Cover Story:
The Future of Sex
In the near future, noses may be able to sniff out the healthiest mates, and wombs may come equipped with nanotechnology that makes pregnancies run like clockwork. But in the distant future, men may not exist at all. From the scary and ominous to the hopeful and ingenious, find all the most cutting-edge predictions here:
> Sniffing Your Way to Healthier Kids
> Pregnancy 2.0: The Womb-on-a-Chip
> Why Cloning Will Never Replace Sex
> The Death of the Y Chromosome
Features:
No Politics Allowed: Understanding the Looming Social Security Crisis
By Anya Kamenetz
If you plan on growing old, pay attention. The government's retirement program has been saving Americans' lives for decades. But will there be anything left to save you?
Coney Island: America's Greatest Playground
By Linda Rodriguez
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Join us as we reveal the fantastical, the perverse, and the unbelievable history of the one, the only ... Coney Island!
America, Meet Your Puppet Master: The Genius of Eddie Bernays
By Fabian Marquez
Edward Bernays could get Americans to do (or buy) anything he told them to. Find out how the father of public relations manipulated a nation into wearing hairnets, buying books, and eating bacon for breakfast.
scatter_brained:
Aesop's Fables
This edition of Scatterbrained takes a lesson or two from Aesop, the master moralizer himself. Discover what modern wolves are using for sheep's clothing (scientific advances that backfired) and how one new goose laid a golden egg (with a little help from a 1980s game show).
Ben Stein's Two Cents: America the Rich
By Ben Stein
Ben Stein doesn't believe the hype about America's collapsing economy. To hear him share a bit of unexpected optimism, turn to page 19.
right_brain:
Masterpiece #96: Voltaire's candide
By Elizabeth Lunday
left_brain:
3 Extreme Ways to go Green
By Maggie Koerth-Baker
You can't fight the green fight just by heading to the recycling bin anymore. Discover how today's eco-warriors save the planet by living inside old tires, planting mushrooms, and eating garbage.
spinning_the globe:
50-Cent Tour:
Jordan
By Jennifer Drapkin
Petra: Jordan's Tourist Mecca, Then and Now
By Jennifer Drapkin and Maggie Koerth-Baker
plus_the usual departments:
[know-it-all]
The Letter 'S'
By A.J. Jacobs
[the_dead guy interview]
Edward R. Murrow
With Michael A. Stusser
[the_quiz]
By Kara Kovalchik and Sandy Wood