July 26, 2010

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July 26, 2010

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The quest for a youth pill, why scientists think they have one, and why you can’t get it
Interview

The quest for a youth pill, why scientists think they have one, and why you can’t get it

What's really going on under all that hair
Society

What's really going on under all that hair

What really happened when the gloves came off for good
Society

What really happened when the gloves came off for good

By JOHN INTINI10 min
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Interview

The quest for a youth pill, why scientists think they have one, and why you can’t get it

AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST David Stipp has been writing about science and medicine since 1982, first at the Wall Street Journal and then Fortune magazine. In his new book, The Youth Pill: Scietitists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution, he explains that slowing down aging is no longer a fantasy.
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Society

What's really going on under all that hair

Pop music phenom Justin Bieber on Oprah, Kobe Bryant and his own fame. Jonathon Gatehouse reports from backstage in Denver.
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Society

What really happened when the gloves came off for good

In his final years, Bob Probert put his off-ice struggles behind him and died a family man By JOHN INTINI10 min
‘We are living in hell’ 2627
International

‘We are living in hell’

Six months after the massive earthquake, little has changed and the government is MIA. Can a 10-year, $ 10-billion rebuilding plan turn this country around? By MARTIN PATRIQUIN9 min
A very funny mass monkey escape 6868a
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A very funny mass monkey escape

Plus, a biography of a moral banker, the mysterious death of a great golfer, life after the Playboy mansion, the man who discovered T. rex and an Archie tribute By Brian Bethune, Brian Bethune, Brian Bethune, DAFNA IZENBERG, Brian Bethune, JAIME J. WEINMAN9 min
Middle-aged anarchists 1617
National

Middle-aged anarchists

From Ottawa’s accused bank bomber to the G20 Black Bloc organizers, Canada’s radicals aren’t at all what you would expect
Letters 67

Letters

Thanks for your recent issue on the royal visit, especially the constitutional pros and cons presented in the article “Who will wear the crown in Canada?” (Society, July 5). A prime-ministerially appointed governor general without the monarch’s input would be viewed by many as totally undemocratic, and an elected head of state could be competition for an elected prime minister.
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Business

An artful scheme

One firm’s pitch to help people use a tax shelter by buying and then donating old photos is raising eyebrows in the art world and words of caution from experts By CHRIS SORENSEN7 min
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The cult of Doris

Living to 100 is only the latest feat in the life of the singular painter Doris McCarthy, who once cut off her finger for her art By ANNE KINGSTON7 min
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This week

Newsmakers

Elvis gets married in—where else?— Vegas, Toews-mania hits Winnipeg, and Oscar the very naughty kitty
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