Votes in the Making
What are the factors that influence voters and decide elections? The investigations of social science have begun to add to the knowledge of the politician
Features
Ground Water
The subterranean rocks of the U. S. hold more water than all its surface reservoirs. Yet the present demand on this mighty store raises the question of whether it is being permanently depleted...
"Spinal" Cats Walk
When the spinal cord of an animal is cut, a permanent paralysis has been thought to result. Now some remarkable experiments show that in some animals the severed system is capable of learning...
Partner of the Genes
An account of the experimental evidence indicating that the factors controlling heredity lie not only in the nucleus of the cell but also in the rest of it
Simple Simon
A small mechanical brain that possesses the same fundamental characteristics as its larger relatives can explain in rudimentary fashion how they work
Surgical Stitching
The surgeon's needlework is in many ways similar to that of the housewife, but it requires special skills because of the properties of the material
Ion Exchange
The technique of replacing electrically charged atoms or groups of atoms with others of the same charge has become increasingly useful to science and technology
Is Man here to Stay?
Throughout evolutionary history all dominant forms of life except man have been supplanted. Thus far the new dominant forms have sprung from unobtrusive, unspecialized creatures
Departments
50 and 100 Years Ago: November 1950
Science and the Citizen: November 1950
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, November 1950
- Recommended
Books, November 1950
- Amateur Scientist
The Amateur Astronomer
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