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...aeronautics and astronautics. In the life sciences center, for" example, electrical engineers, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, medical men, biophysicists, biochemists, microbiologists and electron-microscope experts all pool their skills. The life sciences center is a prime customer for Chilean fishermen, who ship to Cambridge the nerve fibers of a giant squid found off Chile's coast. The size of the fibers makes them relatively easy to work with, and M.I.T.'s life scientists, combining their efforts, have become more or less familiar with most of the chemical molecules that make the fiber work. Their ultimate aim: to understand...
...extraterrestrial races were once generally loathsome, but now most of them are a good deal more mannerly than human beings. A wry corollary is the now typical story of Earthlings, as far advanced scientifically as they are retarded morally, who burst BEM-like upon the ancient, saintly and helpless squid-creatures of Alpha Centauri...
Died. Edmund Newton Harvey, 71, Princeton biology professor who developed the world's foremost laboratory for the study of bioluminescence, documented his discovery (Living Light, Bioluminescence) that light emitted by certain organisms (fireflies, squid) indicates their growth and functioning; of a heart attack; in Woods Hole, Mass. In 1931, in collaboration with New York Banker Alfred Lee Loomis, Harvey invented the centrifuge microscope, which makes cell division observable by whirling the cells at a rate of 20,000 revolutions a minute...
...depths of the ocean are still only slightly known, and they may include the famed sea serpents of salty folklore. Sea-serpent sightings have diminished of late, but Revelle thinks this may be because fast, noisy, modern ships make poor platforms for serpent sighting. Sperm whales dive for gigantic squid up to 50 ft. long that live at great depths and have never been captured by man. Why should not the squid have companions down there...
...diameter, with floats around the edge and ballast in the center. When it reaches a predetermined depth, the ballast will be detached, and the floats will pull the net upward. As it rises, it will inflate with water just as a parachute inflates with air, scooping up any giant squid and sea serpents...