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Edition: U.S.
Vol. 177 No. 7
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COVER
2045: Singularity (Cover)
n: The moment when technological change becomes so rapid and profound, it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history
Web Exclusive  Robots Attack! Should We Fear a Singularity?
Science comedian Brian Malow analyzes our fears of a day when machines are smarter than we are


ESSAY
Road Map for Reform (Commentary / In the Arena)
What the U.S. can do to encourage democratization in Egypt and other countries in the Middle East

The Asian Experience (Commentary / Viewpoint)
What the region can — and cannot — teach the Arab world about democracy through revolution

Scent of a Nerd (Commentary)
Want to be a writer or just smell like one? Introducing my celebrity fragrance


NATION
Just Don't Call Him Lucky (The Well / Nation)
Antiterrorism czar John Brennan is Obama's secret weapon


WORLD
Postcard from Copiapó
Under the Chilean desert, thousands of independent gold miners trade safety for the slim chance of hitting a mother lode. The risks and rewards of life as a pirquinero

Revolution, Delayed (World)
After the high drama of the first wave of antigovernment protests, many Egyptians are beginning to grow anxious about what the uprising has wrought

The Brotherhood (World)
Is the uprising changing the Islamist group so feared in both Egypt and the West?


LETTERS
Inbox (Inbox)

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Great Performances
They may lose an arm or a spouse, become a billionaire or a vigilante, but the actors we celebrate here are sorcerers who, by pouring self into story, created indelible characters worth admiring or reviling — and always worth treasuring


BUSINESS
The Groupon Clipper (Business)
Andrew Mason runs the hottest website in social commerce. Will it make investors rich?


SOCIETY
Pay Phone (Life / Money)
A new chip embedded in smart phones could let U.S. consumers leave their wallets at home

Wired for Distraction? (Life / Technology)
Like it or not, social media are reprogramming our children's brains. What's a good parent to do?


SPECIAL SECTION
Paying for Nature (Global Business / Sustainability Inc.)
Dow Chemical wants to put hard numbers on exactly how much the environment is worth to business


PEOPLE
10 Questions for Jim Parsons (10 Questions)
The actor stars as Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory. Jim Parsons will now take your questions


BRIEFING
The Moment
2|8|11: Cairo

Can Hatch Tame The Tea Party? (Washington: The Politics Page)

The World
10 ESSENTIAL STORIES

The Big Questions: By Mark Halperin (Washington: The Politics Page)

Lab Report: Health, Science and Medicine

Verbatim

Brief History: The Sun

The Skimmer

When Movie Sex Was Art (Milestones)

Milestones (Milestones)

Milestones (Milestones)


Quotes of the Day »

ADM. JAMES BURNELL-NUGENT, former commander-in-chief of Britain's Royal Navy, commenting on Iran's decision to send a warship to Syria via the Suez Canal