50 Years Ago
- Humans
From the October 10, 1936, issue
The inner beauty of leaves, a better treatment for pneumonia, and alcohol fuel for cars.
- Humans
From the October 3, 1936, issue
Testing concrete columns, life in the Dead Sea, and watching enzymes at work.
- Humans
From the September 26, 1936, issue
Autumn's crop of mushrooms, the coldest star, and the prevalence of trichinosis.
- Humans
From the September 19, 1936, issue
A nebula photographed, thin films, and cancer as uncontrolled cell growth.
- Humans
From the September 12, 1936, issue
A babe on the moon, antiseptics from oat hulls, and spinning isotopes apart.
- Humans
From the September 5, 1936, issue
A field divided, hope for mine workers exposed to silica dust, and taking the brain's temperature.
- Humans
From the August 29, 1936, issue
Fighting forest fires with science, a young Milky Way, and atom-smashing cosmic rays.
- Humans
From the August 22, 1936, issue
Hummingbirds in flight, a cosmic-ray detector, and rare metals in meteorites.
- Humans
From the August 15, 1936, issue
Art fit for a king, healing wounds, and cops and robbers in the blood.
- Humans
From the August 8, 1936, issue
Phosphorus for agriculture, dirtless gardening, and the spectroscopic analysis of blood.
- Humans
From the August 1, 1936, issue
A destroyer revealed, light linked to chlorophyll, and hemoglobin analyzed.
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