▁over see ing ▁general ▁news ▁coverage . ▁ ▁This ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁inten se ▁periods ▁in ▁recent ▁US ▁history ▁for ▁news week lies . ▁ ▁Mr . ▁Rub in stein ▁edited ▁investig ative ▁articles ▁for ▁many ▁cover ▁stories : ▁on ▁the ▁Iran - Cont ra ▁controvers ies ▁bes et ting ▁President ▁Ron ald ▁Re agan , ▁on ▁the ▁s inking ▁of ▁the ▁St ark , ▁and ▁much ▁more . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁Rub in stein ▁took ▁over ▁a ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁magazine ▁devoted ▁to ▁feature ▁articles ▁in ▁science , ▁medicine , ▁religion , ▁and ▁education . ▁ ▁His ▁signal ▁achiev ement ▁was ▁a ▁cover ▁package ▁entitled ▁" The ▁Search ▁for ▁Adam ▁and ▁E ve ." ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁description ▁for ▁the ▁general ▁public ▁of ▁the ▁then ▁novel ▁DNA - t rac ing ▁of ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁modern ▁humans ▁in ▁Africa . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁ed itions ▁featuring ▁the ▁Iran - Cont ra ▁news , ▁this ▁issue ▁became ▁the ▁highest ▁s elling ▁edition ▁of ▁News week ▁over ▁a ▁two - year ▁period . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁Mr . ▁Rub in stein ▁was ▁h ired ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁a ▁novel ▁tab lo id ▁format ▁newspaper ▁for ▁scient ists ▁called ▁The ▁Scient ist . ▁Only ▁ 2 ▁years ▁old , ▁it ▁was ▁experien cing ▁difficulty ▁attract ing ▁readers ▁and ▁advert is ers . ▁ ▁Under ▁Mr . ▁Rub in