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Food Study Yields Surprising Tie Between Flavor, Temperature

Food Study Yields Surprising Tie Between Flavor, Temperature

05.19.2012
Does an ice-cold drink actually taste better than the same beverage at room temperature? Depends on what its taste is: a new study finds...
Advanced Dinosaurs May Rule Alien Worlds, Chemist Claims

Advanced Dinosaurs May Rule Alien Worlds, Chemist Claims

04.12.2012
Imagine an alien world ruled by "advanced dinosaurs" as smart as humans—maybe even smarter. Science fiction? Not necessarily, says...
WATCH: Cola-Quaffing Chemist Explains Changing Chemistry Of Coke, Pepsi

WATCH: Cola-Quaffing Chemist Explains Changing Chemistry Of Coke, Pepsi

03.12.2012
Cola chemistry is changing. Consumers may not notice any difference, but Coca-Cola and Pepsi are adjusting their colas in order to avoid...
What The French Know About Love And Sex That Americans Don't

What The French Know About Love And Sex That Americans Don't

Debra Ollivier  02.15.2012
The French are groomed to think about love from an early age not in the absolutes of total love or utter rejection, but in nuances and...
How Love Changes Your Body Chemistry

How Love Changes Your Body Chemistry

Sarah Klein  02.12.2012
By Danny Deza Ah, love. In the heady days of a mutual crush, pulses race, knees go weak and heads reel. So strong are these feelings,...
Champagne Glass Study Shows Which Type Is Best For Bubbles

Champagne Glass Study Shows Which Type Is Best For Bubbles

02. 9.2012
Listen to the podcast on Scientific America here. Champagne. Do you drink it out of a narrow flute or the broader, more shallow coupe? You...

Wall Street Journal's Portrait of the Young Climate Scientist

Bill Chameides  01.31.2012
I guarantee that most scientists, myself included, would love to make their reputation by refuting the whole notion of global warming....
WATCH: Slow Motion Microwave Madness

WATCH: Slow Motion Microwave Madness

01.27.2012
Most of us know that microwave ovens don't get along with aluminum foil, CDs, and certain foods. But it can be great fun - don't try this...
Chemists Solve Origins Of Life Puzzle

Chemists Solve Origins Of Life Puzzle

01.25.2012
How did life originate from lifeless matter? It's a question that has long puzzled scientists - and fueled the doubts of those who question...
WATCH: Chemistry Experiment Goes Wrong

WATCH: Chemistry Experiment Goes Wrong

Chris C. Anderson  01.18.2012
LN2 (liquid nitrogen) experiments are safest when the experimenters know what they're doing. But as this big-bang video shows, sometimes...
WATCH: 2.5-Year-Old Scientist Knows Physics And Chemistry

WATCH: 2.5-Year-Old Scientist Knows Physics And Chemistry

Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson  01.11.2012
By two years old, a toddler is expected to use a spoon and drink from a cup; by age three they're liable to be riding a tricycle and carrying...
Can Nanosensors Save Lab Animals?

Can Nanosensors Save Lab Animals?

01.11.2012
If rats could clap, they just might. That's because German scientists have developed a new technology they say could reduce the number...
What Does Nature Know About Superglue?

What Does Nature Know About Superglue?

Lynne Peeples  01. 4.2012
Kaichang Li was wading in the surf off the Oregon Coast when he spotted the future of superglue. Beneath the surface, a group of blue mussels...

It's Elementary

Malcolm Kushner  12. 5.2011
As anyone who ever took grade-school chemistry knows, elements are the building blocks of the universe. Do you really want to be built...
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