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Vol. 167 No. 7

COVER
Are We Losing Our Edge?
By MICHAEL D. LEMONICK
The U.S. still leads the world in scientific innovation. But years of declining investment and fresh competition from abroad threaten to end our supremacy

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SCIENCE
The Political Science Test
By KAREN TUMULTY AND MARK THOMPSON
Bush said science would guide his decisions, but those in the lab see ideology intruding on their work


BUSINESS
Google Under the Gun
By LEV GROSSMAN AND HANNAH BEECH
For access to China, the Web giant agreed to censor itself. Why the company made a hard bargain


THE ARTS
Miss Independent
By JOSH TYRANGIEL
How Kelly Clarkson shed her "Idol" crown and stole pop music's throne

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