The Next Big Thing Is Us
Big, bold ideas used to come from small groups of experts. Now they come from you as well. Here's our annual look at what's new and innovative--from politics to movies, medicine to fashion, sports to tech

Why The Boss May Treat You Right (Workplace)
New sensitivity training at the office focuses on all the little ways a tone-deaf manager can demoralize a staff

Space: Returning To The Moon (Space)
Three decades after the last Apollo flew, new American crews may walk the lunar soil. Here's how they'll go

Can This Man Save The Movies? (Again?) (Movies)
In the digital era, is film dead? As audiences gravitate to DVDs, Hollywood wonders if the movie theater can survive. The rebels are surging. Can the Empire strike back?

Architecture: Curveballs Are In Play (Architecture)
After the Bilbao Guggenheim, architects are taking ever wilder trips into the light fantastic

Medicine: The New Cancer Fighter (And Other Hot Drugs On The Way) (Medicine)
From Exubera to Zostavax to Miraviroc, the pharmaceutical pipeline is filled with promise

Campaigns: An Eye On The White House And An Eye On You (Campaigns)
Forget television ads. In 2008, candidates will watch your Web searches and cozy up to your friends

Fashion: It's All In The Bag (Fashion)
At Coach, designers have perfected the science of divining the next hot handbag. Inside their system

Sport: The NASCAR Of Tomorrow (Sport)
It's a lot safer and a little slower, but this vehicle hands racing back to the drivers

Medicine: New Ways To Think About Old Diseases (Medicine)

Around The Corner (Forum / Forum)


Objects of Reflection

Blogwatch: Mar. 20, 2006 ( Blogwatch)

Water, Water Everywhere

Milestones Mar. 20, 2006

Verbatim: Mar. 20, 2006

The Dubai Deal You Don't Know About

Caught With Your Pants Down

Iraq-War Vets: The Democrats' Newest Weapon (In The Arena)

Punchlines: Mar. 20, 2006 (Punchlines)

Numbers: Mar. 20, 2006 (Numbers)

India Plays the Lobbying Game

Thwarted Justice

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The President's Mission: Stay Relevant (White House Memo)
Bush's troubleshooting plan is to explain Iraq better and stick with his same team

The Unusual Suspects
Arrests of three promising college students in the Alabama church burnings have people asking, Why?

Can Hillary Join the Club?
The Senator is laying the groundwork for a possible presidential run in 2008, but is she too polarizing to win it?


Can Khalilzad Make Peace Bloom?
America's ambassador to Iraq is trying hard. But a day spent at his side reveals what he's up against


Get a Checkup In Aisle 3
Miniclinics are popping up in retail stores, offering cheap but limited service--and competition to M.D.s


Guarding the Henhouse
Bird flu could hit the U.S. in the next few months. But poultry farmers are gearing up to beat it back


Coming Back to School
They fled after 9/11. But now thousands of Saudi students are attending U.S. colleges again


Books: Colson Whitehead: The Third-Novel Curse (Books)
After two critically exalted novels, rising star Colson Whitehead comes up with a clunker

Books: James Patterson: The Man Who Can't Miss (Books)
James Patterson writes four best sellers a year. How does he do it? With a lot of help from friends

Television: 6 Totally Funny TV Series (Television)
Here are three debuts and three whose first season you may have missed


Health: Bones of Contention (Health)

Money: Don't Lose Credit! (Money)


Epidemiology: Forging the Future: The Disease Detectives (Innovators / Epidemiology: Forging the Future)
They are the masters of shoe-leather research. When disease strikes, they figure out whodunit

Epidemiology: Forging the Future: Microbe-Busting Bandages (Innovators / Epidemiology: Forging the Future)

Epidemiology: Forging the Future: Keeping The Beaches Safe (Innovators / Epidemiology: Forging the Future)

Epidemiology: Forging the Future: Sex, Money and Power In India (Innovators / Epidemiology: Forging the Future)

People: Mar. 20, 2006

Epidemiology: Forging the Future: Tracking the Addicts (Innovators / Epidemiology: Forging the Future)

10 Questions for Jodie Foster (Interview)


Letters: Mar. 20, 2006


How to Break into Movies in Only 12 Years
An author takes a ride on Hollywood's Tilt-a-Whirl and gets a little dizzy