for us. In part because it's bad for the health-promoting bacteria that inhabit our intestines. Now, researchers have f...