Readings — From the June 2012 issue
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Readings — From the June 2012 issue
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The literary imagination in exile
Article — From the October 1978 issue
Private practice versus public need
Article — From the June 1978 issue
The unsavory partnership of research and agribusiness
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Article — From the October 1965 issue
Article — From the October 1965 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.”
