of a larger audience, receive a wider recognition, and awaken a greater interest in this important field of Yale’s intellectual life. 1927–present Since 1927, the magazine has stayed continuously in print, with few major changes in format. ("The" in the title was eliminated since 1952.) The content of the magazine, however, has changed to reflect the times. From 1927 until the mid 1960s, the majority of the feature articles were solicited from Yale faculty members rather than students. Many articles were also written by the chief executives of large-scale technical and engineering companies. There were also articles written by presidents of Yale, deans of the college and the Sheff, military officers, and political figures, such as the U.S. Surgeon General and the Secretary of Health. Yale Students ran all of the editorial and managerial affairs of the magazine and wrote news briefs and editorials. This gradually changed, and by the later 1960s, students were writing all the articles and still running the other operations. The foci of the articles has varied with the times, and reflects Yale’s contribution to the sciences. The late 1920s and the 1930s concentrated on applied physics and engineering. The following decade was dominated by war-related sciences. The 1950s saw a revival of the applied physical sciences, culminating in the feverish space race. The 1950s also served as a prelude to the burst of biological studies in the 1960s, fueled by Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine, the elucidation of the DNA double helix by Watson and Crick, and other emerging techniques. In the late 1960s and early to mid-1970s, YSM concentrated on sciences related to the Vietnam War and in other heated social issues. This pathway culminated with the exploratory microanalytical studies in the natural sciences encountered in the last decade or so. Today, Yale Scientific Magazine strives to narrow the gulf between the sciences and humanities at Yale, particularly by making science done at Yale accessible to a non-technical audience across campus and nationwide. True to its founding philosophy, the Yale Scientific Magazine has remained a platform for budding scientists to develop the art of written communication, and for non-scientists to learn about the cutting edge of science at Yale. Yale Scientific Magazine is largely supported by the Yale Science & Engineering Association, which provides a Yale alumni readership base and strategic partnerships in addition to financial support. In recent years, the magazine has extended operations