This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. In 2005 two scientists won a Nobel Prize for discovering that a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori causes most stomach ulcers. One of them even chugged a...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? In the insect world, bright reds, oranges and yellows can be a warning: Eat me at your own risk, pal. Because colorful bugs can be toxic, they often get their...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. On the June 30th podcast, you heard some bad singing. Clearly a lot of people think they can sing, just look at the enormous crowds that show up to auditio...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Dear diary: today I ate 3 carrot sticks while I fantasized about eating carrot cake. Alright, alright, I ate 3 pieces of carrot cake, and never once consid...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? After a bad day at the office, were more likely to flip on a nature channel than find a flower-filled meadow or sunny beach to lower our stress. But if you cant head...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Doctors prescribe Ritalin to hyperactive kids to calm them down and increase their attention span. And college kids have taken to using Ritalin to concentrate...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. Whales and dolphins were molded by evolution to glide through water. Weve been trying to create streamlined designs ourselves for structures such as win...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. Youve probably heard of the whole six degrees of separation thing. It predicts that, on average, youre no more than six links away from any other person o...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. It took 13 years and countless hours of research to unravel the human genome. Now neuroscientists want to do their fields version. A small group of rese...
This is Scientific American's 60-second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. Methane is a greenhouse gas that traps heat even better than carbon dioxide. It comes from a variety of sources, including fossil fuel production and even...
