Scientific American Magazine

Generally associated with the sunspots, these occasional eruptions in the atmosphere of the sun emit mighty blasts of energy which on earth cause auroras and disrupt radio and wire communication

What is the mechanism by which high-energy waves and particles damage living things? A number of investigations have begun to outline it as a complex chain of physical and chemical events

Some simple techniques of the psychological laboratory can also be used in the home. They can train a dog to dance, a pigeon to play a toy piano and will illuminate the learning process in man

Norwegians and Dutch join to build one of the heavy-water type

It is the migration of charged particles in a fluid between two electrical poles. In recent years the phenomenon has been used with signal success to study and to separate protein molecules

Although man stands on two legs, his skeleton was originally designed for four. The result is some ingenious adaptations, not all of them successful

This two-inch variety of the cockroach can be a convenient and useful laboratory animal. The effects of experimental operations on it may be significant with respect to mammals

The variable temperature, pressure, moisture and movement of the atmosphere are sensed by devices that have evolved from the rain gauge and the wind vane to rockets and radar

Concerning the popularization of science for younger readers: a Christmas survey