Manufacturers and Retailers of the Year for Global Supply Chain Excellence
Stonyfield Farm, Michaels, Lam Research, Rite Aid Corporation, Hitachi.

Exploiting the Global Supply Chain
What changes when your sourcing and markets go international? Everything!

Software-as-a-Service Model
Supply chain management takes a threshold leap forward with full up-stream integration.

Eastern Europe Capitalizes on Growing EU Membership
Romania, Poland, and Slovakia share newfound optimism, untapped market potential, and a wealth of opportunity for U.S. exporters.

Redux or Re-regulation
The rail industry is at the proverbial crossroads -- will it regain its glory or fall victim to government intervention?

Endangered Places
How humans are threatening the existence of the world's most precious destinations.

75 Years of U.S. News
The founding principal. 20th century in their words. Making the news useful. A rankings revolution.

A "Big Fat" Senate Race
You might laugh, but the Democrats feel funnyman Franken has a slot in Minnesota.

A World of Ways to Eat Right
Nutrition experts increasingly embrace the benefits of whole traditional diets.

Banks: Barbarians at the vault
Modern finance is under attack. Yet the banking system has done much better than it is given credit for.

Lebanon: Keep it together
Lebanon's problems reflect those of the wider region. They must be tackled all the same.

Georgia and Russia: Gather round the gorge
The outside world can help deter both Russian bullying and Georgian vote-rigging.

Disasters in China and Myanmar: No time to sit back
China has shown up Myanmar's generals. But it is not too late for outsiders to help the Burmese.

Zimbabwe's election: A huge risk that has to be taken
Africa's leaders should give Morgan Tsvangirai a chance to meet the people's wishes.

Travel and tourism: Asia, beware Benidorm
Booming tourism in emerging economies promises huge benefits. But not if it copies the mistakes of mature markets.

Special Report on International Banking
Banks are bound to fail from time to time. But, asks Andrew Palmer (interviewed here), does the fallout have to be so painful?

Finance in Asia: Pots and kettles
The credit crisis has cooled Asia's ardour towards Western banks. But the region stands to gain even more from opening up than Wall Street does.

The environment: Dead water
Too much nitrogen being washed into the sea is causing dead zones to spread alarmingly.

Just Desserts
Cake, pie and a pretty parfait.

Mom's Best Meal
Her summer "homecoming" breakfast.

Snacks & Appetizers
An assortment of marvelous munchies!

Healthy Choices
Light lasagna, salads and trifle.

Meal in Minutes
Quick-to-fix tuna steaks satisfy.

Cooking School Favorite
Terrific marinated grilled salmon.

Cooks Who Care
Cinnamon rolls for a cause.

Cover
Male flowers of Gurania makoyana, a Central American plant in the cucumber family, harbor larvae (not visible) of two species of fly; a third fly species infests female flowers of the same species of plant. Some plant species in this family can host as many as 13 different fly species.

A Mosquito Goes Global
The Asian tiger mosquito is on a rampage. Entomologists are impressed, public health officials are nervous, and many of the rest of us are swatting furiously. How did Aedes albopictus become such a scourge?

Layers Within Layers Hint at a Wobbly Martian Climate
Scientists scrutinizing layered rocks on Mars this week in Science that the layers formed in sync with changes in the planet's orbit.

Click Chemistry Clicks Along
Researchers seeking new ways to forge molecules are saving steps and effort by adapting high-yield reactions to fill a variety of needs.

The Hot Question: How New Are the New Superconductors?
Do iron-and-arsenic superconductors work the same way as the older, inscrutable copper-and-oxygen compounds? Early evidence points both ways.

The Energetic Cost of Climbing in Primates
Large primates expend less energy walking than climbing, but smaller ones walk and climb with similar efficiencies, possibly facilitating an evolutionary shift into trees.

Turbulence and Magnetic Fields in the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
Simulations suggest that shock waves in the early universe could have amplified small magnetic fields into the large, complex intergalactic fields we see today.

On the Cover
Nikol.

Playmate of the Month
Maria Radoslavova.

How to Do Everything Faster
No need to waste hours troubleshooting your PC or tinkering with your online projects. Our 22 tips will help you get your tech chores done in no time flat.

The Most Winning Wi-Fi Yet
With the 802.11n standard nearing completion, the latest draft-n routers deliver improved performance, coverage, and compatibility. We test a range of routers.

Identity Protectors: Who Can You Trust
Many online services claim to fend off identity theft. Some even offer to put your privacy back together again after a fall. We take a close look at the claims and the reality.

Firefox 3 Leads New Browsers
Safari 3.1 and IE 8 improve, too.

Safest Way to Bank Online
It's your cell phone -- for now.

Network-Attached Storage
You don't have to be an IT guru to work with these NAS drives.

Build Your Own High-Def PC
Step-by-step, here are the components you need for assembling your dream multimedia system.