50 Years Ago

Humans

From the April 25, 1936, issue

An old-fashioned tower, alcohol in fuel, and knowledge in atoms and cosmic rays.

Humans

From the April 18, 1936, issue

A spooky museum at night and heredity as a cause of cancer.

Humans

From the April 11, 1936, issue

Spring flowers, alcohol's effect on the liver, and tapping into brain waves.

Humans

From the April 4, 1936, issue

Hidden blossoms of spring, postponing old age, and the future of atomic energy.

Humans

From the March 28, 1936, issue

A flooded Washington, D.C., a giant stellar explosion, and three new nebulae.

Humans

From the March 21, 1936, issue

An arctic myth debunked, a treatment for high blood pressure, and a radio tube with no filament.

Humans

From the March 14, 1936, issue

Moving a giant mirror and deadly neutron rays.

Humans

From the March 7, 1936, issue

Canadian caves, television field tests, and violin makers' secrets.

Humans

From the February 29, 1936, issue

Giant pandas on display, keeping organs alive, and light from the night sky.

Humans

From the February 22, 1936, issue

Winter snows and densely packed matter.

Humans

From the February 15, 1936, issue

Rare apes, smallest radio transmitter, and light as electric rings of force.

Humans

From the February 8, 1936, issue

The flowers of trees, fuel-saving storm windows, and making radium in the laboratory.