Flipping the Bird

Just three months before the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet and U.S. athletes came together in Stanford Stadium for a track meet that demonstrated the true nature of sportsmanship.

by Gary Cavalli

by Ann Newton Holmes

by Vanessa Hua

The little robot that could

By analyzing the hidden meanings in everyday speech, Geoff Nunberg captures the zeitgeist and reveals how language shapes our thinking.

by Ann Hurst

by Michael Endler