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What We Love This Week, Volume CXLIII

What We Love This Week, Volume CXLIII

Plus the best of autumn around the world, the faces of New York's roughest neighborhood, the globe's most terrifying skywalks, and more.
What We Love This Week, Volume CXLII

What We Love This Week, Volume CXLII

Plus: The abandoned side of Paris you've never seen, the strange ways of the Deep South, the haunting Chinese village reclaimed by nature.
Your World This Week, Volume XIII

Your World This Week, Volume XIII

Google's self-driving car and XEROX's self-destructing chip may both soon be here, plus the rest of this week's top tech news.
What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXIX

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXIX

The just discovered species that changes the story of evolution, plus unbelievable photos of Japan's devastating flood and Iceland's stunning volcanoes.
Your World This Week, Volume XII

Your World This Week, Volume XII

Yes, literally 100% effective, plus Obamacare's new provisions for transgender people, and the rest of this week's top health/medicine news.
How North Korean Propaganda Depicts, And Distorts, America

How North Korean Propaganda Depicts, And Distorts, America

North Korean propaganda: outlandish glimpses at what one of the most dangerous countries on earth thinks about us--and claims to have in store for us.
How Muzak Shaped A Conformist America

How Muzak Shaped A Conformist America

While Muzak's background music was easy to ignore, the company's surprising story says a lot about postwar America.
Your World This Week, Volume VII

Your World This Week, Volume VII

Stellar news on Ebola and climate change. Elsewhere, Malaysia Airlines debris discovered and first GOP presidential debate set for Thursday.
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes: Fighting A Mosquito-Borne Epidemic From Within

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes: Fighting A Mosquito-Borne Epidemic From Within

Genetically modified mosquitoes are now being deployed to fight their wild counterparts who are spreading the resurgent dengue fever.
Your World This Week, Volume V

Your World This Week, Volume V

Stay up-to-date with us: this week, a Russian billionaire launches an extensive search for IRL ETs, 99.97% of North Koreans participate in meaningless elections, and Colombia celebrates its independence from Spain.
What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXI

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXI

The photos of himself Hitler didn't want you to see, the astonishing military training regimens you won't believe when you see, and a whole lot more.