The Geneva Conference
In a setting rich in a history of men's quest for peace, international cooperation was furthered by the greatest scientific conclave of all time. Delegates of 72 nations shared their nuclear knowledge...
Features
Geneva: Chemistry
The exchange of ideas on reactor material problems, from prospecting to fuel element fabrication, opened the way to work on design of power plants for every nation's needs
Geneva: Biology
Hazards of radiation have been minimized by safety standards which are strikingly similar in all countries, but geneticists still worry about the long-range effects of small, steady doses...
Geneva: Reactors
Hopes for harnessing atomic power were brightened by the reports of scientists from many nations. It was demonstrated again that no country holds a monopoly on nuclear knowledge
Information Transfer in the Living Cell
Comparing components of genetic material to playing card suits, the author suggests how cells store their identities in the form of chemical codes which they use to build replicas of themselves...
The New Psychiatric Drugs
How a trio of "tranquilizing" substances- chlorpromazine, reserpine and Frenquel—have opened up a new approach to investigation of the biochemistry of mental illness
Nocturnal Animals
Both predator and prey know their woodlands as intimately as an expert pianist knows the piano keyboard. The animals' blindness to red light makes it possible to observe them
Maupertuis, a Forgotten Genius
Interpreter of Newton, forerunner of Mendel and Darwin, he earned the admiration of great men in a vital time. But he ran afoul of Voltaire, who mocked him into virtual oblivion
Departments
50 and 100 Years Ago: October 1955
Science and the Citizen: October 1955
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, October 1955
- Recommended
Books
- Amateur Scientist
The Amateur Scientist
- Departments
The Authors
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