COVER

The 50 Best Inventions of the Year (Special Report)

Flying cars! Jet packs! Lasers that zap malaria-carrying mosquitoes! Here are 2010's biggest (and coolest) breakthroughs in science, technology and the arts

WORLD

China's Kidnap Victims Search for Their Families

Beginning in the late 1980s, countless children in China have been kidnapped and sold to other families. Many victims are now seeking their true parents and siblings. Here is one man's story

LETTERS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Can India Build Its Future? (Economic Development)

Investors are funding airports, roads and utilities. But basic services are lagging

Can China Tap the Brake? (Investment Horizon)

Once a growth manager, Beijing now has to slow things down. The task is a tricky one

Business Books

The 30-year history of the 2007-09 financial crisis. How Wall Street fed the sleazy subprime-mortgage industry