Nov 27, 2017 Vol 190 No 22 & 23

The 25 Best Inventions of 2017

What Makes a Genius? The World’s Greatest Minds Have One Thing in Common
Franklin, Einstein, Jobs, da Vinci. How history’s greatest thinkers broke with tradition and solved problems nobody else could see.

The Saudi Crown Prince’s Plot to Reshape the Middle East Backfires

It’s the Beginning of the End for Zimbabwe’s Dictator Robert Mugabe

Theresa May’s Britain Is Headed for a Brexit Train Wreck

At the NRA’s TV Network, Guns Are a Weapon in the Culture Wars

Why Self-Driving Cars Might Not Lead to a Huge Drop In Fuel Consumption

Aly Raisman Opens Up About Sexual Abuse by USA Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Is Going Out on His Own Terms

Dignity, Death and America’s Crisis In Elder Care

An 87-Year-Old Nun Said She Was Raped in Her Nursing Home. Here’s Why She Couldn’t Sue

The Cruel Math of Finding a Nursing Home for My Dad

My Uncle’s Alzheimer’s Battle Inspired Me to Disrupt Healthcare

Phantom Thread Is Shrouded in Mystery as Daniel Day-Lewis’ Final Act

Allison Janney’s New Favorite Co-Star is a Bird

Why James and Dave Franco Waited Their Whole Lives To Make a Movie Together

Downsizing’s Hong Chau Gets Her Big Break in Miniature

Two New Last Jedi Characters Help the Star Wars Galaxy Look More Like Our Own

How Wonder Takes on Being Different in an Indifferent World

Hello, I Must Be Going

Gary Oldman on Winston Churchill, Populism and Harvey Weinstein Allegations