The rise of a new generation of Mormons
TV’s Crowning Moment of Awesome
In thirty-eight years, The Price is Right never had a contestant guess the exact value of prizes in the Showcase showdown. Until Terry Kniess outsmarted everyone — and changed everything.
The Mark of a Masterpiece
The man who keeps finding famous fingerprints on uncelebrated works of art.
Cary in the Sky with Diamonds
Before Timothy Leary and the Beatles, LSD was largely unknown and unregulated. But in the 1950s, as many as 100 Hollywood luminaries—Cary Grant and Esther Williams among them—began taking the drug as part of psychotherapy. With LSD research beginning a comeback, the authors recount how two Beverly Hills doctors promoted a new “wonder drug,” at $100 a session, profoundly altering the lives of their glamorous patients, Balaban included.
The Agnostic Cartographer
How Google’s open-ended maps are embroiling the company in some of the world’s touchiest geopolitical disputes.
The Sheikh Who Got Away
Is Yemen the Next Afghanistan?
Shock and Ow!
Every three minutes, someone somewhere is getting tased by a law-enforcement officer. It is always painful, occasionally deadly, and likely to result in a hilarious YouTube video. But if you think the Taser is scary, wait until you see the stunning parental device the company is coming out with next
All Joy and No Fun
Why parents hate parenting.
Brother
Why I no longer speak to the sibling who raised me like a father.
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