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...colonies draft their soldier armies and maintain balance in their incredible caste systems was cleared up last week by a Chicago zoologist. The secret: a "social hormone" exuded by some of the ants to inhibit the others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Selective Service Underground | 8/25/1941 | See Source »

...workers give off no exudate and cannot inhibit the growth of soldiers, so too many appear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Selective Service Underground | 8/25/1941 | See Source »

...only amendment which might inhibit the powers that the President had asked was No. 3. But Congress' refusal to "authorize" convoying did not prohibit the President from exercising an authority he already had under the Constitution. As Commander in Chief of the Army & Navy, he can send armed forces wherever he sees fit. That U. S. naval vessels might, in the end, have to convoy foreign merchant ships, in order to make sure that aid to Britain got to Britain, was a possibility over which opponents of the bill brooded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Last Call for Lunch | 2/10/1941 | See Source »

Corn fodder can be stored in silos because it has a high content of carbohydrates. Fermentation breaks down the carbohydrates into lactic and acetic acids, which inhibit bacterial action, keep the fodder from rotting. Untreated hay, wet or not, rots in a silo because it is so low in carbohydrate content that the alkaline products of fermentation overcome the effect of the acids. Monsanto's technique is to chop up the hay, blow it into a silo and blow "Phosilage" in with it. "Phosilage," which is 75% phosphoric acid, neutralizes the alkalinity, allows the natural acids to do their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Phosilage | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...well. But even though inflammation developed after the intoxicated animals recovered from their drunken stupor, it did not save any of them if bacteria had run rampant even for so short a period as three hours. Dr. Pickrell did not determine the minimal amount of alcohol which would inhibit the body's defense mechanisms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Alcohol and Pneumonia | 10/31/1938 | See Source »

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