Ben Shapiro’s fans apparently think he is very smart. It’s not clear why.

There is such thing as a free lunch.

A beloved girls’ basketball coach is accused of sexually molesting several of his players.

A couple’s only son is killed in Iraq.

“Too much is being asked of the Delta.”

A teenaged prisoner is left unprotected by America’s laws against prison rape.

The breathable outerwear industry is at war with Bob Gore—the inventor of Gore-Tex.

In mountainous Wenzhou “the emperor is far away” and the freest of markets reign.

What exactly is going on politically in Thailand?

Why our entire understanding of copyright is due for an overhaul.

Doping is a problem for equine sports, too.

The Rattlesnake Derby is like a bass-fishing tournament, except you really don’t want a bite.

“He is, as of this writing, the most mocked man in the world.”

Joe Arpaio is tough on prisoners and undocumented immigrants. What about crime?

On the sanitized wonderland that is Singapore.

The debate over what really killed the dinosaurs is still raging.

Ezra Miller is the gender-bending, goat delivering Hollywood star of the future.

So you’re surrounded by idiots. Guess who the real jerk is.

Is the oldest person who ever lived a fraud?

Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui is redefining Africa’s place in the global art scene.

For Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, the work is just getting started.

A notoriously brutal industry is slowly building supports for its workers.

Expropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system.

New research is intensifying the debate — with profound implications for the future of the planet.

The industry that fights bed bugs is growing, but the only real winners are the pests themselves.