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  1. Science Past from the issue of May 23, 1959

    NUCLEAR-POWERED BLIMP — America’s first nuclear-powered aircraft could very well be a huge blimp, about three times the size of those now being used by the U.S. Navy for submarine and plane spotting…. The blimp’s length would be 540 feet, making it possible to locate the atomic reactor far enough away from the craft’s control […]

    By Science News
  2. Life

    Suppress-the-mob gene found in queen termites

    Gene may help keep workers from illicit, royalty-threatening reproduction.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Space

    Honing the Hubble constant

    Revised value supports finding that dark energy does not vary with time.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Animals

    Basking sharks head south for winter

    Satellite-tagging data suggest that basking sharks migrate south to the Caribbean in winter.