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- Humans
From the April 29, 1933, issue
LEAVING THE NEST While dredges grappled with her sister ships twisted girders and soaked fabric in the watery Atlantic grave off Barnegat Light, the Macon took to the air. The front cover presents the new queen of the skies as she appeared before being “walked” from the huge Akron air dock for the first trial […]
- Physics
Soap Bubbles in Space
While aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Don Pettit took some time off to experiment with soap bubbles and films. This NASA Web page presents the surprising and startling results of his soapy ventures in a zero-g environment. Go to: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/25feb_nosoap.htm
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Colossal Colon Tour
The Colossal Colon is a 40-foot-long, 4-foot-high replica of a human colon. Visitors can crawl through the colon or look through the viewing windows to see healthy colon tissue, colon disease, polyps, and various stages of colon cancer. Under the auspices of the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, the giant model will be on display […]
- Humans
From the April 15, 1933, issue
NARCISSI MERIT RECOGNITION AS PROPER EASTER FLOWERS Easter has always been a festival of flowers. Indeed, one of the reasons why the early missionary church found it comparatively easy to get its converts to adopt this holy day was because most of them already had a holiday at the same season–a celebration of the returning […]
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Left-Handed DNA
DNA strands in living cells normally have a right-hand twist–just like a standard wood or metal screw. The Left-Handed DNA Hall of Fame, maintained by Tom Schneider of the Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology at the National Institutes of Health, offers an amusing compendium of examples in which illustrators have unwittingly depicted DNA incorrectly […]
- Humans
From the April 8, 1933, issue
MT. WASHINGTON COLDER THAN THE ANTARCTIC Rigor of winter at the summit of Mt. Washington is graphically pictured on the cover of this week’s Science News Letter. As early as October 15 of last year, when this picture was taken by Harold Orne of Melrose Highlands, Mass., ice and snow has wrought curious shapes upon […]
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Micro Burgers ‘n Fries
For an intimate peek at an all-American meal, this Web page from Florida State University’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory offers microscopic views of the basic ingredients that go into a serving of burgers and fries. See colorful slices of a wheat kernel, cooked meat, onion tissue, cheese proteins, starch granules, and lettuce cells. Go […]
- Humans
From the December 20, 1930, issue
alt=”Click to view larger image”> ARACHNE PROVIDES LOVELIER FESTOONS FOR CHRISTMAS TREE Christmas trees, with their exotic and ephemeral flowing of tinsel and bright paper, are apt to arouse in moralizing adults sentiments of vague regret that all this splendor is for a few hours only. Children, fortunately, are spared such thoughts: For them the […]
- Humans
From the December 13, 1930, issue
alt=”Click to view larger image”> SUSA, OLDEST CITY ON EARTH, TELLS ABOUT EARLY CULTURE Ur of the Chaldees, lately hailed as the oldest city on Earth, must yield place to a city that is older still. The home town of Abraham, which stood on the Mesopotamian plain before the Flood, received its first settlers and […]
- Humans
From the December 6, 1930, issue
alt=”Click to view larger image”> ENGINEERS CAMOUFLAGE ARLINGTON BRIDGE DRAW Engineers put a span in the Arlington Memorial Bridge and then hid it. So cleverly designed and camouflaged is the million-dollar, double-bascule draw of the Arlington bridge, which is nearing completion here, that it is difficult for one to tell the span made of steel […]
- Humans
From the November 29, 1930, issue
alt=”Click to view larger image”> CHILD HEALTH WEAPONS FORGED AT WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE Weapons with which to fight for the health and happiness of American children were forged at the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, held in Washington last week. They are weapons that can and will be used by mothers and […]
- Humans
From the November 22, 1930, issue
alt=”Click to view larger image”> AMERICAN SHORE WATERS YIELD FANTASTIC FISH Citizens of the American midlands will soon have an opportunity to become acquainted with one of the world’s most fantastic fishes, when a group of long-horned sculpins, captured by staff members of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., is placed on exhibition […]
