You would find the following links very interesting.
2000s - The Genome to Titan
Influenza wave from the east
Classic article from 1957: A major flu epidemic is approaching from the Far East, having originated in Hong Kong
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
The indestructible transistor
Classic article from 1957: As a US Snark missile goes missing in the direction of Brazil, doubts are raised over the durability of its tiny electronics
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
Television without wires
Classic article from 1956: A major electronics development after the second world war is the method of wiring electronic circuits by "printing" wires
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
Baby Computer
Classic article from 1956: On show in London, fresh from a debut in Paris, is a new US electronic digital computer, the Burroughs E 101
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
Atomic Aircraft
Classic article from 1957: The enthusiasm for a nuclear-powered bomber project in the US is blowing hot and cold
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
Genetic chemistry - a new science?
Classic article from 1957: If scientists acknowledge that DNA is the repository of hereditary factors, then the way is open to a new discipline
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
Forecasting the weather with machines
Classic article from 1956: Computing machines are a meteorologist's dream
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Rubber windshield
Classic article from 1957: A completely transparent synthetic rubber is developed in the US, and considered for use in jet aircraft
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
Insulation by foam-in-place
Classic article from 1956: Plastic padding to keep buildings warm
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Can we 'burn' plutonium?
Classic article from 1957: New reactor may create plutonium for future use in power generation
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
A physicist's idea on strategy
Classic article from 1957: Small tactical nuclear weapons could be the future of warfare
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Particles and parity
Classic article from 1957: The neutrino seems to have an exclusive position in calculations concerning the looking-glass world of basic particles
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
Launch of Sputnik 1: How soon to the moon?
Classic article from 1957: The successful launch by the Russians of the first Earth satellite is a major technical triumph
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
A regrettable altercation
Classic article from 1957: Britain's greatest scientific instrument, the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, makes its debut amid angry exchanges
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
Atom ash keeps cloth clean
Classic article from 1956: A substance present in the radioactive ash from atomic power stations is used to clean up laundry
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
Windscale fire
Classic article from 1957: One of the two Windscale reactors is shut down due to the fire, which may have resulted from some kind of experiment
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
Computer plays draughts
Classic article from 1957: Capabilities of “mechanical brains” today far exceed the nation’s readiness to use their skills
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
The pekin ducks which changed
This is a classic articles from 1957: Sex cell injection creates ducks of a different colour
Breaking News - 14 November 2006
Polypropylene: Plastic with a future
Classic article from 1957: Polypropylene articles, tubing and film are on show in Milan - could they rival polyethylene?
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
The coleopter - a revolutionary experimental aircraft
Classic article from 1959: The machinery is hailed as a potential rapid-response interceptor
50 Years of New Scientist 1950s - 18 November 2006
A simpler life-form than a virus
Classic article from 1960: Research on animal and human disease are forcing biologists to consider a hitherto unsuspected class of infective agents
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
Gagarin goes into orbit
Classic article from 1961: The incredible achievement by the Russians receives a cool reception at the International Space Science Symposium
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
The flashing maser
Classic article from 1960: If physicists can produce monochromatic light which is coherent like radio waves, it might be used for communications
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
Pills against population
Classic article from 1960: The development of chemical compounds which, when taken by mouth, may reduce the fertility of women is reviewed
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
Cloud-making experiment reaps a whirlwind
Classic article from 1962: Finding sheds light on the formations of tornadoes
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
The genetic code explained
Classic article from 1962: We are privileged to witness a major breakthrough in biology, courtesy of Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
How can Man improve Man?
Classic article from 1962: Sir Julian Huxley is warning of "genetic retrogression" as modern society fosters the spread of mutations"
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
Circular runways for airports?
Classic article from 1965: The idea is being considered by the US navy, and tested at General Motors' proving ground
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
Quark-hunters draw a blank
Classic article from 1964: A new experiment indicates that quarks do not exist or, if they do, they must have very large masses by the usual standards
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
A 'filling station' for cash
Classic article from 1965: Self-service counters make banking a breeze
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Genetic engineering
Classic article from 1966: First animals to have their DNA altered
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Nuclear digging on trial
Classic article from 1967: The world's first commercially sponsored nuclear explosion is scheduled to take place in New Mexico
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
Pesticides and catastrophe
Classic article from 1968: DDT builds up in the environment, with dire health implications
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
A hover-train service by 1970
Classic article from 1968: First overhead air cushion transport system revealed
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
China can eavesdrop on US satellites
Classic article from 1968: New ground station robs US of secure communications link
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
A porous leotard for space
Classic article from 1968: Massive improvement on cumbersome space suits
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
A tube train that splits down the middle
Classic article from 1969: Underground railways remain the fastest way of transporting large numbers around cities - but could they be made better?
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
Changes made to fruit fly
Classic article from 1966: The first news of changes evolved by deliberate genetic manipulation of any organism more complex than a bacterium
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
Protection under the arms
Classic article from 1969:A new device may prevent hold ups and bank robberies
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
First signs of gravitational waves?
Classic article from 1967: Researchers who pioneered work on detection of the waves have been regularly observing "events"
50 Years of New Scientist 1960s - 18 November 2006
The Earth and the Moon may have formed together
Classic article from 1969: Moon rocks shed new light on Earth
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Mars, the next space target
Classic article from 1969: Are we to witness another great show-bizz juggernaut, moving spectacularly to its televisual climax of a “leap for mankind” on the surface of Mars?
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Is Pluto no bigger than the moon?
Classic article from 1976: New spectroscopic observations reveal that Pluto may be much smaller and lighter than hitherto imagined
50 Years of New Scientist 1970s - 18 November 2006
The thing about beards
Classic article from 1972: Some time in the next few months Gillette will embark on an advertising campaign promoting a new shaving device
50 Years of New Scientist 1970s - 18 November 2006
Diet halves deaths from heart disease
Classic article from 1972: The results of a massive study in to the effects of a cholesterol lowering diet are published
50 Years of New Scientist 1970s - 18 November 2006
Wind in the loo
Classic article from 1972: Passengers in NASA’s space shuttle will be faced with a novel kind of commode
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Russians find a double helix from outer space
Classic article from 1972: Meteorite chemistry hints at origins of life
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Cautious agreement at Pacific Grove
Classic article from 1975: Biologists meet to discuss their new-found ability to play God with living organisms, and to consider a catechism
50 Years of New Scientist 1970s - 18 November 2006
Aerosol hazard to atmospheric ozone
Classic article from 1974: Atmospheric concentrations of propellants used in aerosols are rising so rapidly they present a threat to the ozone layer
50 Years of New Scientist 1970s - 18 November 2006
After Asilomar
Classic article from 1975: Debate erupts over safety of molecular biology
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Smallpox extinction - a note of caution
Classic article from 1976: How long can smallpox survive outside of the body?
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Scientists purged in Argentina and Chile
Classic article from 1976: New Scientist receives a letter describing events in Argentina since Isabel Perón's regime was overthrown
50 Years of New Scientist 1970s - 18 November 2006
Two decades of dissidence
Classic article from 1976: The two decades of Soviet science, following the repression of scientists and intellectuals during the Stalin era, have been a bumpy ride
Breaking News - 14 November 2006
China's food revolution
Classic article from 1976: The communist nation has boosted grain output by 30% in a decade
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Is evolution a traveller from outer space?
Classic article from 1978: Did life originate on comets, before falling like seeds onto Earth?
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Biological answer to male desertion – in animals
Classic article from 1976: Maternal commitment may look like the selfless dedication of the female to the survival of her offspring, but looks can be decieving
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
US reactor accident melts nuclear credibility
Classic article from 1979: A nuclear accident at Three Mile Island causes significant amounts of radioactive compounds to vent from the plant
50 Years of New Scientist 1970s - 18 November 2006
AIDS: The gay epidemic
Classic article from 1982: US physicians have diagnosed 500 citizens with an "acquired immunodeficiency syndrome" (AIDS)
50 Years of New Scientist 1980s - 18 November 2006
The brain's own opiate
Classic article from 1980: Morphine and other opiates interact strongly with molecular receptors in specific areas of the brain - but why?
50 Years of New Scientist 1970s - 18 November 2006
Climatic cause for concern
Classic article from 1980: What is the likelihood of a warming "greenhouse effect" produced by a build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
50 Years of New Scientist 1970s - 18 November 2006
Asteroid dealt dinosaurs death blow
Classic article from 1980: A 100-million-megaton explosion filled atmosphere with dust for three to five years
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Computers that learn could lead to disaster
Classic article from 1980: Machine writes a more efficient program than its human operator
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
Ethiopia yields an elder brother for Lucy
Classic article from 1982: Fossils from the Awash river valley push the existence of man's line back to before 4 million years ago
50 Years of New Scientist 1980s - 18 November 2006
The quest for the W particle
Classic article from 1983: Two groups announce what may turn out to be the first evidence of CERN's greatest discovery yet
50 Years of New Scientist 1980s - 18 November 2006
Continental drift: the final proof
Classic article from 1984: NASA's scientists reveal the first direct measurements of continental drift
50 Years of New Scientist 1980s - 18 November 2006
The day the shuttle blew up
Classic article from 1986: Pat Jones was commentating on the launch from NASA’s space centre in Houston. Here, she gives and inside view
Breaking News - 16 November 2006
A major malfunction
Classic article from 1986: Will the public demand that NASA curtails its space programme following the shuttle Challenger disaster?
50 Years of New Scientist 1980s - 18 November 2006
The world's worst nuclear accident
Classic article from 1986: A nuclear reactor at the Soviet Union's largest power station, Chernobyl, is in flames this week
50 Years of New Scientist 1980s - 18 November 2006
Claims for 'test-tube fusion' meet scepticism
Classic article from 1989: Strong doubts greeted a report by scientists claiming to have achieved fusion at room temperature
50 Years of New Scientist 1990s - 18 November 2006
Big bang echoes through the universe
Classic article from 1992: The door to a new era in astronomy opens as "ripples" in radiation from the big bang are detected by a NASA satellite
50 Years of New Scientist 1990s - 18 November 2006
The trouble with Hubble
Classic article from 1990: The discovery that the space telescope is seriously flawed pours cold water on the high hopes for Hubble
50 Years of New Scientist 1990s - 18 November 2006
Unexpected twist for tubular carbon
Classic article from 1991: A Japanese scientist discovers cylindrical carbon molecules, which he has dubbed "buckytubes"
50 Years of New Scientist 1990s - 18 November 2006
Chicago quark hunters come out on top
Classic article from 1995: Almost a year after physicists first said they might have detected the top quark, two teams say they have found it
50 Years of New Scientist 1990s - 18 November 2006
Antiworld flashes into view
Classic article from 1996: Physicists have for the first time created anti-hydrogen, the simplest antiatom
50 Years of New Scientist 1990s - 18 November 2006
Cloning: The point of no return
Classic article from 1997: The origins of Dolly, now the most famous sheep in the world, are still hard to believe
50 Years of New Scientist 1990s - 18 November 2006
Human genome: The end of the beginning
Classic article from 2000: Heads of government and Nobel laureates come together to hail the "working draft" of the human genome
50 Years of New Scientist 2000s - 18 November 2006
Hot contender ousts current champ
Classic article from 2001: A new superconductor not only conducts with zero resistance, but has overtaken its rivals on the current it can carry
50 Years of New Scientist 2000s - 18 November 2006
Face transplant may be only way to restore speech
Classic article from 2005: The race to conduct the first face transplant, albeit only partial, is won by a French team
50 Years of New Scientist 2000s - 18 November 2006
An hour on Titan, and eternal glory
Classic article from 2005: A machine from Earth is now resting on an ice-strewn plain a billion kilometres away
50 Years of New Scientist 2000s - 18 November 2006
Act now, before it is too late
Classic article from 2005: Rising carbon dioxide levels and higher temperatures will soon set in motion potentially catastrophic changes
50 Years of New Scientist 2000s - 18 November 2006
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