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Readings — From the March 2001 issue
Readings — From the September 1992 issue
illustration — From the September 1991 issue
Readings — From the January 1986 issue
Article — From the November 1908 issue
Article — From the July 1906 issue
Poetry — From the April 1897 issue
Editor's study — From the November 1893 issue
Poetry — From the September 1876 issue
Poetry — From the September 1862 issue
Article — From the July 1860 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.”