Photography — From the January 2008 issue
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Photography — From the January 2008 issue
The editor's easy chair — From the June 1966 issue
Field notes on three varieties of Japanese inns
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Editor's drawer — From the April 1917 issue
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Fiction — From the July 1894 issue
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Editor's drawer — From the July 1876 issue
Editor's drawer — From the November 1874 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.”