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# March 7, 2016 | Vol. 187 No. 8 March 7, 2016 |  

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## Table of Contents

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### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Why You Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Drive

Human beings are terrible drivers. Technology should take the wheel

[Business](/section/business/)

### In the Latest Issue (25 Feb 2016)

[Business](/section/business/)

### Forget the Distant Future, Smarter Cars Are Already Here

Car manufacturers have made huge advancements

[Business](/section/business/)

### Future Proofing

Prominent scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs and futurists expect competing things from the emergence of AI. What most divides them is whether the technology will be a benevolent development or a catastrophic one. Here's a look at that spectrum:

[Business](/section/business/)

### Encounters with the Arch-Genius, David Gelernter

The artificial intelligence pioneer has some radical ideas about the supremacy of the human mind 

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: Growing Up Is Hard to Do on _Togetherness_

There’s something here for any viewer who’s been taken by surprise at getting older

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### The Science of Crying

Researchers are zeroing in on answers to the age-old mystery of why humans shed tears (and why some don’t)

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### This Is the Real Reason Apple Is Fighting the FBI

If the FBI wins, it could open the door to massive surveillance

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How the Court Can Reset After Scalia

Whether the seat is filled by Obama or his successor, the stakes couldn't be higher

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The GOP's Last, Best Chance to Trump Trump

Who can take him down?

### U.S.

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

### A Michigan Shooting Spree Kindles Fear of the Scaring Economy

Uber faces a new test after Kalamazoo

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### What a U.K. Exit from the E.U. Could Mean

[World](/section/world/)

### Exclusive: Shimon Peres on Peace, War and Israel's Future

The 92-year-old former Prime Minister and President speaks his mind about the possibilities for peace under Netanyahu

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (25 Feb 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (25 Feb 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Verbatim (25 Feb 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Syria's Lost Cause

Western-backed rebels are in desperate straits

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (25 Feb 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Harper Lee

America's literary conscience

[World](/section/world/)

### Boutros Boutros-Ghali

[World](/section/world/)

### Meathooked

[World](/section/world/)

### Not Fine Art

In forgery investigations, the tiniest mistakes can make all the difference, as in the cases below.

[World](/section/world/)

### Quick Talk With Michael Kelly

The Emmy nominee returns as loyal, murderous presidential consigliere Doug Stamper in <em>House of Cards’</em> fourth season

[World](/section/world/)

### Brother Act: The Duplasses Ride High in Hollywood

How a pair of fraternal filmmakers perfected low-budget success

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