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Bottled Water World I was a judge in an international water contest — tap waters, purified waters, spring waters, sparkling waters. It was almost enough to make one forget there's an H2O crisis looming.
By Anne Janette Johnson |
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Bobby Fischer Read Here He rose to fame as an international chess whiz, but spent his last days in the back corner of a sleepy Reykjavik bookstore.
By Sara Blask |
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Car Parts Chinese manufacturers, assembly lines, spinning stages, and sparkly dresses. Our correspondent reports from the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
By Jesse Smith |
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The Oberlin Experiment There was a time when sports and politics were inseparable, and Oberlin College launched a lunatic revolution of Radical Athleticism and "jock liberation." It may be the great unwritten chapter in American sports history.
By Anne Trubek |
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At the Body, Mind, and Spirit Expo I heard pets speak from the grave, had a picture of my aura taken, and got sucked into a Scientology pitch. And that was just the first day.
By Emily Maloney |
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Boomtown on the Barents Norway is the Saudi Arabia of the North, exploiting
the world's last oil and gas reserves. But as the Arctic melts and the
Russians encroach, our correspondent can see the future from a cold,
remote place.
By Sara Blask |
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Likeness of Beings Madame Tussauds brings its wax celebrities to a new branch in Washington. Our correspondent visited J. Edgar Hoover, Abraham Lincoln, and Marion Barry to find out why we still love wax "museums."
By Jesse Smith |
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Old Like Me Can empathy be taught? I put corn in my shoes and almost pee on the floor as I undergo aging sensitivity training.
By Jason Wilson |
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Menckenmania How do you celebrate a grouch like Mencken? Our correspondent went to Baltimore for his 127th birthday and found that it involves torture, opera, pit bulls, and cheese.
By Jesse Smith |
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Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara Science exists whether humans exist or not. A Q&A with paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara.
A Smart Set Interview |
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Scopes Revisited Every few years Darwin gets hauled into court. We revisit the most famous case of all, the Scopes Trial.
By Anne Janette Johnson |
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How To Live Forever Our correspondent journeys to an isolated region of Sardinia, barges in on very old people, and asks: How can I, too, live to be 100?
By Jason Wilson |
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Creating a Truth About half of the United States does not believe in evolution. Our correspondent visits a new, $27 million creationism museum in Kentucky, built just for them.
By Jesse Smith |
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