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Readings — From the August 2006 issue
Readings — From the July 1988 issue
Article — From the December 1986 issue
Exodus redux
Readings — From the January 1986 issue
Article — From the September 1984 issue
Article — From the April 1977 issue
Article — From the August 1969 issue
The easy chair — From the October 1957 issue
Article — From the August 1954 issue
Article — From the February 1941 issue
Article — From the July 1940 issue
Article — From the February 1922 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.”
