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Don’t Shoot the Bear

Whale pizzas and polar bears: A man on a mission at the Arctic Circle

Dark Tourism

Cambodia tries to turn its bloody history into a sightseeing boom.

All War Is Local

For one close-knit National Guard Unit from Arkansas, Afghanistan hits home.

French Connections

Gallic ingenuity has turned failing farms and rundown châteaux into hidden tourist gems.

Almost Noble

Tony Blair’s memoir reveals him to be neither a cynic nor an innocent, but a man of some principle.

The Point of No Return

The Iranian nuclear threat will soon come to a head. A preemptive attack by Israel could be disastrous. It might happen anyway.

Living With a Nuclear Iran

Henry Kissinger believes that containing Iran will depend on one thing: showing its leaders that we're willing to go to war.

Whale Crossing

As sea traffic booms, can new shipping lanes and speed limits save the right whale from extinction?

Japan Surrenders

The author returns to his old Tokyo neighborhood and finds an inward-looking country that has lost its ambition.

Flogging Genghis Khan

Mongolia revives its strongman. Will the hordes follow?

On Bolivia’s Coca Trail

High anxiety amid giant Tree Ferns and landslides in Bolivia’s little-traveled—and dazzling—Carrasco National Park

Nuclear Options

President Obama and his advisers are facing a series of questions on Iran and Israel. Every answer is discouraging.

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ending Poverty

An eminent economist discovers the virtues of colonialism.

The Case for Calling Them Nitwits

Most terrorists are bungling fools. Spread the word.

Rent a White Guy

Confessions of a fake businessman from Beijing

The Vigilante

Italy’s Northern League party exploits a brutal crime for a dubious law.

Hex Appeal

Witches are overwhelming the courts in the Central African Republic. And that may be a good thing.

Guitar Heroes

Can a battle of the bands help end a brutal insurgency in India?

Board Games

The gruff, boastful art of claiming Indonesia’s surf as your own

The Next Empire

From oil in Algeria to zinc in Gabon to copper in the Congo, China is muscling in on natural resources all across Africa on a massive scale. Will it succeed in easing poverty where Western aid has failed? Or will it become the continent’s latest colonial overlord?

Rum and Hope

Haiti’s famed Barbancourt rum factory has survived by taking self-sufficiency to an extreme.

A Space Oddity

How an Afghan pilot became a cosmonaut—and a fugitive

A Nation on the Brink

It’s not just Al-Qaeda. Water shortages, collapsing oil supplies, war, refugees, pirates, poverty—why Yemen is failing.

Man Versus Afghanistan

Will General Stanley McChrystal be our deus ex machina in Afghanistan? Or just the latest commander to succumb to the impersonal forces of history and geography?

Exodus

Less traffic through the Suez Canal means less of everything else for Egyptians—including hope.

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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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