This is scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin, this'll just take a minute. If theres anything better than a fresh, ripe, tomato, its a gigantic fresh, ripe tomato. And thanks to a couple of mutations, thats exactly what we all enj...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. If youve ever wanted to explore the universe, your dream is now as close as your keyboard. Because last week, Microsoft unveiled its online WorldWide T...
This is Scientific American 60-Second Science, Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Heres one space mission that is definitely going to be unmannedNASA is going to the sun. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is buildi...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science,I am Karen Hopkin.This'll just take a minute. If youre a fan of bad movies, and even if youre not, you might remember the summer thriller Snakes on a Plane. In it, gangsters attempt to take down a plane...
This is Scientific American's 60 Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin, this'll just take a minute. With gas prices at an all-time high, and expected to climb higher, seems people are keenly aware of what it costs to drive from here to there. But a study...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Robin Williams thought that the platypus was cobbled together by an inebriated deity: Lets take a beaver. Lets put on a ducks bill. Now we know how weird the platypus is...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. Olive oil producers generally guess the best time to harvest their olives by checking the fruits color. The olive has to hit that perfect spot where they...
This is scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Would America be a better place if more people with science training held elective office? One organization that thinks so is Scientists and Engineers for America, or SEA....
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. It sounds like something out of a bad science fiction novel. During World War II, a fungus called Tricoderma reesei ate its way through US military unifo...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science,I am Steve Mirsky.Got a minute? Its accepted that a large meteor impact 65 million years ago was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. Which opened up niches for birds and mammals. But l...
