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# February 13, 2017 | Vol. 189 No. 5 February 13, 2017 |  

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February 13, 2017

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Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsSportsU.S.WorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Expanding the Black Panther Universe with _The Crew_

Coates and poet Yona Harvey talk about reviving the influential Marvel comic

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Keanu Reeves' Contract Killer With Feelings Returns

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review:   _The Space Between Us_ 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Sampha Sisay Is Hip-Hop’s Secret Weapon

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### How Family Ties Keep You Going, In Sickness and In Health

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Mikhail Gorbachev: 'It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War'

The former Soviet leader calls on Trump, Putin and the U.N. for change

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Walt Whitman Workout Plan

A review of the poet's newly rediscovered "Manly Health and Training"

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Is Steve Bannon the Second Most Powerful Man in the World?

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Jefferson's Warning to the White House

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### These Are the President’s Key Players

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Trump's Immigration Order Is Legal-for Now

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Roger Federer Defied Age, Expectations and Nerves to Win 18th Grand Slam

To win his 18th Grand Slam, Roger Federer defied age, expectations and his own nerves

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### A Billionaire Resistance Targets President Trump from the Right

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### California Prepares to Resist the President in Uncertain Times

The nation's most populous state prepares to resist the President in uncertain times

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### Our Historical Ambivalence About Immigrants Is a Great American Paradox

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### How a War on Science Could Hurt the U.S.-and Its Citizens

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The World’s Failure on Refugees Is Apparent on the Streets of Paris

[World](/section/world/)

### Trump's Hard Line on Mexico Gives Left-Wing Populist an Opening

[World](/section/world/)

### The Age of Bannon

[World](/section/world/)

### The Science of Making Food Taste Better

Researchers revealed on Jan. 27 that they had isolated the genes responsible for a flavorful tomato, a breakthrough in a movement to use good old-fashioned crossbreeding, rather than genetic modification, to improve how produce tastes. Here, three other foods getting a flavor boost thanks to science.

[World](/section/world/)

### U.S. Policies Informed by Science

Most federal policies incorporate a mix of law, facts and the best judgment of those calling the shots. Some are also required to take into account the latest science. Here are six policies and programs that are rooted in science--and that some experts say could change under President Trump.

[World](/section/world/)

### A Tale of Two Pipelines

Just days after President Trump signed memorandums on Jan. 24, reviving the Keystone XL pipeline and calling for quick approval of the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL), the acting Army Secretary ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to issue a final construction permit for it. The move was heavily criticized by anti--Dakota Access activists. Here's how Keystone XL and DAPL came to occupy the national consciousness.

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (2 Feb 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (2 Feb 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (2 Feb 2017)

### Others

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