Motor trucks may solve railroad freight delays says Scientific American
The Scientific American argues railroads waste about one million dollars daily and suggests motor trucks with movable trailer bodies could replace congested terminals. Annex terminals and light rail-to-trailer transfer could cut loading and unloading times, delivering directly to stores or homes.
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Louis D. Brandeis
Scientific American
Totion Fom Yong Ovc
Como Ooovo
Morgan Cilley
England tests new ear device to restore hearing
A new English invention claims to restore hearing in the deaf through a delicate instrument that measures deafness, tests with a paper wafer sound, and uses a small receiver wired to the ear. A training device called the sound educator slowly teaches the basilar membrane to perceive sound, with marked improvement shown after few sessions.
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England
Pontary
Evolution of man from ape demands meat hunger factor
The article cites Professor Corvette Read of Cambridge noting that a diet shift from nuts and fruit to flesh spurred apes to leave trees and hunt. It outlines nine stages toward human evolution including ground life, erect posture, tools, cooperation, speech, knowledge, and fire. Professor Harry Campbell of London University emphasizes mental evolution and prehensile hands as key to becoming human.
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Corvette Read
University of Cambridge
England
Read
Harry Campbell
London University
Corn crop weather burden echoed in light exchange
A humorous exchange ponders whether the corn crop suffered from weather. A chiropodist quips he has never been busier, and a playful remark links pay-day to the rising spirits of ghosts.
First Human Portrait 15000 Years Old Found in France
French researchers report the discovery of a bone engraving showing a man on mammoth shoulder blade from the Colombiere shelter in the Ain valley. The image, dated to Aurignacian times about 15,000 years ago, depicts a hairy, bearded man with a short stature and ape-like features, sparking debates about early human depiction and brain evolution.
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France
Europe
Jean Pissot
Poncin
Colombiere
Chancelade
Caryved
Aia
W. P. Pycraft
Elliot Smith
Eoanthropus
Ain
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