The Dust Storms of 1948
The drifting soil of marginal lands in New Mexico and west Texas is an ominous reminder of the 1930s
Volume 179, Issue 2
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Features
A Night on Palomar
Now that the mirror has been through the early tests, where do we go from here? An account of present problems and future astronomical plans
The Language of the Bees
A lone Austrian researcher has deciphered the ritual used by the industrious insect to direct its fellows to pollen and nectar
Photosynthesis
Life's essential process, performed by stately trees and microscopic algae, is imperfectly understood. But the problem is slowly yielding to a concerted attack
In Defense of Benjamin Franklin
The homely Philadelphian, often treated by historians as a politician with a spare-time interest in gadgets, was actually one of the great experimental scientists
High Blood Pressure
The cause of a fatal constellation of heart and blood-vessel disorders, hypertension is one of man's most critical medical problems
Measurement by Mercury
The length of a light wave has been our most accurate yardstick. Now the light of a rare isotope transmuted artificially from gold provides the ultimate standard