Readings — From the January 2012 issue
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Readings — From the January 2012 issue
illustration — From the January 1992 issue
Article — From the May 1978 issue
As loyalties narrow, society itself dissolves
Wraparound — From the January 1975 issue
Article — From the October 1971 issue
Article — From the June 1966 issue
The easy chair — From the May 1966 issue
Article — From the January 1880 issue
Editor's table — From the June 1861 issue

Percentage by which the risk of type 2 diabetes increases for every two hours a day that a person watches television:

Two bottled ghosts—of an old man and a young girl—were sold at auction in New Zealand.

The practice of sexualized eyeball licking was causing conjunctivitis in Japanese sixth graders.