Winter 1996

THE SHIP THAT HELPED SAVE THE Union and changed naval warfare was but one of many remarkable accomplishments of the fearsome, temperamental John Ericsson

THEY’RE A STAPLE OF B MOVIES AND pulp magazines, but in the late 1950s the U.S. government was seriously interested

WORLD WAR II HAS BEEN OVER for half a century, but the medical advances it spawned continue to save lives

Very few high-tech products taste as good as ice cream