The SciencesFebruary 1, 2009
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Pravda on Education, Teddy Roosevelt's Navy and Mass-Produced Ironwork
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Stories by Daniel C. Schlenoff
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2009
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Defending Scopes, Wrong on Earthquakes, and Comet Cleaners
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
The SciencesDecember 1, 2008
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Universal Behavior, Airplane for Enthusiasts and Candle in the Dark
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
The SciencesNovember 1, 2008
150 Years Ago: Using Light as a Cure
Stories from past issues of Scientific American
The SciencesOctober 1, 2008
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Star Power, Car Thieves and Expensive Horse-Power
Stories from past issues of Scientific American
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2008
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Scientific Creativity, Wright Crash and Fever Riot
Stories from past issues of Scientific American
The SciencesAugust 1, 2008
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Ads Go Subliminal, Wrights Soar and Continents Connect
Articles from past issues of Scientific American
The SciencesJuly 1, 2008
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Security Bug ▪ June Bug ▪ Bug Trap
Security Bug -- June Bug -- Bug Trap
The SciencesJune 1, 2008
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: American Passivity ▪ Wright Brothers' Report ▪ Coal Tar Dye
Articles from past issues of Scientific American
The SciencesApril 1, 2008
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Hoyle on Matter, Our Readers? and Killing Beauty
Articles from past issues of Scientific American
The SciencesMarch 1, 2008
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Atomic Economics, Hammondsport Flight Test and Exactitude and Fashion
Articles from past issues of Scientific American
The SciencesFebruary 1, 2008
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Gone Fission, Wilbur on Flying and Cold Steam
Articles from past issues of Scientific American
The SciencesOctober 1, 2007
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: White Flight, Hypnotic Snakes and Treasure Ship
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2007
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Crick's Progress, Flight Incentive and Flame Tamer
The SciencesAugust 1, 2007
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Accident Epidemiolog, An Unsinkable Ship and Truth Serum
The SciencesSeptember 1, 2004
A Century of Einstein
Scientific American has covered Einstein's theories--and the refinements and reactions to them--ever since scientists began to grasp the import of his landmark 1905 papers. Read on for a sampling of our reports, some by leading physicists of their times
The SciencesDecember 1, 2003
The Equivocal Success of the Wright Brothers: Myths about the Wright Brothers