50 Years Ago

Humans

From the August 21, 1937, issue

Solar astronomers argue over the influence of sunspots on the weather, Hubble (the man, not the telescope) finds a comet, and paramecia discover sex.

Humans

From the August 14, 1937, issue

Trees inspire a new kind of architectural support, a university sophomore finds the first mosasaur fossil west of the Rockies, and an oilman scoffs at fears over increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide due to industrial activity.

Humans

From the August 7, 1937, issue

Ancient gold and ivory treasures from Palestine arrive in Chicago, searching for Ice Age Americans in New Jersey, and a sampling of airborne microorganisms lost with the disappearance of Amelia Earhart's plane.

Humans

From the July 31, 1937, issue

Giant dragonflies from the Carboniferous period, a dust cloud obscuring stars near the sky's north pole, and a list of 13 inventions predicted to have great social significance.

Humans

From the July 24, 1937, issue

Records of floods are written in mud, predictions that locusts will invade areas once thought safe, and the Eiffel Tower hosts the world's most powerful television transmitter.

Humans

From the July 17, 1937, issue

Tung trees from China make their mark in the southeastern United States, early concerns about oil shortages, and a suggestion that telescopes might already be seeing almost to the edge of the universe.

Humans

From the July 10, 1937, issue

Photographing the earliest developmental stages of opossum eggs, a 'heavy electron' in cosmic rays, and teaching chimpanzees to use sign language.

Humans

From the July 3, 1937, issue

A spectacular freak photograph of a solar eclipse, meteorites as the remnants of lost planets, and inducing dropsy in animals.

Humans

From the June 26, 1937, issue

Fur fashions from Ethiopian monkeys, the Big Bang as the source of cosmic rays, and ensuring airline pilots get enough oxygen.

Humans

From the June 19, 1937, issue

Raindrop disruption as the cause of lightning, phonograph recordings of the language of wild gibbons, and a possible connection between jaundice and arthritis.

Humans

From the June 12, 1937, issue

Waterflow downstream of a dam, the shape of an asteroid, and connections between wallpaper patterns and crystal structures.

Humans

From the June 5, 1937, issue

All lit up in Paris, changing elements, and cheap, accurate lenses.