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1. 

   Nature Ramblings: Specter of the Swamp

   By Science NewsJanuary 26, 1957

2. 

   Back Matter

   By Science NewsJuly 11, 1964

3. 

   First Glances at New Books

   By Science NewsSeptember 7, 1935

4. 

   Books of the Week

   By Science NewsSeptember 3, 1966

5. 

   Humans

   From the October 15, 1932, issue

   THE SABER-TOOTH STRIKES The artist has made a sketch of a dramatic scene involving a horselike hornless rhinoceros. It shows the poor animal attacked by a long-tailed saber-toothed tiger. The great cat is pictured as attacking much as a modern tiger or lion sometimes attacks: gripping a hard hold with its forelegs, slashing at its […]

   By Science NewsOctober 16, 2002

6. 

   Humans

   From the March 11, 1933, issue

   GREAT LION OF LA BREA Bigger by a fourth than the proudest lion that walks the veldt today were the tallest of the great lions of California a hundred thousand years ago. Rivaled in size only by the short-faced bears whose bones have been found with theirs in the La Brea tar-pits, they could confidently […]

   By Science NewsMarch 10, 2003

7. 

   Humans

   From the October 28, 1933, issue

   WEATHERMEN UNWITTINGLY POSE HALLOWEEN PICTURE Not ancient warlocks making weather but modern scientists just making a record of it, unintentionally posed a good Halloween picture on the top of Mount Washington, with the aid of a cat that doesn’t like the wind. The photograph has nothing of the mellowness of autumn about it–quite naturally, since […]

   By Science NewsOctober 30, 2003

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   What’s the Buzz?

   The highly unusual “bzzzpeek” Web site gives you a chance to compare how people in different countries try to imitate animal (and some vehicle) sounds. Click on an animal or vehicle symbol, then on the language of the native speaker, to hear each result. The animals include sheep, pigs, turkeys, frogs, dogs, and cats. Among […]

   By Science NewsAugust 3, 2005

9. 

   Humans

   From the August 10, 1935, issue

   A silencer for artificial lightning, a trigger for epilepsy, and light that keeps plants from growing.

   By Science NewsAugust 11, 2005

10. 

    Humans

    From the August 31, 1935, issue

    A turtle's trusty armor, a new growth stimulator, and the science of making cranberry jelly.

    By Science NewsAugust 31, 2005

11. 

    Humans

    From the June 6, 1936, issue

    Young robins ready to solo, threats from space, and molecule models.

    By Science NewsJune 7, 2006

12. 

    Humans

    From the December 4, 1937, issue

    The perfect beauty of frost rime, the sun's surprising influence on earth, and digging up evidence of ancient domestic cats.

    By Science NewsDecember 5, 2007