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Science News December 6, 2003 |
TimeLine: December 2, 1933 Scientists unleash largest atom-attacking machine... 10,000 observations yield new cosmic ray theories |
Science News July 22, 2006 |
Timeline: From the July 18, 1936, Issue Model Indicates Cosmic Ray Path About the Earth... Blue Light Causes Plants to Bend Toward Each Other... Danger of Being Struck by Lightning is Very Slight... |
Science News June 22, 2002 |
TimeLine: June 18, 1932 Muddy mississippi yields pearls that rival orient's... Carbon dioxide discovered in atmosphere of Venus... Cosmic rays caused by solar activity, says French physicist... |
Wired March 24, 2008 Erin Biba |
Prepare for the Worst, Because Solar Storms Are About to Get Ugly Scientists discovered a signal that solar windstorms are on the way and some are predicting that at its peak (in about four years) things are gonna get nasty. |
Science News June 23, 2007 |
Timeline: From the June 19, 1937, issue Lightning is caused by break-up of raindrops... Records of "Gibbonese" made in jungles of Siam... Jaundice research may give clue to arthritis control... |
Science News December 8, 2001 |
TimeLine: December 5, 1931 Protection extended nearly extinct teddy bears... Faint nebulae may be most distant objects... Ball lightning, old puzzle to science, made out of smoke... |
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Stephen Cass |
Summer Reading Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface by David Standish... Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide by Lonnie Jones Schorer... etc. |
Geotimes January 2005 Laura Stafford |
Tiger in the Sky Two weeks before the space shuttle Columbia exploded during reentry to Earth's atmosphere, astronaut Ilan Ramon "saw" an unusual occurrence, a quick red flash in the upper atmosphere. |
Science News April 26, 2003 |
Timeline: April 22, 1933 Sparking process studied with Lichtenberg figures... New light-sensitive substance found... Scientists study goats that become rigid when excited |
Scientific American September 2008 David Appell |
The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth--Maybe Researchers debate whether Earth will be swallowed by the sun as it expands into a red giant billions of years from now |
Science News |
TimeLine: July 5, 1930 Power Plant Sentinels... Every Star a Celestial Furnace... New Robot For Artificial Breathing... |
Popular Mechanics September 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
30-Ton Metal Sphere Spins for Magnetic Fields (With Video!) Building a test planet takes serious engineering. Researchers at the University of Maryland have constructed a 30-ton sphere that spins at more than 90 mph to generate magnetic fields. |
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 Saswato R. Das |
Killer Electrons From Outer Space Accurate space-weather forecasts could come from knowing the cause of super-fast electrons in the Van Allen belts. |
Science News November 11, 2006 |
Timeline: From the November 7, 1936, issue Big trees find age rival in Sierra Mountain Juniper... Vaccine for influenza is now ready for trial use... Ozone closer to earth over the polar regions... |
Science News July 24, 2004 |
From the July 21, 1934, Issue Artificial Lightning More Powerful Than Nature's... 200 Elms Killed Daily by Dutch Elm Disease in East... Find Zinc Essential in Animal Diet... |
Science News August 13, 2005 |
From the August 10, 1935, issue Artificial lightning now without deafening noise... Trigger mechanism in brain trips epileptic convulsions... Almost invisible light can retard plant growth... |
Science News August 19, 2000 |
TimeLine: August 16, 1930 70 Years Ago in Science News: Million volt globe... Can scientists tell babies apart?... Distorted spectrum reveals star speed... |