50 Years Ago

Humans

From the November 27, 1937, issue

A smashing new particle accelerator comes to the nation's capital, a new subatomic particle reveals its weight, and pollen in a Wisconsin bog tells of past climate change.

Humans

From the November 20, 1937, issue

An American Nobel laureate in physics, the need for research in the chemistry of petroleum, and a new way to send photographs by telegraph.

Humans

From the November 13, 1937, issue

Reconstructions of European dwellings from 2 and 4 millennia ago, an asteroid traveling at record-breaking speed, and a headlight that tilts as the car goes up or down a hill.