How the Caltech basketball team, losers of 310 straight conference games, figured out a formula for winning.

The complicated case of Michelle Kosilek, a murderer fighting for sexual reassignment surgery.

For centuries, a little town in Belgium has been treating the mentally ill. Why are its medieval methods so successful?

Searching for the mysterious tree kangaroo in one of the most remote places on Earth.

Nearly every American soldier injured in Iraq or Afghanistan is treated—for a few days at least—at a single hospital in Landstuhl, Germany.

A profile of the up-and-coming New York politician, who at the time was toying with a run for mayor.

The disappearance of a legendary scavenger could have dire consequences for a swelling human population.

At work with Jean-Claude Carrière, screenwriter of choice for an entire generation of top-flight directors.

The web has revolutionized communications and commerce, but what does it mean for art?

Three primary reasons: A desire for vengeance, the sanitization of executions and, ironically, the reliability of DNA evidence.

A prescient take on what the US invasion of Iraq would mean for both countries.

On the perils and poisons of mining for gold in southeastern Peru.

On caring for a bipolar parent amidst a broken mental health care system.

On the surprising radicalism of library music – “music that has been composed and recorded for commercial purposes.”

A UVA alum goes back for the first rush week since the Rolling Stone story.

Renovating often involves additional, unforseen costs, but for one Toronto couple it ends in divorce – and death.

A treatment for liver cancer gives the writer a fresh perspective on illness – and wellness.

The “zone of sacrifice” that is Oxnard, California, where low-income workers are paying the price for pesticide use and chemical dumping.

The hockey legend’s new life as a medical icon for a questionable stem-cell treatment.

How an L.A. high school dropout became an enforcer for Mexican cartels and ended up on the F.B.I. Most Wanted List.

A jogging buddy collapses during a marathon, his heart suddenly finished beating. The writer goes looking for answers.

“There’s no blueprint for remediating a radioactive town and then moving people back into it.”

A profile of 36-year-old curator Loïc Gouzer, who has made millions for Christie’s.

A boy whose skin blisters at the smallest touch is fighting for his life.

Anna Nicole Smith molded herself into an American fantasy. When that fantasy fell apart, we blamed her for it.