How Anthony Fauci Became America’s Doctor
A profile of the doctor who has run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 36 years.
Michael Specter
Journalism Under Putin
“The murder of Anna Politkovskaya was at once unbelievable and utterly expected.”
Against the Grain
Scrutinizing the gluten-free craze.
Partial Recall
Can neuroscience take the pain out of painful memories?
The Lyme Wars
The Lyme-disease infection rate is growing. So is the battle over how to treat it.
The Operator
A profile of Dr. Oz.
Germs Are Us
On the importance of the human microbiome.
Chemotherapy for the Climate?
On geoengineering, a high risk/high reward fix for global warming.
Do Fingerprints Lie?
Controversy over the alleged gold standard of forensic evidence.
The Long Ride
On Lance Armstrong’s return to racing after cancer.
Planet Kirsan
Inside a chess master’s fiefdom.
The Fantasist
A profile of the (now former) director of the House of Dior, John Galliano.
A Deadly Misdiagnosis
“You can treat a lot of people, and India has,’’ says an epidemiologist working on TB. “But if you have tests that cause misdiagnosis on a massive scale you are going to have a serious problem. And they do.”
