This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science,I'm Christopher Intagliata,got a minute? Benny Goodman earned his title,the king of swing as a virtuoso of the clarinet,but now a computer in upstate New York has learned to rip him off.Researchers at...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Western Mexico and countries on the west coast of South America had ancient relationships, involving trade in goods and culture. Now MIT students have...
This is scientific Americans 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. Time for another episode of those amazing alligators. On March 14th, we told you how gators use their lungs to steer through the water. Now, Louisiana bi...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Bacteria are amazingly adaptable. They live in hot springs, in the dead sea and of course inside people where they can dish up some truly nasty diseases....
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber .This will just take a minute. How can we improve engines, inhalers and fire extinguishers? Maybe by copying a beetle. The bombardier beetle's name might scare off predators if they...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Somewhere along the line you've probably heard that you should drink eight glasses of water a day. Its supposed to make your skin supple, keep your organ...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber, this will just take a minute. The disease hepatitis C might provide a new tool in the fight against HIV AIDS ,say scientists at the Scripps Institute and in the Netherlands.The rese...