Sterling Martin found that when he returned home to Shiprock while studying biochemistry at the University of Iowa, he had difficulty communicating his work to his family in their native tongue.

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THE British Optical Instrument Manufacturers' Association, which is one of the industrial associations working in connection with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, has just issued ...

If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...

The new online Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction probes the speculative corners of the lexicographic universe. By Jennifer Schuessler “Warp speed” may be a term of the moment, thanks to the ...

ONE result of the twentieth-century inclusion of science as a general part of the school curriculum has been the greater interest shown by the reading public in popular scientific literature. This ...

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