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The Middle East is engulfed in chaos, with Al-Qaeda and its radical Sunni offshoots metastasizing and on the march
The Death of the United Kingdom
Whichever way Scotland votes in the upcoming independence referendum, Britain will never be the same again
The Short Life and Wasted Death of Victor Lu
The Middle East is engulfed in chaos, with Al-Qaeda and its radical Sunni offshoots metastasizing and on the march
There's Money in Pollution
The maker of a Yankee Stadium deodorant hopes to save the world one spray at a time
In Focus
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Tabuk, Saudi Arabia—Dedicated soccer fans watch the 2014 World Cup Group B match between the Netherlands and Australia at a camel market. The first round of matches has broken viewing records around the globe: FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, says 42.9 million people watched the broadcast of the opening match between Brazil and Croatia; 11.1 million people watched ESPN’s coverage of the U.S. match with Ghana; and Japan’s loss to Ivory Coast was seen by 34.1 million in Japan, double the number for the next biggest sporting event there.
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Periscope
The kidnapping of three Israeli teens is dividing Palestinians—and puts the Palestinian Authority chief's leadership at risk
New Eavesdropping Equipment Sucks All Data Off Your Phone
On the streets of D.C., foreign agents and U.S. counterspies wage a new kind of spy war
Why Americans Abroad Are Giving Up Their Citizenship
US citizens would rather hand back their passports than comply with rules to prevent tax avoidance
Pro-Russian Georgians Dress in Drag to Try and Defeat the West
In the former Soviet republic of Georgia, protesters supposedly pushing for LGBT rights actually had a very different agenda
Gmail's Privacy Gains Help Google
New encryption will protect the privacy of your Gmails from everyone but Google
Just Right to Jail
As a hedge fund trader faces up to 20 years, debate heats up over jailing Wall Street sinners
How Robot Dogs Are Changing the Face of Warfare
Israel, the US and the UK are all launching unmanned ground vehicles that will carry soldiers' weapons, climb steep hills and even identify bombs
Teenage Kidnappings Split Palestine
Three Israeli students have disappeared, jeopardising peace talks and dividing Palestinian factions
Horizons
Instead of random numbers, the passwords of the future will rely on our knack for remembering faces
Biohacking Puts the Next Scientific Breakthroughs in Consumers' Hands
Labs are opening across the US where ordinary people can invent DNA codes
Your Face Could Replace Your Password
Facial recognition technology could put an end to pesky passwords
Leaving Science Cold
What do Fox and CNN have in common? Both cover climate change poorly
The Bespoke Lawn Mower
3-D printing will make it possible to have nothing like what anybody else has, and just the way you want it
The Race to Protect Planes From Cosmic Rays
Our cyber-technologies are under attack by neutrons from outer space are hitting aircraft, voting machines and supercomputers
New Generation of Bio-Hackers Make DNA Misbehave
They gather in a handful of public labs across the U.S. to play with organisms' source codes
Downtime
"I was astounded to see tubes growing out of the eyes of the statues and invertebrates making their homes on them."
New York Artist Debuts Her Own Armpit 'Perfume' in Harper's Bazaar
"Wow," wrote Tania from Ohio. "Just smelled your Eau de Martynka fragrance in my beauty magazine, and simply must try it. So completely unique!"
Schizophrenia Doesn't Care if You're Loaded
"Education and money may once have served as buffers against distress, but that is no longer the case."
Roald Dahl Thought Francis Bacon Was a Genius
The little-known friendship of two eccentric geniuses, bon viveurs, gamblers and outsiders
Eddie Izzard on Drastic Weight Loss and the Paucity of Wise Nazis
In 2008, Eddie Izzard told Newsweek he planned to enter politics. Now, he's considering a run for mayor of London.