Invite Your Brain Along

All by Myself

Hamburg, Germany— President Donald Trump arrives at

Blind Faith

Mosul, Iraq— A suspected Islamic State group fighter

Death in the Afternoon

Lukeville, Arizona— A human skull sits under the sweltering

Burn Notice

Oroville, California— Firefighters take down an American

SWAMP LOVE

Trump bashes the media, but his administration adores their big mergers. Here’s why

STALIN FOR TIME

Russia’s mustachioed, murderous despot is more popular than ever, thanks to Putin

CRYPTO VALLEY

A small town in Switzerland has become the hub for startups in digital currency

PEACE PRICE

Paul Kagame’s presidency has brought stability to Rwanda, but will voters back their increasingly authoritarian leader?

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EXPERT ANALYSIS BEYOND THE HEADLINES ON A WIDE RANGE

Risky Business

Is Trump willing to anger Beijing and go after the Chinese companies supplying North Korea’s nuclear program?

BLOOD BRoTHERS

THE MOVEMENT TO DESTIGMATIZE MENSTRUATION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD HAS ADDED A CRUCIAL ALLY: MEN

STALK OF THE TOWN

Want to control your blood sugar? Eat your broccoli!

WHO MOVED MY PLASMA?

Transfusions can make mice more youthful. Can it work on humans?

GO YEAST, YOUNG MAN

THE WHITE BREAD STIGMA MAY BE TOAST

STYLIN’ ON MARS

The new space suits for life on the red planet need to be comfortable and fiercely protective of the humans inside

WAVING, NOT DROWNING

A recent breakthrough in quantum physics means you’d better study it if you want to know where tech is going

A Knight Out

GAME OF THRONES HAS A LONG LIST OF UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS, BUT GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE’S BRIENNE OF TARTH TOWERS ABOVE THEM ALL

The Original Kings of Awkward

BIG SICK’S KUMAIL NANJIANI AND RAY ROMANO ON PLAYING FUTURE IN-LAWS, FANCY-PANTS TV AND BOMBING LIVE

A Secret Under the Secret

THE INCEST DIARY, BY ANONYMOUS, IS DISTURBING FOR MANY REASONS AND, FOR THIS READER, IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN

Pushing Fear

A cautionary series about the 1980s drug epidemic

Wood if He Could

ACTOR AND CARPENTER NICK OFFERMAN ON HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH PLYWOOD, THAT HUMBLEST OF BUILDING MATERIALS, FINALLY GETTING ITS DUE IN A MAJOR EXHIBITION

PARTING SHOT

‘L andscape With Houses, #10’ JAMES CASEBERE, 2011