50 Years Ago

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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.

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From the March 14, 1936, issue

Moving a giant mirror and deadly neutron rays.

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From the March 7, 1936, issue

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

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From the February 29, 1936, issue

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

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From the February 22, 1936, issue

Winter snows and densely packed matter.

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From the February 15, 1936, issue

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

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From the February 8, 1936, issue

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

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From the February 1, 1936, issue

Groundhog Day, a new dental pain-killer, and a glarefree optical material dubbed polaroid.

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From the January 25, 1936, issue

A giant scoop shovel, a new atom smasher, and making wheat grow better.

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From the January 18, 1936, issue

A small model of a large telescope, pain relief for angina, and the lightest solid ever known.

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From the January 11, 1936 issue

A new president for A.A.A.S., evidence of neutrinos, and plants that act like batteries.