Vol. 166 No. 17
COVER
Conventional wisdom says its strategy is wrong, yet it keeps turning out great products. TIME looks inside the world's most innovative company
Messengers of Cool (Trendspotting)
How new digital networks help hipsters around the globe hunt for the next big thing
Three's Company (Television)
A TV show about one man's disparate housewives
Place Your Bets! (Predictions)
On terrorism, on politics, on your future. Why markets will have a say in almost everything
The Road Ahead (Forum)
getting any better.
Takin' It To The Streets (Art)
An ingenious art form is springing up in the unlikeliest city locales; galleries are noticing
Getting Inside Your Head (Science)
goes mainstream, Big Business hopes to decode the brain's secrets
Clint's Double Take (Movies)
Eastwood directs two films on the battle of Iwo Jima: one from the U.S. side, the other from the Japanese
Ready For Lift-Off (Sport)
How Tennessee's dynamic Candace Parker will change the face of women's sports
What's Next ... With The Amish (Humor)
Biochips for Everyone! (Science)
Global Visions (Design)
Get Set for Girl Power (Sport)
NATION
After his Katrina performance, mayor Ray Nagin needs to show he's the one to revive the city
Why They Can't Hit The Right Note (White House Memo)
With even Laura off-key on Miers, Bush plans to change the message--again
WORLD
How delays in getting relief to the Himalayan quake zone have left millions on the edge of survival
Forget Saving the World--Save Our Jobs (Letter From Berlin)
By electing a new Chancellor, young Germans choose security over big ideas
Professor of Death
sends them on their lethal missions
BUSINESS
How foodmakers are scrambling to rid their tried-and-true recipes of an artery-clogging fat
Squandered Futures
The polished CEO at Refco allegedly cooks the books, then enjoys a bang-up IPO--but not for long
SCIENCE
We used to think of the solar system as nine lonely worlds traveling in neat rings around the sun. But the harder astronomers look, the more crowded our cosmic neighborhood seems to become
Not in My Water Supply (Health)
resistance
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Our critics chose the finest English-language fiction since the magazine began. Here are some of the surprises
YOUR TIME
A Stitch In Time ... (Style)
Doctor's Orders
Trimming Tech Bills (Money)
NOTEBOOK
The fight over the Valerie Plame leak continues
Death In Damascus: Who Pulled The Trigger?
Why was a Syrian minister found dead in his office?
Clinton Connections
Speed Read: Saddam's Trial (Speed Read)
A primer on the upcoming trial of Saddam Hussein
Bookish Behavior
Blogwatch
Numbers
Verbatim
Punchlines
Milestones
PEOPLE
People