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60-Second Science 7 hours ago
How Its Internal Clock Is Read, Knows Reindeer
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In a study in the journal Current Biology, researchers show that reindeer, and probably other Arctic animals, go without a circadian clock in an environment of weeks-long day or night. Christopher Intagliata reports
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Science Talk 23 hours ago
Where's My Fusion Reactor?
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Scientific American staff editor Michael Moyer talks about his article "Fusion's False Dawn" in the March issue, and Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina discusses the rest of the issue. Web sites related to this episode include www.sciamdigital.com; www.snipurl.com/mikefusion -
60-Second Science 3/17/10
Buck Privates Require Buck Rogers
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At the American Museum of Natural History on March 15, retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles talked about how the military came to understand during the first Iraq war the importance of spacefaring capability for everything involved in conducting its operations. Steve Mirsky reports -
60-Second Science 3/16/10
Your Microbes Give You Away
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In a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers note that we each carry a unique microbial community--and that the bacterial residue we leave could be used to make forensic identifications. Karen Hopkin reports -
60-Second Science 3/15/10
Texas Messes with History
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Long a proponent of including nonscientific creationism in the biology curriculum, the Texas State Board of Education last week further illustrated its willingness to sacrifice accuracy for ideology by excluding Thomas Jefferson from a list of influential historical figures. Steve Mirsky reports
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60-Second Psych 3/15/10
Humans Want to Share Information
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Speaking at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Tex., new media scholar Clay Shirky argues that businesses are buckling under the pressure of the digital revolution because of a subtle quirk in human nature. Christie Nicholson reports
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60-Second Earth 3/14/10
Who Is to Blame for Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
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Global trade, outsourcing and climate change prove how interconnected economic and environmental problems are. David Biello reports
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60-Second Science 3/12/10
Mine Injuries Rise Right after Daylight Saving Time
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In a study in the Journal of Applied Psychology, researchers found that the Monday after the change to daylight saving time is marked by an increase in work-related injuries. Steve Mirsky reports
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60-Second Science 3/11/10
Arranged Marriages Can Be Real Love Connection
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Speaking March 10th at the 92nd Street Y's Tribeca site in New York City, Scientific American MIND contributing editor Robert Epstein discussed how arranged marriages can surpass love matches for long-term contentment. Steve Mirsky reports
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60-Second Science 3/10/10
Message to Mosquitoes: Urine Trouble
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In a study in the American Journal of Physiology--Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, researchers report a novel method for killing disease-carrying mosquitoes: interfere with their urination. Cynthia Graber reports
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60-Second Earth 3/9/10
Seeking Transformational Energy Technologies
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Does the U.S. need an advanced research projects agency for energy? David Biello reports
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60-Second Science 3/9/10
Does Getting Fat Protect against Fat?
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In a paper in the journal Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, researchers argue that getting fat is the body's way of storing fat correctly, and that metabolic problems kick in when we get so fat that fat infiltrates organs not equipped to deal with it. Karen Hopkin reports
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60-Second Science 3/8/10
Attention Shoppers: You Underestimated Your Bill
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A study in the Journal of Marketing shows that shoppers are not good at estimating the total cost of what they have in their shopping carts. Karen Hopkin reports
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60-Second Psych 3/6/10
Happy People Talk More Seriously
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A recent study analyzed 20,000 conversations and found that happiness strongly correlated with talkative people who went beyond the small talk. Christie Nicholson reports
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60-Second Science 3/5/10
Mosquitoes, Not Birds, Made West Nile National
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A study in the journal Molecular Ecology looked at West Nile Virus spread versus bird migration patterns and mosquito movement and concluded mosquitoes, not birds, were probably the primary vector for taking the disease coast to coast in just five years. Adam Hinterthuer reports
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