Word: phenomena
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...miles straight out into space from the Cape of Good Hope, its perigee a narrow 157 miles over Singapore. With so great a range of altitude, it will pierce both of the newly discovered Van Allen radiation belts (TIME. May 12, 1958 et seq.), collect comprehensive data on phenomena ranging from the earth's ionosphere to cosmic dust...
...nature's most baffling phenomena has been the extraordinary power of female moths to attract mates over long distances. In one experiment, a female emperor in a gauze cage collected 127 males of her species in seven hours; male Chinese silkworm moths have been known to home in on intended mates from as far away as seven miles. Since a female under a bell jar will stir nothing in males on the outside only inches away, biologists have concluded that the secret of her charm must be an odor-from a substance so strong that a few molecules send...
...fact that contemporary science does not appear to require the concept of God to account satisfactorily for natural phenomena...
...atheist who both say more than they could possibly know. This is reflected in the factors they most frequently check as having principally contributed to their present religious attitude: "the fact that contemporary science does not appear to require the concept of God to account satisfactorily for natural phenomena" is the reason given more than any other, and of the three factors vying for second place, two are equally epistemic. "philosophical considerations, such as logical refutations of theoretical proofs of the existence of God" and "the irreconcilability of a literal interpretation of the Bible with certain established scientific truths, such...
...most remarkable phenomena of the bull market has been the rash of stock splits, and the way they have sent stocks scooting up. Staid old American Telephone & Telegraph, for 73 years a holdout against splitting, soared 65 points from 202 within a few weeks after its 3-for-1 split announcement. So popular has splitting become that 80 major companies have registered or announced splits this year, and Wall Streeters feel sure that the old record of 181 splits (in 1955) will be topped before the year is out. While stock splits have gladdened many a stockholder, they have produced...