Hey, E. N., and Katz, G. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 328. The optimum thermal environment for naked babies. The optimum thermal environment in which to nurse a baby naked in an incubator has been defined from a knowledge of the magnitude of the factors affecting thermal balance. Such a neutral environment allows body temperature to remain normal while oxygen consumption and ev...

In his arrogance toward nature, man is gambling that his superior technology will provide the essentials of food, clean water and pure air. What are the risks of such a gamble? Are these the only necessities? Drs. Iltis and Loucks are professors of botany at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Mr. Andrews is an affiliated student in archeology and anthropology, St. John’s College, Cambridge, ...