illustration — From the January 2011 issue
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illustration — From the January 2011 issue
Readings — From the April 2004 issue
Wraparound — From the January 1975 issue
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Fiction — From the July 1901 issue
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The drawer — From the May 1900 issue
Years of consideration preceding the inclusion of the word “phat” in Random House’s 1996 Compact Unabridged Dictionary:
Scientists created crash helmets that stink when cracked and fruit flies to whom blue light smells delicious.
In Belize, a construction company bulldozed a 2,300-year-old Mayan temple to make road fill.
“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.”
