Newsweek Magazine

June 14, 2019 Issue

Features

Cover story Opinion

Flat Earthers, and the Rise of Science Denial in America

I went to a Flat Earth convention. Here's what separates science deniers from scientists.

Science

Meet The Man Solving India's Air Pollution Problem

Entrepreneur Sukhmeet Singh is buying the straw Indian farmers used to burn and is turning it into fuel and other products— dramatically reducing pollution in the process.

World

China's 'Orwellian' Human Rights Crisis Is Just Getting Worse

"The unabated oppression that the Uyghur community faces at the hands of China is a stain on the conscience of the world," Nancy Pelosi told Newsweek.

In Focus

WikiProtest

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange protest outside Westminster Magistrates Court on May 30 during a hearing in Assange’s extradition case to the U.S. He did not appear at the hearing due to his ill health. Assange was ejected from the Ecuadorian embassy after claiming asylum there for seven years, and now both Sweden and the U.S. are seeking to extradite him—Sweden for rape, and the U.S. for 17 new criminal counts in violation of the Espionage Act.

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Science

Compulsive Gamers and Social Media Obsessives Share Addictive Traits

Although experts disagree about what to call them, obsessives over gaming and social media share characteristics with those who overeat or can't stop drinking, taking drugs or gambling—and these physical tendencies all enabled by big business