Economic Growth in the U.S.S.R.
Statistics on Soviet output, compiled by economists in the U.S., are analyzed to reveal a remarkably high annual rate of growth. An attempt is made to determine how this high rate was attained...
Features
Transplanted Nuclei and Cell Differentiation
The nucleus of a cell from a frog's intestine is transplanted into a frog's egg and gives rise to a normal frog. Such experiments aid the study of how genes are controlled during embryonic development...
Radio Signals from Hydroxyl Radicals
Intense emission signals from space at microwave frequencies characteristic of hydroxyl (OH) radicals may be generated by a kind of maser action in the gaseous envelopes of very young stars...
Sea-Floor Spreading
Geophysical phenomena ranging from earthquakes to continental drift are being explained by a new theory that gives promise of eventually relating geomagnetism and the earth's internal and orbital dynamics...
Fog
A kind of grounded cloud, fog can halt sea, air and highway travel. When combined with air pollutants, it can be lethal. Ways are known, however, not only to dissipate fog but also to inhibit its formation...
The Relativism of Absolute Judgments
In which it is proposed that happiness is a negatively skewed distribution. Experiments demonstrate how judgments of personal satisfaction depend on the frequency of different experiences...
Resonant Combustion in Rockets
The variety of physical and chemical processes taking place during the release of energy in a rocket engine may create conditions for oscillations to build up to large amplitudes
Human Stones
Many pathological minerals can form within the body. The incidence of stones in the kidneys, the urinary bladder and the gall bladder shows remarkable variations with respect to geography and history...
Departments
50 and 100 Years Ago: December 1968
Science and the Citizen: December 1968
- Letters
Letters to the Editors: December 1968
- Recommended
Books
- Mathematical Recreation
Mathematical Games
- Amateur Scientist
The Amateur Scientist
- Departments
The Authors
Annual Index
Bibliography
