Engineering
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: February 2020 Cooling the Air around Us; The Dangers of Diving
Ice, refrigeration and the technology of chill
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago302 articles archived since 1845
Policy
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: January 2020
Entertainment technology over the past 175 years
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50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: December 2019
Poet W. H. Auden greets the New Year; Einstein helps us throw out old ideas
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50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: November 2019
The end of the horse-drawn era; the fascinating “Cardiff giant” hoax, and more
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50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: October 2019
Eating arsenic, what to do in case of fire, bubble computers, and more
Space & Physics
Lunar Geology in 1969; Heaven “Located” in 1869
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
Engineering
Drifting Genes and Drifting Continents from 1969
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
Space & Physics
1969: Catching Small Particles; 1919: Crashing Large Airplanes
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
Policy
Rubella Vaccines Succeed; Alcock and Brown Fly across the Atlantic
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
Policy
Mining Silver from the Atomic Bomb; The Perennial Baby-Walker
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
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1969: We Used Flints for Threshing; 1919: We Wanted Airships for Travel
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
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Hating Daylight Savings in 1919; Plans for the Panama Canal in 1869
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
Policy
The End of the “Monkey War” in the Battle over Evolution; Dangerous Blood Transfusion in 1869
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
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The Fight over Abortion Heats Up, 1969; The Price of Helium, 1919
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
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1968: J. B. Gurdon on Pluripotent Cells; 1918: Sending the Army Back Home
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
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November 1918: Peace Arrives, but Influenza Sweeps the World
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
Policy
The Business of Slavery and Sugar in Cuba, 1868
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
Engineering
Dikes for Keeping Out the Zuyder Zee; the Victorian Fear of Being Buried Alive
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
Culture
1968: Water for Breathing; 1868: Sex and Rabies in Dogs
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
Culture
“Foul Treachery” of Trotsky and Lenin in 1918; Phineas Gage’s Brain in 1868
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
