Latest 60 Minutes: Health & Science videos
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Stem Cell Fraud: A 60 Minutes investigation
January 8, 2012 | 5:20 PM PST
The Internet is full of websites selling unproven stem cell treatments for incurable illnesses. Scott Pelley confronts one disgraced doctor offering false hope to a family with a disabled child.
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Tweaking tastes and creating cravings
November 27, 2011 | 12:45 PM PST
Meet the scientists who create flavors that make foods and beverages so tasty that critics say they're addictive. Morley Safer reports.
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Taser: An officer's weapon of choice
November 13, 2011 | 4:01 PM PST
The Taser is touted for saving lives and preventing injury, but a new study says that some police officers reach for the weapon too quickly. David Martin reports.
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Apps for Autism
October 23, 2011 | 12:10 PM PDT
Autistic people whose condition prevents them from speaking are making breakthroughs with the help of tablet computers and special applications that allow them to communicate, some for the first time. Lesley Stahl reports.
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A rare view of the world of polar bears
September 18, 2011 | 1:08 PM PDT
Bob Simon reports on the latest "spy-cam" techniques used by wildlife filmmakers to show animals -in this case, polar bears - up-close and in a way audiences have never seen them before.
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J. Craig Venter: Designing Life
June 12, 2011 | 5:00 PM PDT
Steve Kroft profiles famous microbiologist J. Craig Venter, whose scientists have already mapped the human genome and created what he calls "the first synthetic species."
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In Search of the Jaguar
January 30, 2011 | 5:00 PM PST
"60 Minutes" went in search of the most elusive of all of nature's big cats, the jaguar, and captured amazing footage of them in the Brazilian jungle. Bob Simon reports.
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60 Minutes Presents: Secret Language of Elephants
December 26, 2010 | 5:00 PM PST
Researchers listening to elephant sounds and observing their behavior are compiling an elephant dictionary. Bob Simon listens to the language of the forest elephants first hand.
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60 Minutes Presents: The Great Migration
December 26, 2010 | 5:00 PM PST
Scott Pelley visits Kenya, the site of the great wildebeest migration, and looks at the threats to this natural spectacle comprised of over a million animals.
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60 Minutes Presents: B-Rex
December 26, 2010 | 5:00 PM PST
Lesley Stahl meets the inspiration for the lead character in the classic film Jurassic Park and reports on how famed dinosaur hunter Jack Horner is shaking up the paleontology world.
