50 Years Ago

  1. 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.

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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.

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  4. Humans

    From the June 5, 1937, issue

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

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  5. Humans

    From the May 29, 1937, issue

    An ancient Miss America, an indivisible neutron, and crystallized catalase.

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  6. Humans

    From the May 22, 1937, issue

    Hidden beauty revealed, an electric french horn, and safer toy balloons.

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  7. Humans

    From the May 15, 1937, issue

    A new seat of learning, hazards to workers, and a machine with feeling.

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  8. Humans

    From the May 8, 1937, issue

    Finishing a telescope, finding new matter, and launching rockets.

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  9. Humans

    From the May 1, 1937, issue

    A vitamin image, sugar versus alcohol, and patterns in cells.

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  10. Humans

    From the April 24, 1937, issue

    Solving a local mystery and closing in on chlorophyll synthesis.

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  11. Humans

    From the April 17, 1937, issue

    Signs of spring, new elements in space, and the future of atomic energy.

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  12. From the April 10, 1937, issue

    Living pearls and a clue to atomic structure.

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