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Editor's drawer — From the January 1920 issue
Editor's drawer — From the July 1919 issue
Editor's drawer — From the June 1919 issue
Editor's drawer — From the July 1914 issue
Editor's drawer — From the August 1877 issue
Editor's drawer — From the February 1874 issue
Editor's drawer — From the October 1870 issue
Editor's drawer — From the May 1869 issue
Editor's drawer — From the April 1868 issue
Editor's drawer — From the September 1866 issue
Editor's drawer — From the May 1866 issue
Editor's drawer — From the October 1862 issue
Editor's drawer — From the April 1859 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.”
