This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Its a plotline worthy of an action filmgalaxies, violently torn apart, smashing into one another, leaving remnants of themselves behind billions of years...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Those of you following the World Cup know that at this stage there can be no more draws. Ties are broken during overtime play, or in a penalty kick shootou...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Even if you have a light hand with the salt shaker, you probably get lots of sodium in processed or restaurant meals. But sodium can contribute to high...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute？ The North American and Pacific plates meet in California at the San Andreas fault. The plates grind past each other there at as much as an inch-and-a-half a ye...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Crohns disease is a real pain in the gut. This inflammatory disorder can lead to some serious intestinal difficulties. And heredity is partly to blame: som...
Each of us harbors a unique collection of bacteria, on our outsides and our insides. Now, scientists are finding that the bacteria you get at birth may depend on how you got here. Because babies born vaginally have a different set of microbes than th...
Have you been having some trouble getting some digits lately when you ask a girl out? Maybe you should check what music is playing. Thats what French psychologists found. They published their research in the journal Psychology of Music. First the res...
You know saving the rainforest is good for biodiversity. But it may also be a boon to human health. That's because less clear-cutting may mean less malaria, according to a paper out this week in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Researchers l...
Thats a shout World Cup enthusiasts dont hear too frequently. Soccers known for low-scoring games, which makes it difficult to find an objective means of measuring the skill of top players. In a given game, a couple might nail a goal or have an assis...
Which of these guys would you guess is stronger? Him? One of us is in deep trouble. Or him? Im having a party, and youre invited! If you chose Arnold over Pee Wee, its not just because youre an astute student of popular culture. A new study shows tha...
When astronaut Alan Shepard took his first swing at a golf ball on the moon, he hit more dirt than ball. The dust he kicked up reinforced the idea that the moon is one big sand trap. But looks can be deceiving. Now, scientists reanalyzing lunar sampl...
Its probably happened to you: a friend says, I know this place like the back of my hand, and then proceeds to get you hopelessly lost. Well, it could be that they really did know it like the back of their hand. Because researchers have found that peo...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? With the World Cup soccer tournament underway in South Africa, a couple of things for the science-interested audience to watch for. First, the games will feature a new...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. I once took part in a vodka tasting contest, in which participants tried to tell an expensive brand from a cheap one. I dont recall the exact outcome, f...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Bubbles. Big ones entertain children and tiny ones tickle champagne aficionados. Even witches appreciate what they bring to a boiling cauldron. If you,...
