COVER

Living Alone Is The New Norm (Features / 10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life)

The extraordinary rise of solitary living is the biggest social change that we've neglected to identify, let alone examine

Your Head Is In The Cloud (Features / 10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life)

Inundated by more information than we can possibly hold in our heads, we're increasingly handing off the job of remembering to search engines and smart phones

Handprints, Not Footprints (Features / 10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life)

We don't just trample the planet; we also sometimes leave a positive impression

The Rise Of The Nones (Features / 10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life)

These expats provide an example of a very American trend: turning away from organized religion and yet seeking rich if unorthodox ways to build spiritual lives

Food That Lasts Forever (Features / 10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life)

Want to shop once a month? New techniques can keep meals fresh longer — much longer

Black Irony (Features / 10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life)

Blackness is, for some, religious

High-Status Stress (Features / 10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life)

What if the good life isn't really ... all that good?

Privacy In Public (Features / 10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life)

For the first time in American history there is now a legal right to privacy in public

Nature Is Over (Features / 10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life)

Little is left untouched by humans — and that demands a rethink of environmentalism

Niche Aging (Features / 10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life)

It used to be that if you were looking for a place to retire, you found a warm community with shuffleboard and golf and called it a day

WORLD

Who Will Save Syria?

The argument for a U.S.-led military intervention intensifies as increasing numbers of Syrians beg for help (Cover Story for Middle East)

Japan One Year Later

The extraordinary resilience and cohesion of Japanese society helped the nation cope with the unprecedented triple disaster that struck a year ago

UNITED STATES

Romney's Long March

After more than 20 televised debates and two months of voting, the four remaining candidates are staggering glassy-eyed toward Super Tuesday, March 6

BRIEFING

10 QUESTIONS

LETTERS

Italy's Hero? (Inbox)

Catholics and Contraception; Wrinkles in Time