Could shrunken heads from the Amazon hold the key to curing cancer? One man thought so—and spent a lifetime trying to prove it.

The author’s chance encounter with Tom Hanks leads to a dear and lasting friendship with his assistant.

A family stops at a Jersey travel plaza on the way to a New York medical center.

Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America.

Five years after his death, friends, family, and the athletes he covered reflect on the legendary ‘SportsCenter’ anchor and ESPN icon.

The difficult final year of a much-loved and legendarily difficult woman.

A profile of the film critic.

There’s a tale about a boy in Waycross. Near a canal, he struck a match, lit a piece of newspaper, and tossed it into the water. But when the burning paper touched the surface, it didn’t go out. The water burst into flames.

Where words fail, there is music.

Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder.

Chad Walde believed in his work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Then he got a rare brain cancer linked to radiation, and the government denied it had any responsibility.

On parenting a sick child.

When the author’s wife was dying, his best friend moved in.

The science on the link is clear, but the alcohol industry has worked hard to downplay it.

As a father succumbs to lung cancer, his son tries to recreate his personality in the form of a chatbot.

“The last time I ate real food, actually chewed and swallowed, was six years ago.”

There is no script for losing a spouse in your 30s.

On chemo.

Will Lacey was just a baby when doctors diagnosed a rare form of cancer and told his family there was only one end. Nobody then could imagine the journey ahead, from hospital rooms to board rooms, research labs to government offices, a furious race between hope and death.

David Roberts spent his life facing death in the mountains. Now he is facing a fatal prognosis.

Inside one woman’s often conflicted world.

“At 54, after 30 years of marriage and two of loneliness, I went online to find a man and found Dean.”

A three-part essay on love, loss, and what comes in between.

A personal and legal history of assisted suicide.

A father, his dying son, and the quest to make the most profound video game ever.

A doctor who helped pioneer Oregon’s Death With Dignity law receives his own terminal diagnosis.