Scientific American brings you a variety show of epic proportions, starting with our new regular segment, Instant Egghead. It's everything you need to know about some formerly abstruse topic, in a little over a minute. More at http://www.sciam.com/blog/. http://www.sciam.com/ http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/pics/instantEggTunes.jpg http://www.sciam.com/ 144 144 2008, Scientific American, Inc. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Thu, 22 May 2008 12:49:01 -0400 Sat, 4 Jul 2009 05:37:37 -0400 Because all the best explanations are visual explanations, anyway. Scientific American brings you a variety show of epic proportions, starting with our new regular segment, Instant Egghead. It's everything you need to know about some formerly abstruse topic, in a little over a minute. More at http://www.sciam.com/blog/. 60 second science, Science, technology, minute, 60 second, 60 seconds, Scientific American, 60secondscience Scientific American mharbolt@sciam.com Micheal Harbolt no Is Dark Energy an Illusion? http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090326.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090326.m4v Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:00:08 -0400 Is Dark Energy an Illusion? New observations have led astronomers to suggest that Copernicus may have been wrong and Earth does have a special place in the universe: at the center of a gigantic cosmic void. 00:05:35 dark energy, dark matter, physics Scientific American No Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Chelsea Jurman http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090325.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090325.m4v Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:00:08 -0400 Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Chelsea Jurman If you drank as a teenager, do not tell your kids about it. Thats the lesson from Chelsea Lynn Jurmans study of teen drinking behavior 00:03:20 teenage drinking, parenting, intel, baby nobels Scientific American No Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Adi Rajagopalan http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090324.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090324.m4v Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:00:08 -0400 Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Adi Rajagopalan Adi Rajagopalan's project was Modelling Synergistic Cellulolytic-Hemicellulolytic Enzyme Complexes for Lignocellulosic Hydrolysis 00:03:44 biofuels, ethanol, intel, baby nobels Scientific American No Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Aniruddha Deshmu http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090323.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090323.m4v Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:08 -0400 Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Aniruddha Deshmu Aniruddha (Ani) Sandeep Deshmukh, 17, of Bellarmine College Preparatory School in Cupertino, Calif. 00:04:04 intel, baby nobels, wildfires Scientific American No Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Elizabeth Coquillette http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090320.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090320.m4v Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:00:08 -0400 Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Elizabeth Coquillette Robot autonomy will be the next big advance in robotics, according to Elizabeth Charlotte Coquillette, 18, of Hathaway Brown School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio 00:03:11 intel, robotics, robots, baby nobels Scientific American No Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Julia Ransohoff http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090319.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090319.m4v Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:00:08 -0400 Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Julia Ransohoff Julia Dory Ransohoff, 17, a high schooler who studied stem cells meets President Obama the day he loosens stem cell regs 00:04:37 stem cells, intel, baby nobels Scientific American No Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Smitha Ramakrishna http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090318.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090318.m4v Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:00:08 -0400 Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Smitha Ramakrishna According to Smitha Ramakrishna, 17, Splenda can accumulate in the water supply after people excrete it 00:03:50 intel, baby nobels, splenda, water supply Scientific American No Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Marianna Mao http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090317.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090317.m4v Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:00:08 -0400 Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Marianna Mao We could soon be learning more about black holes and binary star systems, according to Marianna Yuling Mao, of Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, Calif. 00:03:29 intel, baby nobels, science talent search, binary star systems, black holes Scientific American No Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Philip Streich http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090316.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090316.m4v Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:00:08 -0400 Intel Baby Nobels Finalist: Philip Streich Third place and $50,000 went to Philip Streich, 18, of Platteville, Wisc., whose project focused on carbon nanotubes 00:05:24 intel, baby nobels, carbon nanotubes, science talent search Scientific American No NASA's Dawn on "Star-Trek"-Like Voyage http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090220.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090220.m4v Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:45:08 -0400 NASA's Dawn on "Star-Trek"-Like Voyage On its eight-year data gathering mission, Dawn will be the first space probe to visit and orbit two solar system bodies other than Earth 00:03:22 space, nasa, dawn, vesta, Ceres, spacecraft Scientific American No Utilizing Electric Rockets for Deep-Space Exploration http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090130.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_090130.m4v Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:00:08 -0400 Utilizing Electric Rockets for Deep-Space Exploration Utilizing Electric Rockets for Deep-Space Exploration 00:04:45 nasa, space, space travel, deep-space, space exploration, rockets, plasma rockets, space probes Scientific American No The Geysers of Enceladus http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081230.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081230.m4v Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:50:08 -0400 The Geysers of Enceladus They are one of the most spectacular sights in the solar system. What would it be like to stand on the mysterious moon? 00:03:29 enceladus, space, saturn, moon Scientific American No Bats Beyond Twilight: Part 3 http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081126.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081126.m4v Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:00:08 -0400 Bats Beyond Twilight: Part 3 A recently discovered fossil provides a much sought after answer to the mystery of how bats evolved. 00:06:28 bats, fossils, archeology, american musuem of natural history, evolution Scientific American No Bats Beyond Twilight: Part 2 http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081125.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081125.m4v Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:00:08 -0400 Bats Beyond Twilight: Part 2 Nancy Simmons of the American Museum of Natural History dispels some popular bat myths 00:02:13 bats, twilight, myths, american museum of natural history Scientific American No Bats Beyond Twilight: Part 1 http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081124.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081124.m4v Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:00:08 -0400 Bats Beyond Twilight: Part 1 Learn all about bats: from how they fly to how much blood a vampire drinks 00:04:44 bats, vampire, archeology Scientific American No Titan's Rival: Enceladus http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081121.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081121.m4v Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:30:08 -0400 Titan's Rival: Enceladus Saturn's small, snow and ice-covered moon, Enceladus, only 310 miles (500 kilometers) across, has made a big impact on astronomers 00:06:07 Saturn's moon,Cassini,Enceladus Scientific American No Instant Egghead: Carbon, Part Two http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081030.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081030.m4v Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:08 -0400 Instant Egghead: Carbon, Part Two The amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is causing heat to be trapped, thereby contributing to global warming. A <i>ScientificAmerican.com</i> reporter explains one solution that may stop the problem from getting worse 00:01:55 carbon, capture and storage, carbon footprint, CO2, carbon dioxide, global warming, greenhouse gas, Scientific American No Instant Egghead: Carbon, Part One http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081023.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_081023.m4v Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:08 -0400 Instant Egghead: Carbon, Part One Carbon is mentioned nearly everyday in the news, but do we really know what it is, and why is has such a bad reputation? <i>ScientificAmerican.com</i> reporter David Biello explains carbon in part one of this Instant Egghead episode 00:01:39 global warming, carbon, carbon footprint, environment, green, greenhouse gas, carbon problem, CO2, Scientific American No In the Dark about White Matter No More http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_080711.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_080711.m4v Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:08 -0400 In the Dark about White Matter No More A train that doesn't even stop in Willoughby; Extinction rock; and more... 00:04:53 Scientific American No Prime the Vote, Doritos for Science,and More http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_080701.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_080701.m4v Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:08 -0400 Prime the Vote, Doritos for Science,and More Voters who know their place; Chilling evidence of rapid climate meltdown; Humans to galaxy: "We're here!" via golden plaques and snack food; and DNA self-sequencing kit marketers parse "lab test" 00:05:11 Scientific American No The Monitor: Episode 14 http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_080620.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/sa_vodcast_080620.m4v Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:08 -0400 The Monitor: Episode 14 Like a summer blockbuster, this episode is full of thrills--magnets that turn off a reporter's ability to speak; indestructible unmanned aerial vehicles; and more... 00:04:54 summer, awesome, video, UAV, TMS, magnets, The Monitor Scientific American No Biggest colossal squid ever caught dissected in NZ, the &quot;corpse whale&quot; to replace the polar bear as emblem of arctic melt, turbo evolution and improvisational robotics. http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_13.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_13.m4v Tue, 6 May 2008 14:10:08 -0400 Biggest colossal squid ever caught dissected in NZ, the &quot;corpse whale&quot; to replace the polar bear as emblem of arctic melt, turbo evolution and improvisational robotics. Scientists dissect the world&#39;s largest invertebrate, narwhals more threatened than polar bears, introduced lizards underwent super fast evolution, and a new way to program robots so they can improvise 00:04:33 the monitor, monitor, science, scientific american, sciam, squid, colossal squid, narwhal, polar bear, robot, robots, AI, news Scientific American No Are video games linked to autism? Are we the only intelligent life in the galaxy? Is PETA&#39;s X Prize for artificial meat going to work? http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_12.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_12.m4v Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:22:08 -0400 Are video games linked to autism? Are we the only intelligent life in the galaxy? Is PETA&#39;s X Prize for artificial meat going to work? No one&#39;s saying games cause aspergers, but it made the headlines anyway; a scientist claims there are no E.T.s but no one really believes him, and no one&#39;s going to win PETA&#39;s X&#45;prize for lab meat. 00:04:33 the monitor, monitor, science, scientific american, sciam, video games, video game, aspergers, austism, ET, aliens, peta Scientific American No Bad times might lead to good health, the misuses of the iPod as a unit of storage, decisions happen 7 seconds earlier than you think, and hear a neanderthal speak! http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_11.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_11.m4v Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:30:08 -0400 Bad times might lead to good health, the misuses of the iPod as a unit of storage, decisions happen 7 seconds earlier than you think, and hear a neanderthal speak! Fewer rubles from the USSR led to slimmer Cubans, IBM invents an amazing new storage technology, forget about free will and Neanderthalls talked funny. 00:04:42 the monitor, monitor, science, scientific american, sciam, cuba, ipod, neuroscience, neanderthal Scientific American No A haunting visualization of our CO2 emissions; turning those emissions into plastics; deadly nanotech socks and a war of two press releases. http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_10.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_10.m4v Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:51:08 -0400 A haunting visualization of our CO2 emissions; turning those emissions into plastics; deadly nanotech socks and a war of two press releases. Visualizing the giant amoeboid tendrils of CO2 the U.S. belches every day, turning those same emissions into plastics, the nanoparticles in your socks could kill, and a tale of two press releases 00:04:23 the monitor, monitor, climate change, co2, carbon, plastics, solar Scientific American No Degus use rakes, olympians can cheat on doping tests with their genes, suspended animation and earthquake&#45;detecting laptops. http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_9.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_9.m4v Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:26:08 -0400 Degus use rakes, olympians can cheat on doping tests with their genes, suspended animation and earthquake&#45;detecting laptops. This week&#39;s science news roundup includes rodents joining the club of tool users, Olympians with a gene that lets them beat doping tests, suspended animation and earthquake&#45;detecting laptops. 00:04:03 the monitor, monitor, degu, earthquake, science, scientific american, sciam, suspended animation, olympics Scientific American No Space methane suggests the possibility of space cows, space robots are serving their NASA masters &#40;for now&#41;, and why is everything in space made of matter? http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_8.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_8.m4v Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:24:08 -0400 Space methane suggests the possibility of space cows, space robots are serving their NASA masters &#40;for now&#41;, and why is everything in space made of matter? An extrasolar planet contains methane &#40;which, being organic, could suggest life&#41;, Canada&#39;s space robot is aweseome, RIP Arthur C. Clarke, and matter vs. antimatter &#45; why did matter win? 00:04:04 the monitor, monitor, space, dextre, science, scientific american, sciam, methane, antimatter, clarke, arthur c. clarke Scientific American No Straight from the Heartland Conference on climate change &#45;&#45; basically a convention of climate change contrarians &#45;&#45; comes dire news about the threat of polar bears http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/polar_bears.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/polar_bears.m4v Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:04:08 -0400 Straight from the Heartland Conference on climate change &#45;&#45; basically a convention of climate change contrarians &#45;&#45; comes dire news about the threat of polar bears We sent our environtment correspondent and our videographer to the Heartland Conference on climate change &#45;&#45; the overriding message? Protection of Polar Bears will lead to fascism. Apparently. 00:01:53 science, scientific american, climate change, global warming, polar bear, heartland institute, environment, green Scientific American No This week we get a new name &#40;sort of&#41;, the Hobbit controversy rages on, science&#43;religion = new sins, and drugs in your tap water http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/Monitor_episode_7.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/Monitor_episode_7.m4v Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:35:08 -0400 This week we get a new name &#40;sort of&#41;, the Hobbit controversy rages on, science&#43;religion = new sins, and drugs in your tap water Hobbits or hypothyroidism? Or simply island dwarfism? The Catholic church still isn&#39;t down with stem cells, but hurting the environment will earn you a trip straight to heck. And more! 00:03:28 the monitor, monitor, hobbit, flores, science, scientific american, sciam, drugs, 60 second science, 60secondscience Scientific American No On the horizon: killer asteroids, killer robots, a new way to kill killer pathogens, and an unkillable home for the world&#39;s seeds http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_6.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_6.m4v Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:38:08 -0400 On the horizon: killer asteroids, killer robots, a new way to kill killer pathogens, and an unkillable home for the world&#39;s seeds The new seed vault looks exactly like Superman&#39;s arctic HQ. Robots are coming to a war near you, and we might all be annihliated by an asteroid in 2036. Plus, bacteriophages vs. MRSA. 00:03:46 the monitor, monitor, MRSA, asteroid, science, robots, scientific american, sciam, 60 second science, 60secondscience Scientific American No Billions of years from now, the evidence that the universe was born in a big bang will be no more http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/end_of_cosmology.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/end_of_cosmology.m4v Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:58:08 -0400 Billions of years from now, the evidence that the universe was born in a big bang will be no more The future holds the death of our Sun, the collapse of all galaxies into one giant galaxy, and the disappearance from the night sky of stars, galaxies , and any evidence the Big Bang ever happened 00:04:24 scientific american, 60 second science, 60secondscience, apocalypse, cosmology, big bang Scientific American No Rounding up of the best stories from the AAAS annual meeting, questioning social networks, and an open call to viewers&#45;&#45; help us rename this show! http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_5.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_5.m4v Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:08:08 -0400 Rounding up of the best stories from the AAAS annual meeting, questioning social networks, and an open call to viewers&#45;&#45; help us rename this show! Our lighting round &#45; a high&#45;speed rundown of the best to come out of this year&#39;s AAAS meeting, a study that indicates too&#45;connected networks stymie innovation, and help us rename this podcast! 00:03:34 the monitor, monitor, digg, AAAS, science, networks, scientific american, sciam, 60 second science, 60secondscience Scientific American No Two vodcasters, a screenful of toys and a week&#39;s worth of science news to recap http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_4.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_4.m4v Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:02:08 -0400 Two vodcasters, a screenful of toys and a week&#39;s worth of science news to recap Two new dinosaurs were as big as elephants and hunted in very different ways, scientists use the website Hot or Not to probe human psychology, and a virtual patient debuts 00:04:13 the monitor, monitor, videogame, dinosaur, operation, hot or not, scientific american, sciam, 60 second science, 60secondscience Scientific American No Two vodcasters, a screenful of toys and a week&#39;s worth of science news to recap http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_3.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_3.m4v Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:06:08 -0400 Two vodcasters, a screenful of toys and a week&#39;s worth of science news to recap Science goes CSI by collaborating with Interpol on an international sting operation, Bush funds science &#40;sort of&#41;, neurotic A.I. wins videogames, and marrying your third cousin leads to more offspring 00:04:42 the monitor, monitor, videogame, interpol, incest, scientific american, sciam, 60 second science, 60secondscience Scientific American No The science news roundup that doesn&#39;t insult your intelligence or put you to sleep http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_2.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_2.m4v Wed, 6 Feb 2008 08:53:08 -0400 The science news roundup that doesn&#39;t insult your intelligence or put you to sleep Inactivity shortens telomeres &#40;and your life&#41;, Free Will is a self&#45;fulfilling prophecy, mapping the brain will take more computers than Google currently owns, and Creationism gets its own journal 00:03:43 the monitor, monitor, death, free will, brain, creationism, scientific american, sciam, 60 second science, 60secondscience Scientific American No Unlike regular computers, quantum computers rely on quantum bits &#45; which have strange properties... http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/quantum_computers.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/quantum_computers.m4v Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:16:08 -0400 Unlike regular computers, quantum computers rely on quantum bits &#45; which have strange properties... Quantum bits, or qubits, don&#39;t have to be a 0 or a 1, unlike bits in a regular computer &#45;&#45; this allows them to perform some amazing feats. Too bad they only last a few seconds. 00:02:01 quantum, quantum computer, qubit, quantum computing, computer, scientific american, sciam, 60 second science, 60secondscience, instant egghead Scientific American No Two vodcasters, a screenful of toys and a week&#39;s worth of science news to recap http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_1.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/monitor_episode_1.m4v Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:02:08 -0400 Two vodcasters, a screenful of toys and a week&#39;s worth of science news to recap Cloned meat, Yeast years &#40;like dog years&#41;, a computer that understands dog barks and sociologists who study facebook &#45;&#45; all on this week&#39;s episode of The Monitor 00:03:34 the monitor, monitor, cloning, dogs, facebook, yeast, scientific american, sciam, 60 second science, 60secondscience Scientific American No SciAm editor David Biello explains how scientists are attempting to make life &#45;&#45; from scratch. http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/synthetic_biology.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/synthetic_biology.m4v Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:39:08 -0400 SciAm editor David Biello explains how scientists are attempting to make life &#45;&#45; from scratch. Synthetic biology is the attempt to make life more or less from scratch. It could have huge implications for everything from biofuels to drug synthesis. Not to mention the whole playing God thing. 00:01:50 biology, synthetic biology, craig venter, venter, scientific american, sciam, 60 second science, 60secondscience, instant egghead Scientific American No What&#39;s it like to hop into a driverless car? Kind of intense. Our videographer ventures where few have. http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/Darpa_car_highlights.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/Darpa_car_highlights.m4v Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:17:08 -0400 What&#39;s it like to hop into a driverless car? Kind of intense. Our videographer ventures where few have. DARPA&#39;s grand challenge required that a driverless car navigate traffic, obstacles, all the things you&#39;d find in a real driving situation &#45; watch as &quot;Boss,&quot; does its thing. 00:02:08 scientific american, CES, tech, technology, Consumer Electronics Show, DARPA, Boss, car, auto, automotive, robot Scientific American No Driverless Car &quot;Boss&quot; &#45; The Interview http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/DARPA_car_interview.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/DARPA_car_interview.m4v Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:13:08 -0400 Driverless Car &quot;Boss&quot; &#45; The Interview The winner of the DARPA grand challenge had to do much more than navigate a driving course &#45;&#45; this driverless car, nicknamed &quot;boss,&quot; also had to avoid traffic and other obstacles. An interview. 00:05:53 scientific american, CES, tech, technology, Consumer Electronics Show, DARPA, Boss, car, auto, automotive, robot Scientific American No Bill Gates discusses Microsoft&#39;s efforts to hasten the coming ubiquity of robots. http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/Gates_Highlights.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/Gates_Highlights.m4v Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:09:08 -0400 Bill Gates discusses Microsoft&#39;s efforts to hasten the coming ubiquity of robots. At the beginning of &#39;07 Bill Gates wrote an article for Scientific American about our robot&#45;filled future. We got a chance to follow up with him on that vision at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. 00:05:26 scientific american, CES, gadgets, tech, technology, Consumer Electronics Show, robots, robotics, robot, Microsoft, Bill Gates Scientific American No Bill Gates was kind enough to give us a personal tour of the new Microsoft Surface, aka the &quot;Big&#45;Ass Table&quot; http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/Surface_Demo.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/Surface_Demo.m4v Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:05:08 -0400 Bill Gates was kind enough to give us a personal tour of the new Microsoft Surface, aka the &quot;Big&#45;Ass Table&quot; Microsoft Surface is a touch&#45;sensitive technology that is part of Microsoft&#39;s new push to give computers more natural interfaces. Gates sat down and gave Scientific American a tour. 00:01:39 scientific american, CES, gadgets, tech, technology, Consumer Electronics Show, surface, Microsoft, Bill Gates Scientific American No Scientific American ventures to this year&#39;s Consumer Electronics Show, which, as always, is the sort of thing PT Barnum would have been proud of. http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/CES_Preview.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/CES_Preview.m4v Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:02:08 -0400 Scientific American ventures to this year&#39;s Consumer Electronics Show, which, as always, is the sort of thing PT Barnum would have been proud of. CES happens every year in Vegas, the only convention complex big enough to accomodate all the vendors that flock there every year. 00:01:22 scientific american, CES, gadgets, tech, technology, Consumer Electronics Show Scientific American No SciAm editor Christie Nicholson hits the streets, hot on the tail of ground&#45;piercing radar http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/STREETSCI_volcano_ipod.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/STREETSCI_volcano_ipod.m4v Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:30:08 -0400 SciAm editor Christie Nicholson hits the streets, hot on the tail of ground&#45;piercing radar Knowing when a volcano will erupt is as important to our safety as it is to governments who might want to use artificially induced volcanic eruptions as a superweapon... 00:02:54 scientific american, 60 second science, 60secondscience, volcano, eruption Scientific American No Neuroscientists discover a specific example of how meditating can give you the ability to notice things that non&#45;meditators can&#39;t. http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/STREETSCI_medit_ipod.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/STREETSCI_medit_ipod.m4v Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:52:08 -0400 Neuroscientists discover a specific example of how meditating can give you the ability to notice things that non&#45;meditators can&#39;t. When you&#39;re concentrating on something and miss something else that should be obvious, that&#39;s the attentional blink. New research shows that meditators can avoid this gap in perception. 00:02:44 scientific american, 60 second science, 60secondscience, meditation, attention, neuroscience, neurology, brain, psychology Scientific American No Evo&#45;Devo is the hottest thing in evolution since the Modern Synthesis http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/evo-devo.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/evo-devo.m4v Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:47:08 -0400 Evo&#45;Devo is the hottest thing in evolution since the Modern Synthesis Explaining evo&#45;devo and the Pax&#45;6 gene in just under a couple minutes, using borrowed metaphors and cut&#45;rate special effects, has never been this fun &#40;before&#41;! 00:02:04 evo-devo, evolution, scientific american, sciam, 60 second science, 60secondscience, instant egghead Scientific American No Imagine that one day all humans vanished... based on the book by Alan Weisman http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/earth_without_people.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/earth_without_people.m4v Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:38:08 -0400 Imagine that one day all humans vanished... based on the book by Alan Weisman If one day all humans vanished, our infrastructure would collapse surprisingly quickly &#45;&#45; in some cases, within days 00:02:22 scientific american, 60 second science, 60secondscience, apocalypse, the world without us Scientific American No Christie Nicholson, editor at Scientific American and host of 60 Second Psych, explains the magic of Moore&#39;s Law http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/moore's_law.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/moore's_law.m4v Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:17:08 -0400 Christie Nicholson, editor at Scientific American and host of 60 Second Psych, explains the magic of Moore&#39;s Law Moore's Law says that the power (or number of transistors) of microchips doubles every 18 months - but what does that really mean? You'd be surprised... 00:02:25 computers, computing, computer, science, intel, growth, scientific american, 60 second science, 60secondscience Scientific American No Be dazzled as a Scientific American editor explains Dark Matter with nothing but junk laying around his office. http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/Dark_matter.m4v http://podcast.sciam.com/60s/mov/Dark_matter.m4v Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:08 -0400 Be dazzled as a Scientific American editor explains Dark Matter with nothing but junk laying around his office. Dark matter is weird stuff - you can't see it or touch it, yet it's all around us. And it's literally holding the galaxy together. Come along as Scientific American editor George Musser explains what it's all about -- in about a minute and a half, using nothing but stuff he has in his office - not a trivial feat! 01:24:00 Physics, Space, Scientific American, 60 Second Science, Dark Matter, Galaxy, Humor Scientific American No