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2015

“Elephants are the picture of cancer resistance,” Newsweek wrote about research findings on elephants’ genes. “A tumor suppressor gene, TP53 is the police officer of the cellular world...the elephant has 20 versions (that is, 40 copies) of TP53, potentially giving the pachyderm body 20 times more tumor-suppressing powers than the human one.” Human’s fight against cancer continues to evolve. This summer, European scientists again found again that elephants hold keys to curing cancer, while other recent cancer-related breakthroughs include liquid biopsies and precision oncology.

1976

“ABC’S anchoring of Barbara is only the leading edge of what figures to be a profound upheaval in the nation’s most powerful—and least innovative—news medium,” wrote Newsweek of Barbara Walters, television’s first U.S. network anchorwoman. Walters, known for her interviews with state leaders, retired in 2016.

1985

“America’s long love affair with the gun has entered a new and dangerous phase—a nationwide craze for the most exotic, most powerful and most lethal small arms,” Newsweek said. Since 2000, the number of registered machine guns has almost tripled to 741,146.