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Cartoon — From the June 2009 issue
illustration — From the December 2008 issue
illustration — From the July 2008 issue
Readings — From the March 2008 issue
Readings — From the October 2007 issue
illustration — From the June 2006 issue
Readings — From the May 2003 issue
Readings — From the December 2002 issue
Article — From the June 2000 issue
Cartoonists sketch the world to come
Readings — From the November 1998 issue
Readings — From the July 1998 issue
Readings — From the May 1998 issue
Readings — From the October 1997 issue
Readings — From the April 1997 issue

Minimum number of baboons forced to smoke crack in a 1989 study testing the efficacy of cigarettes as a drug delivery device:

A reduction in distrust toward atheists was documented among pious Canadians who are reminded of the Vancouver police.

A Missouri cinema apologized for hiring an actor dressed in body armor and carrying a fake rifle to appear at a screening of Iron Man 3.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”