The Energy Future Needs Cleaner Batteries
To deal with climate change and power the cars of tomorrow, we’ll have to solve the cobalt problem.
Drake Bennett
The Pariah Ship
Life and death aboard the Zaandam cruise ship as it was denied a port by country after country.
I Sabotaged My Boss With Ransomware From the Dark Web
What does it take to navigate the dark web, buy some Ransomware, and extort your victims? The writer tries it for himself.
Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Send Cash
How Western Union does business in 2017.
Man vs. Machine
A man had a gift for teaching people to beat the polygraph. Now he’s going to prison.
Booz Allen, the World's Most Profitable Spy Organization
Inside the growth of intelligence contracting.
European Soccer's Master of Match-Fixing
How a longtime gambling addict and a small band of his cronies manipulated both the game and betting exchanges from a tiny Berlin cafe, going as far as buying ownerships of teams in order to insure their failure.
Alone, 'Riodoce' Covers the Drug Cartel Beat
A profile of the Mexican newsweekly, a “lone voice” in reporting on the narcos.
Dr. Ecstasy
Sasha Shulgin, a former DOW chemist who now lives a quiet life as a pensioner outside the Bay Area, is responsible for the discovery of the majority of psychedelic compounds currently known.
