60-Second Science
Scientific American
Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of scientific discovery in this bite-size science variety show.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 21, 2016 • 3min
This Primate's Calls Obey a Linguistic Law
The vocalizations of the gelada, a baboon relative, appear to follow a linguistic rule called Menzerath's law. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 20, 2016 • 3min
Woodpecker Head Bangs Communicate Info
Woodpeckers that listen to others of their kind drum into trees alter their behavior based on what they hear.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 19, 2016 • 3min
Gambling Gave Science Some Lucky Breaks
The development of statistics, probability theory, game theory and chaos theory owes a lot to people trying to figure out various games of chance.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 18, 2016 • 3min
Microbots Get the Lead Out--of Wastewater
Millions of tiny graphene robots can propel themselves through wastewater and scavenge heavy metals. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 15, 2016 • 4min
Heat ID'd as Subtle Cause of Rockfalls
Rockfalls without an obvious cause (like an earthquake or expanding ice) may be due to hot daily air temperatures expanding small cracks in cliff faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 14, 2016 • 3min
Bearcats Naturally Pass the Popcorn
Researchers have uncovered the chemistry that makes the urine of bearcats smell like freshly cooked popcorn.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 13, 2016 • 3min
Transforming Stem Cells into Diabetes Beaters
Pancreatic type beta cells produced from stem cells can sense glucose, release insulin and treat a mouse model of diabetes. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 12, 2016 • 3min
Find Shows Widespread Literacy 2,600 Years Ago in Judah
Mundane notes about daily life on 16 ceramic shards written about 600 B.C. at an ancient military fortress in the Negev Desert reveal that literacy had to be common. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 11, 2016 • 3min
Frogs Signal Visually in Noisy Environments
The Brazilian torrent frog has the most sophisticated visual communications system yet documented for a frog species.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 7, 2016 • 4min
Choir Practice Could Lower Stress in Cancer Patients
A cancer center in the U.K. found that patients had significantly lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol after harmonizing for an hour. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
