Notebook

Earth

Biggest volcano hulks deep

Tamu Massif forms a broad, rounded dome rising about 4 kilometers from the seafloor and stretching 450 by 650 kilometers across.

Science & Society

Science states

Earth

Deadliest hurricane in western hemisphere

Hurricane records have been broken.

Cosmology

Huge Galactic Explosion

An excerpt from the October 5, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.

Environment

Grain alcohol in gasoline?

An excerpt from the September 21, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.

Animals

Porpoises Can Teach Man Marine Diving, Detection

Excerpt from the September 7, 1963, issue of Science News Letter

Planetary Science

Shergottite SHER-goh-tite n.

Shergottite is the most common kind of Martian meteorite.

Humans

Not really nine months

Gestation length varies greatly.

Plants

Dastardly daisies

This flower isn’t just any old sex cheat. It can be sexually deceptive three ways and in 3-D.

Physics

Key to Other Worlds

Excerpt from the August 17, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.

Computing

Forecasting by computer

Excerpt from the August 10, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.

Genetics

Chromosome Variations

Excerpt from the July 27, 1963, issue of Science News Letter