Notebook

Science Past for November 22, 1958

Volunteers show vaccine can prevent colds — The common cold can be prevented, a British scientist reported to the sixth annual Symposium on Antibiotics meeting in Washington, D.C. Weekly injections of a vaccine prepared from the volunteer’s own nose and throat bacteria significantly reduced the number of colds, Dr. J. Morrison Ritchie, director of the […]

Science Future for November 8, 2008

November 15 The Museum of Life and Science in Durham, N.C., unveils its holiday mechanical sculpture display. Visit www.ncmls.org November 20 “Irreplaceable: The World’s Most Invaluable Species” debate held in London. Visit www.earthwatch.org/europe December 15–18 20th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives in San Diego.