New Gadgets and Inventions Highlight Modern Innovations
The article surveys stow away beds, airplane static dischargers, new TV lenses, FM clover leaf antennas, flame resistant plastic enclosures, neoprene cord, a two part drafting square, a page turning device for invalids, and a notational chin switch. Readers are invited to request Gadget Bulletin 317 from Science Service in Washington.
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Science Service
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Washington, D. C
Unholy Scarabs and June Bugs Saute of Pests In Gardens
Unholy scarabs or June bugs are pests in the larval white grub stage that burrow in soil and destroy pots tubers and crops including potatoes and strawberries. The insects are linked to the sacred Egyptian scarab but remain a nuisance to gardeners.
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Egypt
Simple Information Needed To Understand Bikini Tests
The Smyth report outlines how an atomic bomb works and why its chain reaction is so brief. It compares the bomb’s extreme heat and pressures to a star on Earth, notes possible radiation sickness, and explains that most data from Bikini tests remains secret for military reasons.
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Smyth
Bikini
Earth
Albert Einstein
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Chemistry of Making the Atomic Bomb Overview
The text traces uranium fission basics, isotope separation, and the creation of plutonium from uranium 238. It covers Oak Ridge and Hanford plants, neptunium and americium production, tamper design, gun-type assembly, and key dates in the development of atomic bombs from the 1930s through Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Radiation Laboratory
University of California
Clinton Engineer Works
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Hanford
Wash
Los Alamos
N. M
Copfright
Science Service
Toys on Wheels Were Made In Mexico Long Before Carts
In pre Conquest times Mexican Indians crafted wheeled toys found across the Valley of Mexico Vera Cruz Oaxaca and central regions. Archaeologist Dr. Gordon F. Ekholm notes the wheels functioned as models rather than transport devices and suggests the axle was perishable and not retained.
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Mexico
Cortez
New World
Europe
Valley of Mexico
Vera Cruz
Oaxaca
Panuco
Gordon F. Ekholm
American Museum of Natural History
Society For American Archaeology
Ekholm
Tey
Junior Scientists. Slender Stick Bounces as if Made of Rubber
A science note explains how a straight-grained wooden stick six feet long can bounce higher when dropped at a slight angle. By bending slightly and compressing wood fibers, the stick recoils, forming an arc, and can be used in contests to see who makes it bounce highest or farthest.
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Science Service
Hens need lime for strong eggshells in packing
Utah Extension Service notes farmers face egg packaging shortages and hens require lime to form strong shells. Approved poultry diets allow more than twice as much calcium in laying mash than in growing mash, aiding shell quality.
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Utah Extension Service
Pack Rat Homes Harbor Many Creatures in Dense Nest
Pack rats construct cone shaped houses high on trees or in dense shrubbery. The structures host birds, lizards, spiders, beetles, snails, parasitic mice, and even alligators, with worms, moss, leaves, and earth filling chinks. Wren, lizards, salamanders, and various invertebrates share the nest.
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John Eric Hill
American Museum of Natural Tory
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Bikini Atoll
Pacific
New Mexico
Army and Navy
TNT
Atomic Energy
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Germany
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F. Strassmann
O. R. Frisch
Lise Meitner
Einstein
George Washington University
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Niels Bohr
Denmark
Enrico Fermi
Stagg Field Stadium
Chicago
Joseph H. Kraus
Science Clubs of America
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