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Now the comet's head (probably a collection of small, meteorlike objects traveling together like a swarm of bees) had separated into three parts. Its tail (gases driven away from the head by pressure of the sun's light) had dissipated. Only astronomers with powerful telescopes could follow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Shy Comet | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

Next, the two Yale researchers tried bees, which have much more complex reactions. The bees acted like the cockroaches, crawling frustrated outside a heat-transparent window with sweet-smelling honey vapor behind it. Apparently both cockroaches and bees could smell vapors at a distance from their antennae. This may explain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hot Noses | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

Kicked out again, Octávio got along in Europe on handouts from his brother João, a rich socialist. World War II sent him, along with many another refugee, to the U.S. Friends, who found a New York hotel suite for Mangabeira, wife Esther and their two grown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Man of the Hour | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

No Outside Drones. This process can be repeated indefinitely without the help of any outside drone. The product is a pure, highly inbred strain of bees, which can be crossed with other strains to give desirable hybrids. For $95 the Department will provide bee breeders with the necessary equipment.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: For Better Bees | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

The new method, the Department thinks, may revolutionize the bee business. At present the genetic lines of even the purest strains are apt to be crisscrossed with untraceable parent drones. When questionable strains are removed (by the $95 method), many new types can be bred. There will be long-tongued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: For Better Bees | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

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