This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? Since so many species in a food web are interconnected, the demise of a one can mean extinction for several others that depend on it for food. Thanks to things like...
Transcript This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber . This will just take a minute. Some peppers have a mild, fresh flavor. But others burn your lips and leave a lingering, numbing kick. If you enjoy that tingling thrill, y...
Transcript This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer . Got a minute? Apparently all of the gyms in the suburbs can't compensate for a good old walk. At least that's the story told by a report in the September issue of the...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Ever been woken up by the sound of the refrigerator compressor kicking on? Well, such clumsy heat exchange units featuring long metal coils may be on their way out. Becaus...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky, got a minute? Neandertals were our closest relatives. And now we know a lot more about them. Because researchers have for the first time sequenced a complete Neandertal genomethat of...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Cynthia Graber. Thisll just take a minute. Clues about modern-day tuberculosis could be found in some 6,000 year old bones. Israeli, Palestinian and German scientists have teamed up to investigate th...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Some good news for, and about, primates. Scientists now think there are a lot more gorillas out there than they used to think. A new Wildlife Conservation Society census...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? If you're ever worried that you've had one too many drinks after a night of bar-hopping, you might want to ask yourself: Are my ears ringing? Because it turns out th...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Solar panels typically convert sunlight into electricity or heat. But photosynthetic vegetation converts sunlight into chemical energy. Now M.I.T.s Dan...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Tricky cyclists in the Tour de France sometimes cheat by upping their red blood cell count for those tough stretches through the Alps. But researchers at Calif...
