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December 2017
Features
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The Visionary
Her eye for American history puts her in the vanguard. Her passion for justice makes her a hero
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Blaze of Glory
Creators of The Great Comet staged the impossible—a rollicking Broadway musical about War and Peace
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Rethinking the Brain
A neurosurgeon defied convention to implant living cells inside the brains of stroke victims
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The Teacher
What can we learn from a 12-year-old who’s turning the book world upside down? Everything
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The All Star
Songwriter, singer, actor, producer, virtual reality maven. John Legend is America’s most versatile artist
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Brighter Than Ever
Past winners of the Ingenuity award shine on
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The Champion
The bravest new character on TV is a Muppet that doesn’t say much. But she speaks volumes about autism
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The Explorer
She guided the discovery of thousands of planets that challenge our view of the universe
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iGenius
Jony’s Apple designs are the seeds of the tech revolution that is rapidly changing our lives
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Nightmare on the Ice
Everyone knows about Robert Scott’s doomed race to the South Pole in 1911. But on that same expedition three of his men made a trip that was even more daring
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Troubled Water
In the wake of the war against Isis in Iraq, an ominous journey along the Euphrates finds a new crisis lurking in the shallows of the once-mighty river
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Discussion
Reader responses to our November issue
Here’s to You
The Graduate mesmerized America when it opened 50 years ago. Hollywood would never be the same
The Power and the Glory
An extravagant new tribute to the rise of portraiture 600 years ago
The Strange Beauty of the Epic Fail
A new museum of inventions that bombed boldly celebrates the world’s most creative screw-ups
Robot Love
How a fussy but brave “protocol droid” gives the Star Wars franchise an unlikely dash of humanity
Unlocking the Power of the Atom
A new book by David N. Schwartz, The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age, examines the scientist whose breakthrough 75 years ago this month changed the world
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