On what lay behind Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and what lies ahead.

Orthopedic surgery would have bankrupted us in the United States. So we went to Mexico instead.

In a Los Angeles suburb where schools and parents faltered, the American Dream was replaced by drugs, neo-Nazism, and despair.

A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.

In 2015, Tom Turcich set out to circumnavigate the globe by foot. He has been walking ever since.

On prospecting for space rocks in Kansas.

Crime, drugs, and politics in Guadalajara.

A new-society vision in Jackson, Mississippi.

How morality and geography crystalize in Arkansas.

As part of his obsessive search for evidence of UFOs, Gary McKinnon worked his way into thousands of government computers. The U.S. charged him with terrorism. Doctors diagnosed him with Asperger’s. And his lawyers started arguing a new version of the insanity defense.

It’s quite possible to make six figures standing around on a movie set – if you have a union card.

Kids are identifying as gay at younger ages, sometimes only 10 or 11. Their communities and parents are scrambling to adapt.

“I always walk away from an interview — no matter how well it went — knowing that there’s so much that I don’t know about that person.”

A slick-talking con artist turned an innocent brother and sister into his personal slaves.

What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, “genius,” Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

Trees have always migrated to survive. But now they need our help to avoid climate catastrophe.

In the late ’80s, Lewis went to Japan to research a hypothetical: what would the economic fallout be if a major quake hit?

A Montana rancher found two skeletons in combat—the Dueling Dinosaurs. But who do they belong to, and will the public ever see them?

Arise Virtual Solutions, part of the secretive world of work-at-home customer service, helps large corporations shed costs at the expense of workers.

A group of journalists and researchers wade into ugly corners of the Internet to expose racists, creeps, and hypocrites. Have they gone too far?

The brain of Henry Molaison gave science most of what it knows about memory. Dr. Jacopo Annese believes there’s even more to learn.

A team of researchers has a controversial plan to root fake data out of science.

A profile of Beatty on the heels of Bonnie and Clyde.