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  1. From the April 4, 1931 issue

    PASCHAL FLOWERS BLOOM ON PRAIRIES OF THE WEST Easter-Tide is remembered in America by two names, one of a place, the other of a flower. When the youth-seeking Ponce de Leon sighted the coast of the New World it was on Easter morning, and accordingly he named the place he had found Pascua Florida, or […]

    By Science News
  2. Math

    Prized Geometric Logic

    Computer programs can handle all sorts of data, from sums of money in bank accounts to sensor readings from scientific instruments. In many cases, the data are a set of discrete elements, such as temperatures. Moreover, some elements of a set may be larger in value than others, or they may exhibit some other relationship […]

    By Ivars Peterson

  3. Touching legs turns shy locusts gregarious

    Researchers have discovered that sensing repeated touch on the hind leg triggers a shy, green locust to flip into swarming mode.