Vol. 165 No. 10

SCIENCE

Who Says A Woman Can't Be Einstein?
Yes, men's and women's brains are different. But new research upends the old myths about who's good at what. A tour of the ever changing brain

"Bad Idea. You'll Flunk Out" (First Person)
A top-tier engineer tells of the slights she endured to conquer the summit

Steering Girls into Science (Education)

A Land Where Girls Rule in Math (The Iceland Exception)

Amazing Mars (Space)
Pictures of astonishing clarity have laid bare the secrets of the Red Planet

NATION

The Rough Justice of War
TIME investigates the charges against Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, who is accused of plotting to kill President Bush, and Ilario Pantano, a Marine officer who allegedly killed two Iraqis in cold blood

Did He Go Too Far? (Wartime Justice)
How a shooting in Iraq led to murder charges against a respected Marine

Terror Goes on Trial
Since 9/11, Justice lawyers have sometimes used pre-emptive prosecution--busting suspected terrorists before they could strike. The charges don't always stand up.

WORLD

Revenge of the Kurds
Buoyed by election success, an Iraqi minority aims to expand its influence. Could it fracture the country?

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Nursing a Grudge (Health)
The Governator's decision to allow bigger hospital work loads has ignited a bitter battle in California

NOTEBOOK

Michael Meets His Peers (The Trials Of ...)
Weighing the Jackson trial jury

Can Labor Regain Its Clout?
The AFL-CIO's John Sweeney is under pressure from a restive rank and file

Appreciation (Milestones)
Hunter S. Thompson, 1937-2005

Briefing: The Bird Flu
What you need to know about the disease

Pro-Life Snooping
The Kansas attorney general wants medical records of late-term abortion patients

Milestones (Milestones)

Vladimir Putin, CBS News Loyalist
Russia's president wants to know why Bush 'fired' Dan Rather

Blogwatch

Numbers

The Camel That Came in Second (In The Arena)

Reform's Hard Road
The White House finds the going tough with G.O.P. legislators on Social Security

Discord in the Hall
Labor unrest threatens the nation's orchestras

Strange Brandfellows
Corporate marketers are forming odd couples these days

Verbatim

BUSINESS

Are Your Secrets Safe?
A huge leak at ChoicePoint, the nation's largest data miner, shows the reach of information giants as well as their vulnerability

A New Kind of Hack Attack

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Acting Their Age (Movies)
You're carrying a movie. You have to play an innocent. You're 10 years old. What's a kid to do?

Kirstie's Broadside (Television)
Fat Actress tries to be provocative and funny but goes wide of the mark

6 Diva DVDs Worth Your Time (DVDs)
Star actresses of the old, gold days are still magnetic and just as fresh

The Million-Dollar Baby (Movies)

The Parent Booby Trap (Books)
Two unsparing memoirs demonstrate how to survive childhood in a weird family: any way you can

YOUR TIME

Baby Bulletins (Health)

The Rate Game (Money)

Google Tricks (Technology)

The Terminal (Money)

Doctor's Orders (Health)

Time Tested (Technology)

SPECIAL SECTION

Pretty Crafty (Time Bonus Section March 2005: Connections)
In a world of retail uniformity, women are sewing at home to make their own fashion statements

Made in Alabama (Time Bonus Section March 2005: Connections)
How a clothes crafter created a business--and jobs for her hometown

Last Wishes (Time Bonus Section March 2005: Connections / Body & Mind)
For some facing death, final fulfillment comes in works that will outlive them

Girls Get A Grip (Time Bonus Section March 2005: Connections)
Coed wrestling has its critics, but they aren't on the mat

PEOPLE

Q&A Moby

Music vs. Rock of Ages

Moss Sprouts New Roots

Royal Wedding Watch

TO OUR READERS

Our Explorer of the New World
HENRY ANATOLE GRUNWALD 1922-2005

LETTERS

Read the story

ESSAY

The Case for Compromise on Abortion
How the pro-choice side is wielding a new principle that's tough to argue with

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