On any given weekday morning, the streets of Mingora, Pakistan are thronged with schoolgirls on their way to class, dressed in the typical uniform of white loose trousers topped by a long colored tunic and white headscarf. They …
The Other Girls on the Bus: How Malala’s Classmates Are Carrying On
Shazia Ramzan and Kainat Riaz were also injured in the attack on Malala Yousafzai. And they are back in school to continue their friend’s quest
The Higgs Boson: Particle of the Year
Forget Person of the Year – the discovery this summer by the Large Hadron Collider of the Higgs Boson particle was one of science’s greatest achievements
Runner-Up: Fabiola Gianotti, the Discoverer
Finding the tiny Higgs Boson took the biggest machine in the arsenal of physics — and help from one woman obsessed with the nature of reality
The Data Miners: Tech Secrets From Obama’s Re-Election Geek Squad
How startup technology helped win the election
Interactive Timeline: Malala Yousafzai’s Extraordinary Journey
The Most Tweeted Photo Ever
A social media director for the Obama campaign tells the story of how a well-timed photo of Barack and Michelle Obama broke records for Twitter and Facebook
Runner-Up: Malala Yousafzai, the Fighter
In trying to silence this Pakistani schoolgirl, the Taliban amplified her voice. she is now a symbol of the struggle for women’s rights all over the world
Runner-Up: Tim Cook, the Technologist
He inherited the most valuable company in the world from one of the greatest innovators in history. In 2012 he made Apple his own