Table of Contents: Sep. 8, 2003

September 8, 2003 Vol. 162, No. 10

COVER

What's Ne>

What's next in movies, music, gadgets, sports, drugs, design and more? We consult our Magic Eight Ball, plus a few experts (including Bono and Steven Spielberg), and offer up a vision of the future 46

TRENDS

QUEST FOR COOL: Meet the women who define hip--so that you don't have to 48

STAYING SAFE: New technologies to calm our post-9/11 fears 56

SCIENCE

MARS, HERE WE COME: Next year's probe will be a spectacle 60

IN THE PIPELINE: The next drugs to fight cancer, psoriasis and more 65

NOT YAO MING: But Yi Jianlian may be the next star NBA import 66

WIRELESS TVs: ... and other cool gadgets on the must-have list 70

IDEAS

THE NEXT BIG THING: We look at the breakthrough innovations of the past 100 years and define some possibilities for the future. Smart dust, anyone? 75

ARTS

VIEWPOINT: Joel Stein really only cares what's next for him 83

DESIGN THAT DANCES: Asymptote creates fluid architecture 84

COMING ATTRACTIONS: Two big movies, a TV western, great novels, a must-hear band 88

PUBLISHER'S LETTER 8

LETTERS 9

NOTEBOOK: North Korea talks sputter; questions for EPA nominee Leavitt; Laura Bush, solo; "Roy's Rock" isn't alone 11

MILESTONES 19

IN THE ARENA: Joe Klein on who's losing Iraq 21

VIEWPOINT: Why we care so much about "next" 94

WORLD

TERROR IN NAJAF A car bomb at a Shi'ite mosque massacres worshippers and a prominent cleric. Is Saddam to blame--or rival Shi'ites? 24

TALIBAN REGROUPS: With world attention focused on Iraq, the Taliban prepares for vengeance in Afghanistan 32

A TERRORIST'S CONFESSIONS: A new book says captured al-Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah has made startling statements about Saudi and Pakistani connections to Osama bin Laden 36

NATION

KERRY REVS UP Senator John Kerry needs some serious gas to outrun Howard Dean's fast-moving candidacy 38

TILL DEATH DO US PART: A bloody murder, a rich widow, a felonious electrician and a will 41

NYSE JOB, NICE PAY: Big Board CEO Dick Grasso reveals that he makes a mint 44

YOUR TIME

LIFESTYLE: What's stylin' in back-to-school fashion 97 HEALTH: We knew it--dark chocolate can be good for you 99 MONEY: How being overweight can cost you a fat wallet 100