In this issue
Edition: Asia
Vol. 177, No. 23

COVER
The Optimism Bias (Science)
By TALI SHAROT
Those rose-colored glasses? We may be born with them. Why our brains tilt toward
the positive

WORLD
Faith in the Arab Spring (Egypt)
By BRUCE FEILER
Headlines about Muslim-Coptic violence hide a more hopeful narrative emerging
in the new Egypt: Islam and Christianity can live and build together

UNITED STATES
Torn Asunder (The Tornado)
By DAVID VON DREHLE
For Joplin, Mo., the deadliest tornado in decades turned a peaceful Sunday evening
into a horror show

BUSINESS
In the Pole Position (Automobiles)
By STEVE GOLDBERG
Le Mans Series outlasts the competition with its jet-set fans and hot wheels

Self-Serving Stewardship (Conservation)
By STEPHAN FARIS
How companies protecting their supply chains can protect the environment too

GLOBAL ADVISER
On Location (Next Time You're in ... Anhui)
By SIMON ELEGANT
Huizhou's historic villages attract film crews and artists in droves

Hostage to Comfort (Check In)
By MARY LUSSIANA
And it won't cost you a king's ransom

Swords into Cab Fares (TIME Traveler)
By SIMON HORSFORD
Taxis tour a now peaceful Belfast