Reconstructing the investigation into Rafik Hariri’s assassination, for which five men stand trial in absentia.

On having sex with your high school girlfriend – and paying the price for years to come.

Judge William H. Alsup, who presided over Oracle v. Google, has been coding for more than three decades.

But for heaven’s sake, the best-selling author, unapologetic cusser, and fifth-generation Texan would rather not be called that.

When the FDA approves lab-grown human organs for patients, Dean Kamen wants to be ready to mass-produce them.

Why are so many teenagers killing themselves in Palo Alto?

On a decade-long war:

Hackers from many countries have been exfiltrating—that is, stealing—intellectual property from American corporations and the U.S. government on a massive scale, and Chinese hackers are among the main culprits.

A profile of Tiny Lister, the silver screen’s half-blind villain.

Grizzly Bear and the surprisingly crappy economics of indie rock stardom.

A two-part series on how and why Arianna Huffington lost control of The Huffington Post.

A dispatch from the Philippine capital, where “no one will be safe until many, many more have died.”

What happened when 21-year-old Taiwan Smart became the target of both police and a reality TV show.

An unlikely bipartisan alliance attempts to get Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

A profile of Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian doctor who became Bin Laden’s #2 and has now taken over Al-Qaeda.

On the combined force of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia, a Tea Party stalwart.

On the history of political polls, which have become more influential and less reliable over time.

On board the Perl Whirl 2000, a conference of hard-coding geeks on a luxury cruise ship.

On the Mexican drug cartel accused of laundering money with race horses.

The inside story of how an ABC nature shoot in Africa end up producing  a snuff film.

Inside the real lives of people who came early to intentionally provoking, confusing, and generally screwing with strangers online.

Supply and demand paid-sex economics, ‘hobbyist’ internet message boards, and the power of reviews.

One of most popular Libyan figures amongst Western intellectuals and democracy advocates is… Qaddafi’s second son, Saif.

A profile of the man who teaches America’s police to be “sheepdogs.”

The complicated life and death of Hideki Irabu, a pitcher who was supposed to become a Yankee legend and found heartache instead.

How one of the world’s top conductors became ensnared in a WWI-era scandal.