Earth as a Laboratory; Sun as an Enigma
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Stories by Daniel C. Schlenoff
![Medical Technology, 1915 [Slideshow]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/7A25C472-75F1-4A6F-B1D5E627574A46B1_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
Medical Technology, 1915 [Slideshow]
The science of healing from a century ago
Large Loon Fossil, with Lots of Teeth, 1915
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
A Motorized Single-Wheel Car
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Engineering and Water, 1914 [Slide Show]
Our technological skill as a society is revealed by how skillfully we engineer the control and use of water.
150 Years Ago: Scientific American Covers Pres. Lincoln Reelection, 1864
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Remembering Jonas Salk on the 100th Anniversary of Polio Vaccine Developer’s Birth
Routine clinical use of his vaccine forestalled the paralysis and death brought by the dreaded illness
![Engineering and Water, 1914 [Slide Show]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/1D1ED648-4877-4299-872AD089810FEDFD_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
Engineering and Water, 1914 [Slide Show]
Our technological skill as a society is revealed by how skillfully we engineer the control and use of water
World War I: Naval Technology, 1914 [Slide Show]
A look at the science of naval warfare in the first year of the Great War
![World War I: Naval Technology, 1914 [Slide Show]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/0A5C3032-EF83-440F-B567DA8AB061967E_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
World War I: Naval Technology, 1914 [Slide Show]
A look at the science of naval warfare in the first year of the Great War
Evolution versus Creation; Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
The Great War in Europe: A Look at World War I
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
The Panama Canal [Slide Show]
August 1914–August 2014
A Comment on the Great War (aka the First World War, or World War I)
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
![The Panama Canal [Slide Show]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/FD6A1AC4-16E0-47E5-B774714B8A4BF0D2_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
The Panama Canal [Slide Show]
August 1914–August 2014
Scientific American Debunks Claim Gustave Whitehead Was "First in Flight"
It has been claimed (yet again) that Gustave Whitehead flew a powered, controlled airplane before the Wright brothers did
The First World War
A Centennial Commemoration
![The Science and Art of Electricity, 1914 [Slide Show]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/EFF2C9B5-C82A-475E-BCAE015FB98A6C83_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
The Science and Art of Electricity, 1914 [Slide Show]
Illuminating insights into electricity from a century ago from the Archive of Scientific American
The Science and Art of Electricity, 1914 [Slide Show]
Illuminating insights into electricity from a century ago from the Archive of Scientific American
