On conspiracy theories in sports, from the ‘85 NBA draft lottery to Michael Phelps’ gold medal performance in the 100-meter butterfly.

On the Calorie Restriction movement, the scientifically-supported belief that the key to a very long life is to eat as little as possible.

Cape Coral, Florida, was built on lies. One big storm could wipe it off the map. It’s also the fastest-growing city in the United States.

A former schoolyard bully finds a new identity through Buddhism. A classmate wonders why he changed—and if he remembers the pain he caused.

Housing insecurity in the nation’s richest cities is far worse than government statistics claim. Just ask the Goodmans.

Could shrunken heads from the Amazon hold the key to curing cancer? One man thought so—and spent a lifetime trying to prove it.

Artist Eric Bealer was living the remote, rugged good life in coastal Alaska with his wife, Pam, an MS sufferer, when they made a dramatic decision: to exit this world together, leaving behind precise instructions for whoever entered their cabin first.

A profile of A.J. Daulerio, editor of Deadspin and procurer of, among other things, cell phone pics of Brett Favre’s penis.

Why Darwin’s theory of sexual selection is wrong and “gayness is a necessary side effect of getting along.”

On bareback horse relay racing, a Native American tradition:

“It’s going to be America’s next extreme sport,” he predicts. “Compare it to Professional Bull Riders, PBR. Look how big that got—a million in prize money in every city they go to. That’s how Indian Relay is going to be in 10 years. I look for it to be at every track in the country by 2025.

Filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón and his four years of production on Gravity.

What went wrong when a group of canyoneers was caught by a flash flood in Zion National Park.

A profile of Florida’s former (and perhaps future) governor.

Mel and Norma Gabler of Longview, Texas, want to tell your children what to learn in school.

Prosecutors have spun creative theories to explain away scientific evidence when DNA tests haven’t fit their version of events.

A married father of two tracks down his free-living doppelgänger, a musician who has avoided responsibility at every turn, to see who’s happier.

A profile of 12-year-old actress Elle Fanning, Dakota’s sister.

He hacked a hospital to protest their treatment of a sick child. Now he’s facing 15 years.

Eric Schneiderman faces a #MeToo reckoning of his own.

All you need is a blueprint, a polymer, a printer, and a knowledge of government regulations.

Where does Strawberry-Kiwi Snapple come from? Givaudan is part of a tiny, secretive industry that produces new flavors.

Trump transformed immigration through hundreds of quiet measures. Before they can be reversed, they have to be uncovered.

Trying to prevent the next tragedy.

The Sandy Hook killer’s father tells his story.