The Science Behind Boxing Endurance and Knockouts
A boxing expert outlines how endocrine chemistry, shock absorbers in joints, and toughened nerves shape a fighter’s endurance. It explains how adrenaline and synovial cushions influence a boxer’s ability to absorb blows, resist pain, and stay on the move, with a focus on vulnerable spots like the jaw and solar plexus that can determine a bout’s turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Theis
Popular Science Monthly
Mr. Theis
Jungles
Nature
Charles E. de M. Sajous
University of
Vania
Living Headed or Bodyless Life in Insects and Animals
A report from La Science Moderne summarizes experiments on decapitated animals and insects. In higher animals the head’s survival is brief, while some insect heads show hours to days of limited activity after decapitation, with the body often remaining alive longer and continuing respiration and circulation for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Science Moderne
Edouard Patigaud
Saturnia
Earthquake Weather Debate Cited by Geologists
Prof R M Wilson of USGS Volcanology section cites Hawaiian report supporting the idea of quake predicting weather. Spanish priest records note Manila’s 1645 quake preceded by calm skies, heavy heat, cloudy intervals and intermittent drizzle.
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R. M. Wilson
Section
United States Geological Survey
Hawaiian Volcano Research Association
Wilson
Philippine Islands
Manila
Sur
Inventors showcase diverse devices from trains to golf
A Bondebosch inventor patents an underslung two deck railway coach for easier entry and seating. Other notes include sugar as quick energy for athletes, a dog race scooter rabbit lure, a ceiling heater fan, a roll top typewriter cover, an automatic golf game with scorekeeping, and a rocker blade for salad prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scar Hulse
Bondebosch
Cape Province
South Africa
MIRRORS AND GHOSTS ON STAGE REVOLVE INTO ILLUSION
The article explains the origin of the mirror stage illusion used to show ghosts and skeletons. A hidden performer under the stage, lit from below, reflected in a back glass sheet creates a spectral image appearing behind the glass, fooling audiences in London and America for years.
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London
America
The Celestial Lotus and Its Sacred Ties Across Lands
A compact note on the lotus as a sacred symbol in Asia and its botanical distinction. It explains three living lotus kinds, notes the so called Egyptian lotus as misnomer, and clarifies its Nile cultivation from 600 B.C. to 1000 A.D.
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Japan
Korea
China
Siam
Java
Persia
India
Nature
Nile
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O. Hering
University of Cologne
Charles G. Bathe
St. Petersburg
Florida
John E. Marsden
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