The Bingham Plan
A little-known foundation in New England has achieved a practical solution to the problem of bringing hospital services to rural areas
Volume 179, Issue 4
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Features
Long-Range Forces
Alexandre Rothen's proposal that they may account for specific chemical reactions between molecules that are not in contact has begun a heated debate
World's Accelerators
The machines used to penetrate the nucleus of the atom are scattered over the earth. Herewith a map showing those known to U. S. physicists
A New Theory of Tooth Decay
The originator of a simple new treatment which seems to offer hope of preventing the common affliction states his argument
"The Great Ravelled Knot"
It is the human brain, a vast entanglement of nerve cells. An account of how the brain has been explored to locate areas that are devoted to specific functions
Origin of the Ice
Eccentricities in the motion of the earth may account for the glacial epochs of the past, thus assuring others for the future
Right Hand, Left Hand
Considering the phenomenon in man, zoologists have examined such things as the spiral shell of the snail and the flounder's traveling eye
The Chemistry of Silicones
The artificial compounds that have created many new products are the offspring of the marriage of organic to inorganic chemistry