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50 Years Ago, ‘Jaws’ Hit Bookstores, Capturing the Angst of a Generation
New York Times· 2 days agoAs her lover dozes on the beach, she’s ravaged by a great white shark. Tom Congdon, an editor at...
Pearl and Pearl-shell Fisheries - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoIN connection with Sir West Ridgeway's anxiety, as Governor of Ceylon, to revive the pearl fishery off the north-west coast of the island, and the appointment by the Secretary of State for the ...
On the Extinct Emeu of the Small Islands off the South Coast of Australia and Probably Tasmania -...
Nature· 2 days agoProf. Baldwin Spencer, of Melbourne, having examined the bones of the emeu which once lived on King Island and found them smaller than those of Dromaeus ater of Kangaroo Island, has felt justified ...
The Comparative Richness of Faunas and Floras Tested Numerically - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoOn this principle he shows that to be equally rich with the small island of Rodriguez, Madagascar ought to possess four times as many species of birds as ...
Eight stunning tidal islands in Scotland you can only walk over to during low tide
Daily Record via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoScotland has countless scenic islands around its coast, but the Daily Record has rounded up eight...
The Green Colouring of Surf on the Horizon - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoAs the breaker ran forward along the shore a green corner preceded, and sometimes the separate crests seemed to be coloured. Along the shore of Sumatra, at a distance of 7 km., no particular colours could be observed.
The Norwegian-Atlantic Expedition - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoThe second week was spent at Hüso, a small island at the mouth of the Sognefiord, where magnetical base-observations were made on shore and on board, ship ...
Opening of the Liverpool Marine Biological Station at Port Erin - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoTHE Liverpool Marine Biology Committee, which commenced the investigation of the fauna and flora of Liverpool Bay and the neighbouring seas seven years ago, and has kept up a small biological ...
Abnormal Cats' Paws - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoIN reference to the recent articles in NATURE on six-toed cats, allow me to remark that the experiment about to be tried on one of the small islands off ...
Our Astronomical Column - Nature
Nature· 3 days agoTHE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE.—If the distance of each star were known in addition to its position in the sky, our knowledge of the present structure of the universe would be complete. In order ...
