Once I made my home smart, what would it learn and whom would it tell?

How a Silicon Valley team helped rebuild his distinctive robotic sound.

All Artur Samarin wanted to be was a normal American teenager. So that’s what he became.

Eric Schneiderman faces a #MeToo reckoning of his own.

A working theory about what makes internet writing uniquely “internetty.”

Last week, as America’s top national security experts convened in Aspen, a strangely inquisitive Uber driver showed up, too.

How a U.S. law intended to reduce dependence on fossil fuels has unleashed an environmental disaster in Indonesia.

A gym entrepreneur’s side business in marijuana spins out of control.

Veterans are taking their own lives on VA hospital campuses, a desperate form of protest against a system that they feel hasn’t helped them.

Two Dominican families, their lawyer, and a quest for ancestral riches that may not exist.

How well-meaning donations end up fueling an unproven, virtually unregulated $2 billion stem cell industry.

An attempt to understand why, after 50 years of decline, more and more young women are suddenly embracing religious life.

How Amazon’s gigantic, decentralized, next-day delivery network brought chaos, exploitation, and danger to communities across America.

Sharon Stern devoted herself to Butoh, a Buddhist-influenced Japanese dance. Did her mentor lead her down a dangerous path?

On generosity, selfishness, and organ donation.

Here’s how a tiny brush fire became California’s deadliest wildfire.

Henry Orenstein survived three years in concentration camps before creating Transformers and poker cameras.

A device connected to my heart could save my life. It could also be hacked.

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

A brutal, bloody hunt. A ghastly, devastating attack. And a state left divided on what to do about its 2,500 black bears.

How did so many rich countries get it so wrong? How did others get it so right?

Fred Rogers wasn’t just a brilliant educator and a profoundly moral person. He was an uncompromising artist.

How billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffett pay so little in income tax compared to their massive wealth—sometimes, even nothing.

How much sand can a half-billion dollars dredge up? Almost certainly not enough.