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Publications

Matter

Zero Percent Water

Scenes from the California drought.

Alan Heathcock Matter Sep 2014 15min Permalink

Whoever Saves a Life

Seven days with Syria’s first responders.

Matthieu Aikins Matter Sep 2014 35min Permalink

Crime Science

The Aftershocks

How seven Italian scientists came to be convicted of manslaughter following a catastrophic quake.

David Wolman Matter Aug 2014 20min Permalink

Crime Science

You’re 16. You’re a Pedophile. You Don’t Want to Hurt Anyone. What Do You Do Now?

Meet Adam.

Luke Malone Matter Aug 2014 30min Permalink

Media

“Speaking up every. F*cking. Time”

A profile of Model View Culture founder Shanley Kane.

Elizabeth Spiers Matter Jul 2014 20min Permalink

Religion

Francis’s Holy War

The surprising papacy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

Alma Guillermoprieto Matter Jun 2014 25min Permalink

Media

The Secret to Getting Top-Secret Secrets

A profile of reporter Jason Leopold, who has reinvented himself after journalistic scandal by becoming what he calls a “FOIA terrorist.”

Jason Fagone Matter Jun 2014 25min Permalink

Arts Business Music

Miss American Dream

Britney Spears works Vegas, bitch.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner Matter Jun 2014 30min Permalink

Crime Tech

Scammed

A reclusive hacker wages a shadow war against payday loan cyber-extortioners.

Danny Bradbury Matter Apr 2014 20min Permalink

Science World

Untested. Unregulated. Unsafe?

The rise of an expensive, experimental stem-cell treatment in China and the medical tourism it attracts.

Andrés Grippo Matter Jan 2014 15min Permalink

Science

This Is What It’s Like to Be at War With Your Body

One man’s quest to have a healthy leg amputated.

Anil Ananthaswamy Matter Nov 2012 30min Permalink

Crime Tech

How Britain Exported Next-Generation Surveillance

The rise of automatic number plate recognition and its real-world consequences.

James Bridle Matter Dec 2013 Permalink

Science

23 and You

On recreational genetics, privacy and the new vulnerability of family secrets.

Virginia Hughes Matter Dec 2013 40min Permalink

Crime World

Bad Blood

The death of a Russian dissident and how radioactive poison became a tool of assassins.

Will Storr Matter Nov 2013 35min Permalink

Science

Uprising

An unlikely environmentalist exposes the natural gas industry’s leaky infrastructure.

Phil McKenna Matter Nov 2013 25min Permalink

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