50 Years Ago
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From the February 9, 1935, issue
A new type of sailboat, the most distant nebula, and germs on drinking glasses.
- Humans
From the February 2, 1935, issue
Crystal stalagmites from winter rain, evidence for early inhabitants in Texas, and a new transmission system for electric power.
- Humans
From the January 26, 1935, issue
A giant turbine flywheel, high-altitude plane flights, and high-energy cosmic rays.
- Humans
From the January 19, 1935, issue
Unusual twin girls, recording brain waves, and making heavy hydrogen.
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- Humans
From the January 5, 1935, issue
Karl T. Compton, Einstein explains relativity theory, and controlling cancer cells.
- Humans
From the December 29, 1934, issue
A young Crater Lake in Oregon, the internal structure of chromosomes, and a revolutionary method of electric power transmission.
- Humans
From the December 15 & 22, 1934, issues
Life on Mars, a substitute for morphine, the statistics of human behavior, ice and snow, and the top science stories of the year (1934).
- Humans
From the December 8, 1934, issue
Goose barnacles, the formation of elements, and the nature of cosmic rays.
- Humans
From the December 1, 1934, issue
Large propellers for an ocean liner, a new kind of nitrogen, and high blood pressure and thickening of arteries.
- Humans
From the November 24, 1934, issue
The 1934 Nobel Prize in chemistry is awarded, Jupiter's great red spot is explained, and a polar ice cap shivers in the wind.
- Humans
From the November 17, 1934, issue
Exploring Easter Island, warm air at high altitudes, and pulsating stars.
