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June 2016

Features

New gene-editing technology gives scientists the ability to wipe out the carriers of malaria and the Zika virus. But should they use it?

Jerry Adler; Photographs by David Yoder

Even amid the carnage of World War I, the battle in the northern Italian mountains was like nothing the world had ever seen—or has seen since

Brian Mockenhaupt; Photographs by Stefen Chow

Stokely Carmichael's rallying cry marked a turning point in the movement

The chance discovery of a secret tunnel beneath a nearly 2,000-year-old pyramid in Mexico leads to the heart of a lost civilization

Matthew Shaer; Photographs by Janet Jarman

Former commandos deploy hard-core grit and high-tech gear to battle Africa’s out-of-control

Joshua Hammer; Photographs by Pete Muller

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The beauty of Yosemite, long before Ansel Adams

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Is it crazy to think that people are at their most natural in the water?

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A new theory links the Neanderthals’ fate to their meat-heavy diet

With weeds, critters and Celtic symbols, Mary Reynolds is trying to change what it means to garden

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Can a pioneering computer model save indigenous people from our best intentions?

The renowned Christo dazzles the world again, this time using a lake in northern Italy as his canvas

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