The New Science Foundation
An agency unprecedented in U. S. history will soon begin its task. Its most challenging responsibility will be to recruit able youths for work in basic science
Features
Arrested Vision
In which chimpanzees raised in the dark shed light on the relationship between visual experience and visual development
The Mystery of Corn
The wild ancestor of the most important plant in America is lost in antiquity. Once it was thought to be the grass teosinte; now the evidence points to a primitive pop corn
Soil
The loose material of the earth's surface is in constant process of evolution. Its variety deeply influences the life of man
Counters
The devices that detect the ionizing radiations of the atom were invented some 40 years ago. Now they have become basic tools of the atomic age
Genetics and Cancer
The patient inbreeding of mice has done much to support the view that malignant growth is powerfully influenced by heredity and other genetic phenomena such as mutation
The Limits of Measurement
Can the accuracy of observation indefinitely be improved? What of the fundamental atomic and molecular uncertainties of the process?
Animal Courtship
An account of some curious preliminaries to mating among birds, insects and spiders, with particular reference to the influence of vision
Departments
50 and 100 Years Ago: July 1950
Science and the Citizen: July 1950
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, July 1950
- Recommended
Books - July 1950
- Amateur Scientist
The Amateur Astronomer - July 1950
- Departments
Bibliography - July 1950
