Nancy Gibbs: What Does It Mean to Be 13? (Being 13)
What's on their minds? TIME takes an inside look at an age of mystery and challenge

What They Really Think (Being 13)
TIME conducted a national online poll of 501 13-year-olds to get a glimpse of the attitudes, ambitions, tastes, fears and fantasies of this age group

Gotta Have It (Being 13)
It's not just conspicuous consumption, it's self-expression. From embroidered jeans and flashy phones to body spray and graphic T shirts, here are a few of the ways in which 13-year-olds announce their identities (and keep the global economy flowing).

Is Middle School Bad For Kids? (Being 13 / Education)
Cities across the U.S. are switching to K-8 schools. Will the results be any better?

You Wanna Take This Online? (Being 13 / Behavior)
Cyberspace is the 21st century bully's playground where girls play rougher than boys

What They Won't Tell You, and Why (Being 13 / Parenting)
Keeping secrets is a sign of growth. Here's how to help--and how not to

The Push To Be Perfect (Being 13 / Competition)
Why you have to be an athlete, a diplomat and a scholar to succeed on the squad

Feels Like Teen Spirit (Being 13 / Religion)
Churches have begun to see 13 as a pivotal age for finding God

Not a Minute to Spare (Being 13 / Competition)
me@13: Katherine Rack, Oak Park, Ill.

Got to Be Bad to Be Cool (Being 13 / Education)
me@13: Joseph Charles, Los Angeles

My Life as a F.A.T. Girl (Being 13 / Behavior)
me@13: Rose Buchberg, Los Angeles

Why I Don't Go on Dates (Being 13 / Religion)
me@13: Armaan Rowther, Irvine, Calif.

Poetry Is What I Love (Being 13)
me@13: Duresny Nemorin, Miami, Fla.

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Why NASA Can't Get It Right
A glorious launch. A wayward chunk of foam. And another black eye for the space agency. Should the shuttle fleet stay grounded?

Ghosts in the Machine
A corruption scandal in Chicago raises the question about Mayor Richard Daley: Like father, like son?


The Terrorists Next Door
A flurry of raids yields the arrests of four suspected London bombers, but more may be planning strikes


Al Gore, Businessman
What's on the former Veep's agenda these days? Investments and a new TV network


Getting To Know Him
100 Days: How the Pope is showing hints of being his own man


Terry's Flying Circus (Movies)
Seven lean years after his last completed film, director TERRY GILLIAM is in fighting form with two visionary new works

Addictive Laughter (Television)
Substance abuse--legal and illegal--is the stuff of two sophisticated, character-driven cable sitcoms

2046: A Face Odyssey (Movies)
Beautiful women in rapturous close-up--count us in

5 Top Anime Movies on DVD (Anime)
Like animation? Try anime, with classics guaranteed to mesmerize


When They Knew
Sources indicate that Rove may have learned Valerie Plame's identity from within the Administration rather than from media contacts

A War by Any Other Name
From the Global War on Terror to the global struggle against violent extremists

An Industry Windfall? (Speed Read)
Speed Read: the sticking points of the new energy bill

A Farewell to Arms
The I.R.A. promises to disarm, but are they serious?

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Doctor's Order (Health)

Sugar Wars (Health)

Fashion Statements (Style)

From The Medical Desk (Health)

Bohemian Rhapsody (Style)


10 Questions for Andrew Stern (Interview)

Apocalypto is Nigh

Protesting Punch Lines

Q&A Lauren Bacall

How Long Before Rob is Knighted?


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Let's Have No More Monkey Trials
To teach faith as science is to undermine both