This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. This will just take a minute. So check this out: Hi my name is Adi Rajagopalan, I'm going on 18 in a few days, and my project was Modelling Synergistic Cellulolytic-Hemicellulol...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. This will just take a minute. Most of us know we save energy when we put our idle computers to sleep. But what about the servers that run data centers? Every cell phone call, AT...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. This will just take a minute. Ticking clock indeed. Already its time to turn clocks forward one hour this Sunday morning, March 8th. Two years ago Congress ordered Daylight Savi...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Well, that just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Its a phrase youve likely used at one time or other. And chances are you were talking about something you...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Over the past 50 years more and more women have entered the work force. And theyre increasingly taking on jobs that have traditionally gone to men. Now...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. We like to think were pretty sophisticated when it comes to voting for politicians. Oh, sure, weve all heard that the taller guy usually wins. But were...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Its like the molecular version of the Joker and the Riddler teaming up against Batman. Scientists at Yale University have discovered that amyloid beta, a...