Notebook
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Skeleton Search
Visit the e-Skeletons Project to take a close-up tour of the bones of a human, gorilla, and baboon. Visitors can compare selected bones of one species to those of another and can download plug-ins to view skeletons in 3D movies and images. Go to: http://www.eSkeletons.org/
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From the February 7, 1931, issue
LITTLE WATERWHEEL DOES BIG POWER JOB Fortunate are those countries that have small rivers falling rapidly, rather than huge, slow-moving streams. Electricity can be generated for these nations easily and cheaply. To make electricity for Korea from the 2,000-foot fall of a mountain stream will be the life work of the Voith impulse water wheel […]
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Liquid Crystal
Brilliantly colored images of liquid crystals highlight the Web site of Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute. The site also features research overviews, news and conference links, and other resources devoted to the study and application of liquid crystals. Go to: http://www.lci.kent.edu/
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From the January 31, 1931, issue
ROBBER FLY MASQUERADES IN BUMBLEBEE’S CLOTHING The villainous-looking hexapod that glares at you from the cover of this week’s SCIENCE NEWS LETTER is as bad a citizen as he looks. He is a robber fly, who should by rights be called an assassin fly, for his practice is to pounce upon other insects in the […]
- Humans
Amateur Scientist
The Web site of the Society for Amateur Scientists offers discussion forums, projects, and resources for people interested in taking part “in scientific adventures of all kinds.” Go to: http://earth.thesphere.com/sas/ or http://www.sas.org/
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From the January 17, 1931, issue
AN AMERICAN ROMANCE IN STEEL AND STEAM Things mechanical offer the photographer an unlimited field for the exercise of his talents, and the locomotive–romantic and symbolical as it can be made–is especially attractive to him. On the front cover of this week’s SCIENCE NEWS LETTER, Photographer Rittase of Philadelphia has chosen the Boardwalk Flyer of […]
- Earth
Eye above the Timberline
The Tundra-Cam, operated by the University of Colorado’s Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, sits at an elevation of 11,600 feet near the U.S. Continental Divide. Visitors to the Web site can operate the remotely controlled webcam, panning across the mountainous landscape and zooming in on particular features of interest. Go to: http://tundracam.colorado.edu
- Physics
From the January 24, 1931, issue
EINSTEIN DISCUSSES REVOLUTION HE CAUSED IN SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT – By Dr. Albert Einstein From far away I have come to you, but not to strangers. I have come among men who for many years have been true comrades with me in my labors. You, my honored Dr. Michelson, began with this work when I was […]
- Astronomy
Eerie Sounds of Space
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, approaching Jupiter, is detecting electromagnetic waves at low radio frequencies in the thin gas of charged particles that fills the space between the sun and its planets. Converting such waves into sound makes them eerily audible. Go to: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/acoustic/ and http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/english/press/scinews/scinews001230a.html
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From the January 10, 1931, issue
ANTHROPOLOGIST IS ELECTED NEW A.A.A.S. PRESIDENT Dr. Franz Boas, noted anthropologist of Columbia University, was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 1931, during the Cleveland meeting. Dr. Boas is one of the leading figures in the field of anthropology. He has been engaged in this work throughout a very […]
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Rediscovering the Maya
For an entertaining excursion into the language, calendar, architecture, and culture of ancient Maya society, try the “Rabbit in the Moon” Web site. You’ll also learn about the Maya myth that inspired the site’s name. Go to: http://www.halfmoon.org.
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From the January 3, 1931, issue
STRANGE SEA FLOWERS BLOSSOM ON REEF Long ago some observant writer remarked that in the sea, many of the plants look like animals and many of the animals, like plants. Support for this view can easily be found in the strange sea urchin pictured on the cover of this issue of the SCIENCE NEWS LETTER. […]
