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June 2016

Features

New gene-editing technology gives scientists the ability to wipe out the carriers of malaria and the Zika virus. But should they use it?

Jerry Adler; Photographs by David Yoder

Even amid the carnage of the war, the battle in the Dolomites was like nothing the world had ever seen—or has seen since

Brian Mockenhaupt; Photographs by Stefen Chow

The artwork, by famed artist Jacob Lawrence, captured the turning point in the Civil Rights Movement

The chance discovery beneath a nearly 2,000-year-old pyramid leads to the heart of a lost civilization

Matthew Shaer; Photographs by Janet Jarman

In central Africa, a former Israeli military trainer and his team are deploying battle-tested tactics to stop the runaway slaughter of elephants

Joshua Hammer; Photographs by Pete Muller

Readers responses to our May issue

Phenomena

The beauty of the national park became clear long before Ansel Adams

Phenomena

Is it crazy to think that people are at their most natural in the water?

Phenomena

A new theory links their fate to a meat-heavy regimen

With weeds, critters and Celtic symbols, Mary Reynolds is transforming what it means to garden

Phenomena

Can a pioneering computer model save the rainforest's residents from our best intentions?

The renowned artist dazzles the world again, this time using a lake in northern Italy as his canvas

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