Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 52 — page 111: what you’re looking at

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MARCH of SCIENCE REACTOR SCHOOL A sign of future times is surely to be seen in the recent establishment of a college the sole purpose of which is to give instruction in the field of atomic power. This is the Reactor School at Harwell, which, from January, 1955, will give three-month courses in nuclear physics, reactor physics, metallurgy and reac- tor engineering. The courses are open to people with good degrees in physics or engineer- ing, and with mathematics of subsidiary degree level. Preference will be given at first to graduates employed by firms connected with the various atomic energy pro- jects, especially power pro- jects. The fee for the course is £250—not by any means within the reach of all! But the School will, undoubtedly, be a great success, and it is at once encouraging and re- assuring to know that this venture is wholly concerned with the peaceful use of atomic energy. BRAIN—BODY Cleansing Fires, the story by Dan Morgan in this issue, will certainly be prophetic, for yet another piece of work has been done to demonstrate the connection between the anterior pituitary gland and the brain?. This gland con- trols a wider range of bodily activities than any other simi- lar structure—growth, meta- bolism, reproduction, resist- ance to stress, water balance, salt balance, etc. One of its functions is to enable the female animal to become ready for reproduction— estrous. Dr. B. T. Donovan and Professor G. W. Harris have just carried out experi- ments on ferrets in which they cut the stalk that connects the gland to the brain and, there- by, prevented blood from the brain reaching the pituitary. 110 comiclooks.cormn