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The Week

> Images P B000066622.01.LzzzzzzzThe Week is the only magazine I devour the instant I get it in the mail. It's a news weekly that summarizes what all the other news magazines and papers around the world have covered that week. What a fantastic idea. It's like having a friend who reads everything, from the New Republic to the National Review to the Beijing Times, and then tells you about it in a way that holds your interest. After reading it, I really feel as if I have a handle on world events. Best of all, it's actually fun to read. I consider it my one must-read magazine. Link

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» The battle between proponents of astrological time and atomic time from Boing Boing
The Week has an excellent short piece about people who want time to be synched to astronomy versus people who want time to be synched to the vibration of cesium-133. Astronomers prefer to calibrate their telescopes, satellites, and other instruments ag... [Read More]

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