Easy chair — From the November 2011 issue
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Easy chair — From the November 2011 issue
Readings — From the March 2011 issue
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Article — From the December 1994 issue
Oblivion comes to a West Virginia coal town
Readings — From the May 1994 issue
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Readings — From the October 1986 issue
Wraparound — From the March 1974 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.”