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Lost In Space

Is Battlestar Galactica a great television epic—or proof that there is no such thing?
[Web only: Video: "Far Out"]

In a Word

Mind control-alt-delete; liminal laundry

In a Haystack

The Bright Side

Transplant

The Mood Swings of a Patriot

Bad Weather

Books In Brief

In time for the holidays—a comprehensive selection of books highlighted in The Atlantic in 2008

Future Schlock

Disney's new, furiously unimaginative House of the Future

Exile

After 17 years in the NHL, Czech hockey star Jaromir Jagr hits the ice—and the jackpot—in Siberia.

Geography Is Destiny

An epochal new book argues that the events of history we think consequential and monumental are, mostly, trivia

Books of the Year

The best of 2008

What Girls Want

A series of vampire novels illuminates the complexities of female adolescent desire. [Web only: Video: "Twilight—a Review"]

Suburbs of Our Discontent

Misery and banality in a 1950s Connecticut development—rendered with anatomical precision on the page, and now coming to the screen

Cover to Cover

A guide to additional releases

The Existential Clown

Why Jim Carrey makes us uncomfortable. [Web only: Video: "The Fears of a Clown"]

Word Fugitives

Articles of agreement; dishwasher dictators

Buoyancy

Inflection

Hope

Now On Sale!

Doped to Dow

Misfortune Cookie

Buffalo Shuffle

Can a deal with Toronto save an American football team—and its decaying hometown?

Freedom’s Curse

Why Washington’s crusade against swearing on the airwaves is f*cked up

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Miami: The Next Big Start-Up City?

How the city became a center for innovation

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A Brief History of Romantic Comedies

From The Atlantic's Chris Orr

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Life in 'the New Arctic'

A moving portrait of a fading landscape

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The Rise of New York City

A fascinating look at Manhattan in the 1940s

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'I Thought It Was Really Funny, but No One Else Did'

A day with New Yorker cartoonist Joe Dator

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New Yorkers: The Winemaker

Make your own wine ... in New York City

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What Is Methane Hydrate?

"Flaming ice" is a vast natural energy source

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NASA's Time-Lapse of the Sun

Now with epic dubstep music

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A Video Letter From the Editor

Highlights from the May 2013 issue

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Shaken Not Tuned: Cocktail Experiments

Can a tuning fork improve a cocktail?

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The Rise of Environmentalism

Tracking 50 years, from the Love Canal disaster to Greenpeace

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Is He Cheating? A 1950s Guide

'That little blonde secretary from the office?’

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New Yorkers: Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps

Risking electric shock to restore old amplifiers

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The DIY Piano-Bicycle

Everybody needs a hobby

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