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 A Praying Mantis at Lunch
David R. Brooks and Susan Caughlan
The bumblebee was still alive while being eaten by a praying mantis (Stagomantis spp.). It was originally perched on the seat of a white plastic lawn chair outside my shop door, and I found it when I took an instrument outside to test in the sun.
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Leaving Science: Occupational Exit from Scientific Careers
Anne E. Preston, Russell Sade Foundation, New York, 2004, 201 pages.
ISBN: 0-87154-694-9
Reviewed by Michael Reed
Anne E. Preston is associate professor of economics at Haverford College, Pennsylvania. In Leaving Science, Prof. Preston describes some of the reasons why people leave their careers and majors in science for other fields, such as medicine and law.
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A Special Moonwatch Feature by One who was There
A Personal View of the Moonwatch Experience in 1957
Anna Hillier
I joined the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston with the hope of making my own telescope.
Our club was asked to design a Moonwatch scope since we were based at Harvard College Observatory. The scope would be for observing the first satellites that were expected to be launched during the International Geophysical Year. The older members completed 12 scopes prior to July 1957.
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A Special Moonwatch Feature by One who was There
The Transit Scopes of the Moonwatch Program
Anna Hillier
I have been asked, “Why did people look down instead of up?” The question concerns the Moonwatch scopes used to track the first space satellites, beginning with Sputnik 1 in October 1957.
These scopes were called transit scopes because they were designed to see a wide field of view and to watch for objects that pass in front of (transit) the eyepiece. They were designed for the express purpose of the Moonwatch program and were never meant for nightly observing sessions.
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This Week at Hilton Pond
Bill Hilton Jr.
Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
York, South Carolina 29745 USA
Hummingbird Predators (1-7 September 2007)
When we're asked what sorts of animals prey upon hummingbirds, we usually answer they just don't have very many predators. We thought our short list was pretty complete until this week when friends from North Carolina reported an almost-unbelievable near-predation on a ruby-throated hummingbird--by an insect no less!
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