This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. When Harry Potter slips underneath his invisibility cloak, he can wander freely undetected, but what about a cloak of silence, one that completely deaden...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. You've landed a small role in a low-budget horror movie.To get ready,you need to practice your reaction shot, you know, that look you will get when your bo...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. If evolution weeds out detrimental traits, why do some seem to stick around? Well what's bad in our current environment may have been good in the conditi...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. With temperatures approaching 100 degrees in the eastern U.S. this week, its amazing that the leaves on the trees dont simply burst into flames. Maybe one...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? At a crowded party, seems like you will be hard to hear the person you are talking to over all the clinking glasses, the chatter, the laughter but somehow your...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. It might look and even feel like paper, but a new material created by scientists at MIT is designed to be an oil spill super-absorber. This technology d...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. You should talk about your feelings. Do you want to talk about it? We need to talk.Whether its the aftermath of a failed relationship or the horrors of a...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. For women who are rather well-endowed, working out can sometimes be, well, a bit of a pain. Finding a good sports bra is key, now new research on breast...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. Biologists, traditionally track migrations by tagging animals with devices that allow their movements to be monitored. But Homo sapiens can't be fitted wi...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber.This'll just take a minute. On earth, snow crystals as we all know, form from frozen water. But scientists believe there're also flakes that fall on Mercury, and they're made of iro...