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Notebook — From the February 1995 issue
Readings — From the October 1991 issue
Article — From the November 1977 issue
Photography — From the November 1977 issue
Wraparound — From the October 1975 issue
The easy chair — From the December 1968 issue
After hours — From the March 1965 issue
Article — From the July 1957 issue
After hours — From the October 1952 issue
Article — From the September 1952 issue
Editor's drawer — From the December 1920 issue
Editor's drawer — From the May 1919 issue
Editor's drawer — From the November 1918 issue
Editor's drawer — From the November 1917 issue
Photography — From the July 1917 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.”
