Rob Verger

We gave the child star quite a bit of ink in the 1930s, less when she became an ambassador in later life

Government leaders and protesters will have round-table talks following angry and passionate anti-Russia protests.

Twenty-three of the 30 activists jailed in Russia for 'hooliganism' are out on bail.

One of the JFK administration's biggest foreign policy accomplishments, the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963 proved a turning point in the Cold War.

As the death toll grows, officials are reaching out with supplies and aid.

We distilled the thousand days of JFK's presidency into tweets, with links back to original 'Newsweek' coverage.

We looked at Newsweek's JFK coverage and enhanced it to tweets

It's alive! Scientists can grow a Franken-brain in a petri dish

In a remote corner of the world, an American lieutenant colonel is helping with the construction of a high-tech laboratory to study and prevent the spread of anthrax and the plague.

When fighting with your partner, think twice before resorting to 'I'm sorry.'

When astronauts argue at zero gravity.

Is this the end of the cocaine high?

A medical journal corrects an obituary from 1858.

The global importance of emotions and health.

Got a great name for Pluto's satellites?

When archeologists champion development.

'Citizen scientists' classify Africa's animals.

A photography exhibit explores South Africa's shame.

We're in a golden age of writing about India, and Rob Verger, Jacob Silverman and Mythili Rao pick three essential new reads.

Happy lamas, sacred snows, and nary a dissident in sight.

Homai Vyarawalla captured the making of modern India.

Rob Verger explores the art of sacred books through the exhibit 'Illuminated' at New York's Rubin Museum.

In Peter Ackroyd's latest book, the author uncovers London's subterranean layers and hidden history.

At the moment of victory, nerves and eerie calm.

Forget the Marlboro man: China is the world's cigarette king. The mainland produces—and consumes—more tobacco products than any other country in the world.