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...society as a whole, considered apart from its living units, presents phenomena of growth, structure and function analogous to those of growth, structure and function in an animal...

Author: By Jim Cramer, | Title: 'Sociobiology'--An Old Synthesis | 1/30/1976 | See Source »

...critics object most strenuously to his assertions that such phenomena as sex-linked behavioral differences, territoriality and aggression are fundamental aspects of what Wilson calls "human nature" and have a genetic basis...

Author: By Christopher B. Daly, | Title: The Second Wave Hits Wilson | 11/8/1975 | See Source »

...believers lambasted the Air Force and other authorities for suppressing UFO reports. Astronomer J. Allen Hynek of Northwestern University, the ranking UFO investigator and author of the recent book, The UFO Experience, accused the Air Force of "pigeonholing every UFO sighting as either conventional aircraft, balloons or natural phenomena in order to produce statistics showing a low number of unexplained cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The UFO Clans Gather | 11/3/1975 | See Source »

...tale of his brief "capture" by a spacecraft that landed near Pascagoula, Miss., in 1973, Fisherman Charles Hickson prudently refused to go through with a promised polygraph examination. On one thing the conferees did agree: in the future the squabbling UFO groups-the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) and the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP)-will pool their findings and allow Hynek's new Center for UFO Studies in Evanston, Ill., to act as a worldwide data bank. The irrepressible Hynek seemed equal to the honor. Declaring that far too much time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The UFO Clans Gather | 11/3/1975 | See Source »

...season begins this Saturday with the Wheaton squad coming to the IAB. Prospects look good for this to be an exciting and dynamic year. The Radcliffe swimming program is one of those phenomena that keeps getting better with...

Author: By Karen M. Bromberg, | Title: Radcliffe Aquawomen See Bright Season Ahead | 10/28/1975 | See Source »

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