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July 04, 2014 Issue

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Cover story World

The Middle East is engulfed in chaos, with Al-Qaeda and its radical Sunni offshoots metastasizing and on the march

The Death of the United Kingdom

Whichever way Scotland votes in the upcoming independence referendum, Britain will never be the same again

The Short Life and Wasted Death of Victor Lu

The Middle East is engulfed in chaos, with Al-Qaeda and its radical Sunni offshoots metastasizing and on the march

There's Money in Pollution

The maker of a Yankee Stadium deodorant hopes to save the world one spray at a time

In Focus

Dry Streaming

Tabuk, Saudi Arabia—Dedicated soccer fans watch the 2014 World Cup Group B match between the Netherlands and Australia at a camel market. The first round of matches has broken viewing records around the globe: FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, says 42.9 million people watched the broadcast of the opening match between Brazil and Croatia; 11.1 million people watched ESPN’s coverage of the U.S. match with Ghana; and Japan’s loss to Ivory Coast was seen by 34.1 million in Japan, double the number for the next biggest sporting event there.

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Periscope

Holding Peace Hostage

The kidnapping of three Israeli teens is dividing Palestinians—and puts the Palestinian Authority chief's leadership at risk

New Eavesdropping Equipment Sucks All Data Off Your Phone

On the streets of D.C., foreign agents and U.S. counterspies wage a new kind of spy war

Why Americans Abroad Are Giving Up Their Citizenship

US citizens would rather hand back their passports than comply with rules to prevent tax avoidance

Pro-Russian Georgians Dress in Drag to Try and Defeat the West

In the former Soviet republic of Georgia, protesters supposedly pushing for LGBT rights actually had a very different agenda

Gmail's Privacy Gains Help Google

New encryption will protect the privacy of your Gmails from everyone but Google

Just Right to Jail

As a hedge fund trader faces up to 20 years, debate heats up over jailing Wall Street sinners

How Robot Dogs Are Changing the Face of Warfare

Israel, the US and the UK are all launching unmanned ground vehicles that will carry soldiers' weapons, climb steep hills and even identify bombs

Royal Flush

Europe's fallen monarchs live their London lives in luxurious limbo

Teenage Kidnappings Split Palestine

Three Israeli students have disappeared, jeopardising peace talks and dividing Palestinian factions

Horizons

Your Face Could Replace Your Password

Instead of random numbers, the passwords of the future will rely on our knack for remembering faces

Biohacking Puts the Next Scientific Breakthroughs in Consumers' Hands

Labs are opening across the US where ordinary people can invent DNA codes

Your Face Could Replace Your Password

Facial recognition technology could put an end to pesky passwords

Leaving Science Cold

What do Fox and CNN have in common? Both cover climate change poorly

The Bespoke Lawn Mower

3-D printing will make it possible to have nothing like what anybody else has, and just the way you want it

The Race to Protect Planes From Cosmic Rays

Our cyber-technologies are under attack by neutrons from outer space are hitting aircraft, voting machines and supercomputers

New Generation of Bio-Hackers Make DNA Misbehave

They gather in a handful of public labs across the U.S. to play with organisms' source codes

Downtime

An Underwater Art Scene Blossoms in the Ocean

"I was astounded to see tubes growing out of the eyes of the statues and invertebrates making their homes on them."

New York Artist Debuts Her Own Armpit 'Perfume' in Harper's Bazaar

"Wow," wrote Tania from Ohio. "Just smelled your Eau de Martynka fragrance in my beauty magazine, and simply must try it. So completely unique!"

Schizophrenia Doesn't Care if You're Loaded

"Education and money may once have served as buffers against distress, but that is no longer the case."

Roald Dahl Thought Francis Bacon Was a Genius

The little-known friendship of two eccentric geniuses, bon viveurs, gamblers and outsiders

Eddie Izzard on Drastic Weight Loss and the Paucity of Wise Nazis

In 2008, Eddie Izzard told Newsweek he planned to enter politics. Now, he's considering a run for mayor of London.

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