The son of an American anthropologist returns to the Amazon to reunite with his mother, an indigenous tribeswoman.

How a series of lies and an incompetent lawyer led to a Florida woman’s wrongful conviction.

Forty years after the dirty wars and Pinochet’s coup, photographer David Burnett journeys back to Chile to visit the subject of his most famous image.

What a secret audio tape revealed about the murder of mycologist and magic mushroom pioneer Steven Pollock.

Confessions of a serial husband.

An animal's corpse disrupts a humdrum workday in this early story by Eleanor Catton, the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize.

A profile of Avishek Sengupta, who drowned at the Walk the Plank obstacle during an endurance race last year.

Did the Obama Administration ignore evidence that someone other than Assad could be behind the sarin attacks?

Asphyxiation, heavy machinery accidents and heat stroke–the dangers of America’s temporary workforce.

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

After eight women are murdered in Louisiana, what was initially thought to be the work of a serial killer becomes something much more troubling.

A triple homicide, the alleged involvement of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect, and those caught up in the FBI’s ongoing investigation.

Notes from a month-long voyage on a massive container ship.

The long, happy, surprising life of 77-year old Donald Gary Triplett, the first person ever diagnosed with autism.

A profile of computational biologist Eric Schadt, the guy who’s figuring out what comes next after the Human Genome Project.

A profile of Steve Carell, whose last appearance as Michael Scott in The Office airs tonight.

Kevin is the only surviving Von Erich brother, born into a wrestling family that lived and died by the code of the ring.

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

On the difficulties of holding Oakland’s thin blue line accountable.

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

21,000 words on the watchers and watched.

The death of the journalist who exposed dark secrets about Islamic extremism in Pakistan’s military.

In a campaign supported by the Koch brothers, Republicans are working to prevent millions of Democrats from voting next year.