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Readings — From the September 1996 issue
Books in brief — From the April 1964 issue
The new books — From the December 1963 issue
Books in brief — From the September 1963 issue
After hours — From the September 1959 issue
Article — From the January 1959 issue
Article — From the July 1958 issue
After hours — From the April 1958 issue
Article — From the April 1957 issue
Who are they and what do they want?
Ratio of the number of cicada eggs per square mile of southern New Jersey to the number of stars in the Milky Way:
Jeffrey Lockwood, University of Wyoming (Laramie)/American Museum of Natural History (N.Y.C.)
A Singaporean company unveiled Kissenger, a pair of plastic lips mounted on a large plastic egg, which transmits real-time interactive kisses to a distant lover. “I am not interested in the sexual uses for it,” said the device’s inventor. “We’ve taken several steps to minimize the creepiness.”
The practice of sexualized eyeball licking was causing conjunctivitis in Japanese sixth graders.
