Longform

On going deaf as a result of Ménière’s Disease.

Surviving the earthquake in Nepal – on Mount Everest.

Attending a meeting of the Continental Drift Club in Berlin.

The technological future of the struggling porn industry.

Australian Rocky Perone, age 21, made his minor league baseball debut with a stolen base in 1974. Except he wasn’t Australian, wasn’t named Rocky Perone and most definitely wasn’t 21.

Who killed four people in the French Alps?

Practicing photography in Switzerland.

The story of how Michael Larson cracked the code of Press Your Luck, winning $104,950 in cash, a sailboat ($1,015), and two all-inclusive trips.

The meanings of coiffure, from follicle to shaft.

For online advertisers, probably most of it. An investigation.

Struggling with depression and thoughts of suicide, Army officer Lawrence Franks went AWOL. Five years later, he reappeared as Christopher Flaherty, a member of the French Foreign Legion who served three tours in Africa. Then he was court-martialed.

A talk on personal data and the people who collect it:

"Let me ask a trick question. What was the most damaging data breach in the last 12 months? The trick answer is: it's likely something we don't even know about."

How the “genial Bavarian” version of Adolf Hitler became a global media celebrity, “a plain-living gentleman with a soft spot for dogs and children.”

On mathematical shapes and family ruptures.

The story of a sudden death amid a high school recruiting scandal in Texas.

An Alabama woman took the equivalent of one Valium during her pregnancy. A few weeks after she gave birth, she became one of more than 1,800 new and expecting mothers arrested under the state’s chemical endangerment law.

Hemingway was in love with two women at once. He found the experience wrenching.

A profile of Yankee legend Yogi Berra, who died Tuesday.

Julia, a 30-year-old, has spent her life trying not to take more than what she needs from the world. It’s made life very difficult.

Finding a saint in a leprosy settlement in Hawaii.

He had the mind of a scholar, but he always insisted he didn’t want to be one.

The battle between 1975’s biggest shows.

Life at a roadside zoo with ligers, orangutans, and an elephant in Florida.

Ken Dornstein’s older brother died when a bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 103. For the past three decades, he’s been obsessed with identifying who’s really responsible.