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Recent Scientific American Episodes
Publication Date | Mar 11, 2012
Duration | 00:10:45
Publication Date | Mar 11, 2012
Duration | 00:10:45
Newly released audio takes us through the first week of the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi on this first anniversary of the crisis. David Biello reports
Publication Date | Mar 10, 2012
Duration | 00:01:27
Publication Date | Mar 10, 2012
Duration | 00:01:27
New research finds a relatively simple method to increase your capacity for self-control. Christie Nicholson reports
Publication Date | Mar 08, 2012
Duration | 00:01:15
Publication Date | Mar 08, 2012
Duration | 00:01:15
Data centers powered by biogas and solar energy could make Apple's Cloud cleaner. Larry Greenemeier reports
Publication Date | Mar 08, 2012
Duration | 00:15:14
Publication Date | Mar 08, 2012
Duration | 00:15:14
Scientific American editors Mark Fischetti and Michael Moyer discuss some of the sessions they attended at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Subjects covered include...
Publication Date | Mar 07, 2012
Duration | 00:01:18
Publication Date | Mar 07, 2012
Duration | 00:01:18
Signals to improve muscle tone alter the expression of genes after just one workout. Katherine Harmon reports
Publication Date | Mar 06, 2012
Duration | 00:01:15
Publication Date | Mar 06, 2012
Duration | 00:01:15
Dark matter doesn't usually collide much with itself or with ordinary matter, but it appears to be uncharacteristically clumping in the galaxy cluster A520. John Matson reports
Publication Date | Mar 04, 2012
Duration | 00:01:17
Publication Date | Mar 04, 2012
Duration | 00:01:17
Researchers impregnate layers of plastic with fungus to produce a living--and self-cleaning--material. David Biello reports
Publication Date | Mar 04, 2012
Duration | 00:01:27
Publication Date | Mar 04, 2012
Duration | 00:01:27
When our body needs something, like food, the brain tends to open a fast track for perceiving that specific thing. Christie Nicholson reports
Publication Date | Mar 01, 2012
Duration | 00:01:15
Publication Date | Mar 01, 2012
Duration | 00:01:15
Microsoft's test version of its new Skype for Windows Phone app lets you call Skype contacts over 3G, 4G and wi-fi networks. Larry Greenemeier reports
Publication Date | Mar 01, 2012
Duration | 00:01:18
Publication Date | Mar 01, 2012
Duration | 00:01:18
The teen brain suffers more long-term damage from concussions than does the child or adult brain. Katherine Harmon reports