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From world wars to pro-cigarette ads, the magazine has seen it all.
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Elite Athletes and the Pregnancy Penalty
Track star Alysia Montaño takes on the Man.
How a Berkeley Eccentric Beat the Russians—and Then Made Useless, Wondrous Objects
Just like that, Cliff Stoll, goofball Berkeley hippie, had suddenly become Cliff Stoll, Cold Warrior.
Disappointment
The traditional task of the writer in California has been to write about what it means to be human in a place advertised as paradise. Disappointment has always been the theme. The literature to come will begin with a different expectation.
The Starship or the Canoe: Where Will Our Future Adaptations Be?
Their plan was to bomb themselves to Mars by 1965 and Saturn by 1970.
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