New Ocean Deep Sampling Device Unveiled by Carnegie
Carnegie Institution researchers in Washington test a coré sampler that blasts a ten foot steel bit into the seabed to extract deep ocean mud. The device uses cannon powder to drive the bit and bring up intact cores for laboratory study. The first deep water samples came via the cable repair ship Lord Kelvin.
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Washington
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Carnegie Institution
Charles A. Piggot
Geophysical Laboratory
Lord Kelvin
Cystine Needed for Growth of Cancer in Mice
Researchers from the U S Public Health Service report in Public Health Reports that cancer tissue in mice requires cystine and related glutathione for growth. A cystine deficient diet slowed breast cancer growth. later glutathione injections stimulated tumor growth, linking cancer and normal tissue metabolism.
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Washington
Carl Voegtlin
J. M. Johnson
J. W. Thompson
United States Public Health Service
National Institute of Health
Voegtlin
Old Lady of the Ice Age Found in California
In California near Los Angeles a fossil skull and bones are identified as a female from the Ice Age by anthropologists A O Bowden and I Lopat in Science. The find dates to early 1936 and sits with mammoth remains in the same strata, suggesting she witnessed megafauna of the era.
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California
Los Angeles
America
WPA
A. O. Bowden
Ivan Lopatin
University of Southern California
Science
Bowden
Students in College Suffer Severely From Eyestrain
University of Minnesota study of 1000 students shows eye problems rise during a four year college course. At entry about 16 percent had serious defects, rising to 24 percent at graduation, with medical and education students most affected. Dr. Ruth Boynton presented at a National Society for the Prevention of Blindness conference.
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University of Minnesota
Ruth E. Boynton
Medical School
College of Education
Boynton
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Probing Pituitary Gland Powers May Be Fewer in Number
Carnegie Institution researchers report the pituitary uses only three or four hormones, with prolactin driving milk production and sugar use. The gland's growth and adrenal effects tie to prolactin alongside thyroid-stimulating hormone, reshaping views of its roles and noting contributions from Riddle Bates Schooley Smith Lahr Johnson and colleagues.
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Pituitary
Carnegie
Drs
Oscar Riddle
Robert W. Bates
J. P. Schooley
G. C. Smith
E. L. Lahr
M. W. Johnson
Last Meal Of Ancient Bog Body Reveals Grains
In a Czernowitz laboratory Professor Fritz Netolitzky examined a centuries old bog corpse found with preserved tissue by acidic water. Microscopic study of the digestive content showed mainly badly threshed rye and millet with traces of a pod vegetable possibly peas, illuminating prehistoric grain cultivation in northern Europe.
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Berlin
Fritz Netolitzky
University of Czernowitz
Poland
Netolitzky
Europe
An Abused Amusement Is a Hard Master
A feature recounts Olive, a well-born woman jailed for forging a check after a life consumed by contract bridge. It contrasts her decline with Monte Carlo gambling’s grip and warns of gambling’s pull on middle‑class women, urging awareness of morality against vice.
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Kathleen Norris
Olive
Europe
France
Principality
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Tom
Papa
Belt Syndicater
WIN Service
Dinitrophenol Weight Loss Drug Risks and Treatments
Dr James Barton explains growing caution over dinitrophenol used for weight loss as risks like skin rashes cataracts and deaths appear. Doctors note several patent medicines rely on the drug and outline emergency treatment including stomach washing oxygen therapy and ice baths to save lives.
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W. G. Campbell
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Washington
M. L. Tainter
Los Angeles
Journal of the American Medical Association
Tainter
A. B. Stockton
W. C. Cutting
Ask Me Another General Quiz Answers
This quiz lists definitions for blue sky laws sake hookah cloistral Belfast Verdun Alice Through the Looking Glass Norse Montessori bonanza Caligula Booth Tarkington and notes investors protection a Japanese rice beer a water pipe secluded Belfast Verdun Norse education a rich ore Roman emperor 37 to 41 and Tarkington.
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Northern Ireland
Red Queen
Valhalla
Marie Montessori
Caligula
Belfast
Verdun
Alice
Booth Tarkington
Kindness Outlasts Politeness in Everyday Life
Proverbial reflection notes that kind behavior endures beyond outward politeness and courtesy. The quote by Van Amburgh emphasizes lasting impressions formed through genuine goodwill.
Beecher Quote On Doing Good And Receiving More
A short quotation notes that no one does anything worthwhile without receiving more in return. It reflects on generosity and selflessness, attributed to H. W. Beecher. The line emphasizes that virtuous acts yield greater returns than expected.
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H. W. Beecher
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