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# June 23, 2014 | Vol. 183 No. 24 June 23, 2014 |  

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsU.S.WorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Filling the Pantheon With Selfies

French photographer JR takes his street art to one of the world’s most historic monuments

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Chart Attack: Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith

Two soulful Brit crooners on the rise

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Game of Dragons

A cartoon sequel goes way darker 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 10 Questions With Ice Cube

The rapper, actor and producer talks about playing cops, why he scowls and asymmetrical warfare

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Ending the War on Fat

For decades, it has been the most vilified nutrient in the American diet. But new science reveals fat isn’t what’s hurting our health

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Third Time's the Charm

How horse racing—which I don’t actually follow—taught me to hope again 

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Hillary's Highly Choreographed Reality

### U.S.

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

### The Sacrificial Lambs

What the Bergdahl affair tells us about the hidden costs of a decade of war

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### We've All Got GM Problems

Insular management and lack of responsibility are hurting big firms around the world

[World](/section/world/)

### The (Slow) Greening of America

A new poll reveals that the U.S. is reluctant to recognize and address climate change

[World](/section/world/)

### Russia, We Have a Problem

Tensions over Crimea shake the U.S.-Russia space partnership. That could be a very good thing for NASA

[World](/section/world/)

### Petro Poroshenko: Man in the Middle

The first task for Ukraine's new President: making peace with Russia

[World](/section/world/)

### Stars, Stripes and Soccer

A German coach hopes to lead Team U.S.A. to victory at the World Cup

[World](/section/world/)

### Loss Leader

In Virginia, the Tea Party takes Eric Cantor down

[World](/section/world/)

### The Turing Test

A computer succeeds in mimicking a human

[World](/section/world/)

### Cross at Your Own Risk

A wake-up call in Delaware

[World](/section/world/)

### The Culture (12 Jun 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Conversation (12 Jun 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (12 Jun 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Briefing (12 Jun 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (12 Jun 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### World (12 Jun 2014)

### Others

[The Rapture of the NerdsA new religion has set out to store memories for centuries and deliver its believers into a world where our souls can outlive our selves](/66536/terasem-trascendence-religion-technology/)[Letters From DadTo celebrate Father's Day](/2863208/fathers-day-letters/)


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