The Monster in Their Midst
Jean-Claude Romand, whose horrific murder spree shook France in 1993, has just left prison for a monastery. How can you tell whether a master of deception has really changed?
The Great Speed Forward
With the world’s fastest trains, China leaves the world in the dust
Silicon Island
The Google elite jet-ski their way to saving the Earth
Ferry Tale
At 120 m.p.h., the AirFish 8 flies like an engine-powered albatross
Paint Chips
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Robot
Head Case
Our gadget columnist tests a brain-enhancement device
Where’s the Beef?
Veganistas declare war on the faux-meat movement
Viva Zapata
The inventor of the Flyboard channels his inner Tony Stark
Norman Stone
Waspish, iconoclastic British historian was a man of the right in a field of mostly left-wingers
Foreign Intrigue
Why did a company part-owned by Jared Kushner receive $90 million in overseas funding?
