COVER

EDITOR'S DESK

COMMENTARY

FEATURES

The Muse of Memory (Medicine)

What scientists are learning from an artist who has lost her power of recall

The War Within the U.S. Army (Nation)

A force built to fight the Cold War is now battling changes to its size, shape and mission in the age of the drone

BRIEFING

More Than A Glitch (Nation)

Traffic alone didn't crash the Obamacare site. Bad coding did

THE CULTURE

Are Stamps Licked? (Art)

New gallery at the Smithsonian shows that postage enthusiasts aren't mailing it in just yet