Notebook
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From the June 11, 1932, issue
BUTTERFLIES, “WINGED JEWELS,” ARE GEMS AT START OF LIFE Butterflies have been called “winged jewels” so often that the conceit can hardly be considered poetic any longer. Yet the appropriateness of the old metaphor receives new confirmation when we look at the egg of a butterfly, which represents the humblest beginning of its career of […]
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Mendel’s Genetics
The Mendel Museum of Genetics in the Czech Republic offers a well-illustrated online exhibition devoted to Gregor Mendel’s life and work. Pages are devoted to such topics as the mathematics of inheritance and Mendel’s genetics garden. Genetics-inspired artworks are featured in the gallery of contemporary art. Go to: http://www.mendel-museum.org/eng/1online/
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From the January 4, 1930, issue
PILTDOWN MAN EARLIEST HUMAN BEING The ape-man of Darwin was read out of man’s family tree and the dawn-man of Sussex, older than 1,250,000 years, was elevated to the position of man’s progenitor by Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural History, New York. A new picture was painted by Dr. […]
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Physics 101
From atoms and magnetism to fractals and Murphys Law, the American Physical Societys “Century of Physics” timeline provides a sweeping, colorful review of important discoveries and inventions associated with physics and technology. Visitors can move along the timeline year by year, consult an alphabetical index to find a particular topic or event, or search by […]
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From the December 28, 1929, issue
YOUTH AND THE SEA “Captain Sylvia,” aged 6 weeks, and her mother, Mrs. J.E. Williamson upon the cover of this week’s issue look at a strange world full of fishes, corals, sharks, morays, and other denizens of the deep. The youthful scientist, symbolic of science itself and its aspirations, was a member of the Field […]
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About Time
To find out the official time, visit the joint Web site of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Naval Observatory. Two ultraprecise clocks contribute to a pool used to define “coordinated universal time.” These two clocks are not supposed to differ by more than one ten-millionth of a second. The site […]
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From the June 3, 1932, issue
GENERATOR LOAD DIVIDED FOR BETTER OPERATION Without the pretty girl, this massive stationary winding of a turbine electric generator might appear to be the size of a spool of thread. But contrast emphasizes the machines 83,300 kilovolt-ampere capacity. The black arms are heavily insulated butt-ends of copper bars in which electricity is to be generated. […]
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Bio Light
Devoted to organisms that chemically generate light, the bioluminescence Web pages from the University of California, Santa Barbara provide vivid images of this phenomenon in all its splendor. The site also furnishes basic information about the chemistry and biology of bioluminescence and provides links to recent research on the topic. Go to: http://lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/
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From the May 28, 1932, issue
FLYING ARCHAEOLOGIST MAKES UNIQUE PICTURE RECORD Flying over the far-flung ruins of civilizations, which his own scientific institution is busily exploring from the ground, Charles Breasted of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has obtained 12,000 feet of unique motion picture film, showing the work of “the largest archaeological research organization in the […]
- Health & Medicine
Sleep Time
The International Sleep Medicine Association has created a Web site that brings together a wide variety of information sources concerning sleep health and sleep disorders. It includes access to online video lectures on various aspects of sleep, chat rooms and message boards, and links to news stories. Go to: http://www.1sleep.com/
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From the May 21, 1932, issue
GENES, ONCE HYPOTHETICAL, NOW SEEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED Genes, the ultimate units in heredity, have been seen and photographed. So declares Dr. John Belling, biologist on the staff of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Genes have hitherto been dealt with as hypothetical entities by biologists, because no one has ever actually seen them. They were like […]
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Science Fair Snapshots
Experience the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, held recently in Louisville, Ky., via reports and photos produced by students from Kentucky school districts. Sorry! This web site is no longer available. For more current information on the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, got to http://www.sciserv.org/isef/.
