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Article — From the December 1957 issue
Editor's drawer — From the April 1924 issue
Editor's drawer — From the August 1919 issue
Editor's drawer — From the June 1917 issue
Editor's drawer — From the April 1913 issue
Editor's drawer — From the May 1906 issue
Editor's drawer — From the June 1904 issue
Editor's drawer — From the October 1903 issue
Editor's drawer — From the August 1903 issue
The drawer — From the June 1899 issue
Editor's drawer — From the December 1895 issue
Editor's drawer — From the October 1864 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.”