Show keeping U up P M C ien e 4 je C sic 17 er v e a science service service pagan temple found in in Trans jordan Is 0 of f christs time place of worship of the new haven an a amazing pagan temple in the holy land reflecting light on the bible drama of john the baptist herodias and salome has beer been unearthed by joint efforts of american and british fists most of the ruins which crown a high hill in Trans jordan southeast ot of the river jordan now stand revealed the work is being done by the american schools of oriental research at jerusalem led by dr nelson glueck and the Trans jordan department of antiquities led by lankester harding the president of the american schools of oriental research prof millar burrows of yale announced the find here the temple is of great interest because it stood in the time of john the baptist and of christ and because it was a place of worship of the the spark which touched off conflict between herod and john the baptist was hernds divorce of a princess in in order to marry his brothers wife herodias whom he preferred little known about very little has been known about the who figure in bible history except that they were arabs who possessed a strong kingdom in Trans jordan a and n d northeastern arabia gods worshiped by these people are revealed in the temple ruins sculptures have been found of the powerful god zeus hadad armed with his thunderbolt and of his consort the goddess Atar gatis wearing leaf like decorations on her forehead and shoulders the naba also had a goddess of fortune who is portrayed with staring eyes and a crown on her her head and encircled by the figures of the zodiac A sculptured eagle and snake entwined suggest to the archeologists archaeologists that these arab people borrowed roman ideas in their religion and the other gods show that they borrowed from syria greece and egypt also fierce worms kill their prey with hollow spears honolulu dog eat dog is is realized in the world of blind life underground in fierce attack of worm on worm one group of predatory worm kills its kindred prey with hollow spears that they carry in their mouths I 1 and then suck their victims body contents through the hollow of the deadly weapon like a kid absorbing a malted milk scenes from these small but sanguinary dramas are described in science by drs M B linford and J M oliveira veira of the pineapple experiment peri ment station these worms belonging to the great group known as nematodes were found in soils in hawaii and other pacific islands victim has no chance one group of these spear bearing worms has big heavy weapons with large hollows so quickly do they suck in the flesh and blood of their victims that the speared worm has no time to struggle A second group has slender spears their victims might conceivably ceiva bly squirm around violently this however is prevented by the paralyzing action of the slender spears thrust apparently due to the saliva of the attacker injected through the hollow shaft these strange hunter worms have a certain amount of economic importance because some of the species that become their prey are feeders on the roots of crop and ornamental plants biggest oyster shell Is Fo found in texas alpine texas biggest oyster shell in the world is the distinction claimed for an enormous fossil four feet long and three feet wide dug up by geologists of the national park service in the proposed big bend national park area in western texas dr charles N gould who has been working in the rich fossil deposits of the region thinks there may even be bigger shells baitin waiting r to be excavated auto trailer real jekyll and hyde says science writer it can brin bring the user benefit or D disaster by JANE STAFFORD UTO trailers now luring city people out for a summers on the highways of the nation give to the casual observer no hint of sinister deeds but they have a jekyll and hyde personality As they travel the highways they can roll up benefit or disaster to health acting as veritable dr the trailers can increase the physical well being of a large part of the population by getting these people outdoors and in sunshine much more than would otherwise be possible acting as mr hydes they can jeopardize the health not only of those who ride and live in them b but ut of whole communities through which the trailers pass here is is the picture of mr hyde in a trailer as worried health officers see him communicable diseases typhoid fever smallpox influenza luenia and all the rest are spread fastest by travel with thousands of persons traveling constantly many of whom never traveled before the spread of disease may be greatly accelerated milk and water problems trailer tourists cannot depend on the milkman or the city water works to supply them with safe milk and drinking water they must find these for themselves penalty for not using a safe supply may be a serious case of typhoid fever or some other ailment that can come from contaminated water or milk gravest danger of all is the trailer tourists garbage and other waste if this is not properly disposed of it will scatter disease along the highways and in tourist camps villages farms and cities A recent conference of health officers suggested many ways to meet this danger among them was the radical step of requiring health department part ment approval of every trailers sanitary arrangements before a license is issued by the highway authorities birth ring found in human teeth by Chica chicago oro dentist chicago discovery of a birth ring in human teeth something like the growth ring of a tree was announced by dr isaac of the university of illinois college of dentistry here the birth ring is said to be a definite biological landmark in the history of the individual its di discovery is dr believes op opens en the way for other new dis discoveries v A in the history of the teeth a and na t the h cc individual the birth ring or neonatal neo natal ring to give it its scientific name is found in the first or baby teeth it appears in both the dentin and enamel and makes it possible to compare the amount and quality of each of these substances in the teeth before and after birth marked by biologic changes the teeth start to grow about abou t four months before the baby is born and the last tooth has not completed its growth until the age of twenty years is reached during this time several important biologic changes take place the most important of which is birth one effect 0 of f this experience in which the change from dependent to independent life is made is a loss of weight which it takes the baby 10 days or more to regain reflected U light ait used in in Alati matching elling colors durham N C housewives with a piece of silk or skein of yarn to match hold the samp sample ae against the piece they are shopping for and decide whether or not the colors agree in the very much larger shopping jobs that industry has to take care of much more exact matching processes are necessary and these are taken care of by a scientific light analyze ing and measuring device the spectrograph how this operates was told before the meeting of the american physical society of duke university by prof arthur C hardy of the massachusetts institute of technology with the spectrograph light reflected from the sample or standard is split into its component spectral parts and the exact wavelength of each of these portions is determined as well as a measure of df its intensity the result is a numerical rn formula exactly ee describing scribing all tho the parts of the light and telling how it is put together |