COVER
Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation (Society)
Why millennials will save us all
COMMENTARY
Goodbye to the Surgical Mask (Viewpoint)
Thanks to new government data, patients can now learn the real cost of hospital procedures
The Housing Mirage (The Curious Capitalist)
Prices are up, but the market is far from healthy. We're missing key elements of a true recovery
FEATURES
It's Not TV. It's Arrested Development. (Culture)
The network business couldn't save the Bluths. So they're helping build the postnetwork business
Strong Safety (Nation)
The new White House chief of staff has beer for his rivals, doughnuts for the press and big plans for D.C.
Time Capsule (Cover)
A visual history of our planet, decades in the making
Talkin' 'Bout Their Generations (Society)
BUSINESS
Blood Work (Breakthrough)
Finding new cures means cracking the body's complex proteins. So scientists are turning to big data
Long Live the Lightbulb (New Energy)
Big Government has made it better
THE CULTURE
Sunny With a Chance of Darkness (Television)
New and returning dramas forecast crime and mystery
The Big Rollout (Art)
American classics and choice imports
Your Vacation Plans, Sorted (Movies)
Plan to drive fast, fight zombies and get hungover again
Escape Plan (Music)
Here are the hottest tickets on a crowded festival slate
10 Questions for Natalie Maines (10 Questions)
Singer Natalie Maines on motherhood, the future of the Dixie Chicks and why she can't go back to country music
High-Temperature Readings (Books)
Cool novels for a heated moment
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Assessing the Creative Spark (Ideas)
What Americans think about creativity
BRIEFING
Christie's Secret Surgery (Nation)
A weight-loss operation
Giulio Andreotti (Milestones)
Perennial Italian leader
Milestones (Milestones)
Emma Watkins (Milestones)
Intervention Will Only Make It Worse (World)
A South Carolina Revival (Nation)
World
Ray Harryhausen (Milestones)
Effects wizard
Syria: Intervention Is In Our Interest (World)
Earth's Evolution (Spotlight)
Three decades of space photos reveal stunning changes
Briefing
The Prison Next Door (Nation)
In Cleveland, a house of horror hidden in plain sight