The SciencesOctober 30, 2015
Electronic Ears for Air Defense, 1915
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: October 30, 1915
History of Science
HealthOctober 23, 2015
Bronze Age Skeletons Were the Earliest Plague Victims
Deadly disease suspected to have driven mass migrations across Europe and Asia
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The SciencesOctober 23, 2015
U.S. Navy and the Arms Race, 1915
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: October 23, 1915
The SciencesOctober 23, 2015
A Fossil Find Gets Entangled with South Africa's Apartheid Past
Some prominent South Africans associate Homo naledi with stereotypes of blacks promulgated during decades of whites-only rule
The SciencesOctober 16, 2015
Electronics Fight Submarines, 1915
The SciencesOctober 9, 2015
Fate of Torpedoed Ships, 1915
The SciencesOctober 6, 2015
Skepticism Versus Spiritualism: A Q&A with Author David Jaher
Jaher chronicles a 1920s Scientific American contest meant to uncover the truth about speaking with the dead
EvolutionOctober 5, 2015
Ancient Toothy Mammal Survived Dino Apocalypse
Hiding out in what is now New Mexico, beaver-like animal used specialized dentition to live on plants
The SciencesOctober 2, 2015
War Comes to the Alps, 1915
The SciencesOctober 1, 2015
Natural History, 1915 [Slide Show]
A look at how we saw the natural world a century ago
The SciencesSeptember 30, 2015
Has Giant LIGO Experiment Seen Gravitational Waves?
An improbable rumor has started that the observatory has already made a discovery — but even if true, the signal could be a drill
EnvironmentSeptember 29, 2015
Antinuclear Austria Should Lead the Way on Nuclear Power
Though constitutionally outlawed, atomic energy is ripe for development in the central European country