This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. They're furry, fat and hibernate all winter. Not bears bumblebees. Specifically the queens, which e?merge from hibernation in the spring to establish new colonies a bit of a...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. One of the ugliest sights in Great Britain is a small power station outside Plymouth, England, its electrical lines and towers surrounded by a drab-colored fence. I know thi...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Steve Mirsky. Clearly, technology is helping us research the brain, but how is the brain responding to technology? NYU neuroscientist Alexandra Ochoa Cohen. There's been a lot of mostly negative hy...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Bob Hirshon. If you're a skunk, or fox, or very strange person, and you poke your nose under a rock in the desert Southwest, looking for something to eat, you might be surprised to see dozens of br...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Jim Daley. (Audio of magnetosphere) That strange sound? It's Earth's magnetospherethe magnetic field created by the movement of the iron core deep within the planet. The magnetosphere is a shield,...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. (birthday singing clip) Ever noticed how when a big group sings Happy Birthday, the beginning is a jumbled mess, with everyone singing a slightly different pitch? But then,...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. A pound of chicken will s?et you back a couple bucks. Ground beef, maybe three to four dollars a pound. But a pound of protein-rich dried mealworms could cost twice as much....
摧毁冲向地球的小行星比想象中更难 This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. In the movie Armageddon, an asteroid the size of Texas is hurtling towards Earth. All seems lost, but then Bruce Willis sacr...
This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. Few things are more satisfying than sleeping late on weekends. But though the extra z's may improve your mood, they do not appear to improve your health. Because a new study shows that...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. It sounds like a witches' recipe: gather the hearts of a fence lizard; a little brown bat; a naked-tailed armadillo; and dozens of others. So initially we tried to get them...