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What Can Past Wars Teach Us?

Reviving military history

Facelift for an Octogenarian
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Facelift for an Octogenarian

An art deco makeover

To Catch a Shooting Star
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To Catch a Shooting Star

How dangerous are meteoroids?

by Chris Palmer

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Start-ups Get New Boost

University opens investment fund

Sunday Painters Welcome Here
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Sunday Painters Welcome Here

Students show their stuff

Flight Risk?
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Flight Risk?

Nine years ago, and without explanation, graduate student Rahinah Ibrahim showed up on the U.S. governments no-fly list, which barred her from re-entering the country. What happens when personal rights and the war on terror collide?

by Sam Scott

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Truth Was Our Only Client

Richard Mosk was a young lawyer serving in the California Air National Guard when he was summoned to help sort out who killed JFK. In this first-person account, he describes his foray into Lee Harvey Oswald's life, and what he learned.

by Justice Richard M. Mosk

Make It Stop
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Make It Stop

Researchers are beginning to unravel the sources of chronic pain, and develop treatments for mysterious, maddening conditions.

by Kristin Sainani

What It Takes
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What It Takes

Last year, undergraduate admissions officers spent more than 10,000 hours evaluating nearly 39,000 applicants. How do they choose whom to accept when so many are so deserving?

by Ivan Maisel