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

A profile of Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton, junior college transfer and Heisman Trophy frontrunner.

A profile of Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson, published at the height of the controversy.

A history of entrepreneurship in New York City, starting with shipping magnate Jeremiah Thompson’s big gamble in the 1820s: scheduled departures.

A profile of the late artist and author Norris Church Mailer, who stayed with her husband Norman despite his notorious philandering.

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

In 1926, at the age of 12, Barbara Follett published a critically acclaimed novel. Fourteen years later, she disappeared.

Inside Office 39, a state-run counterfeiting operation designed to keep Kim Jong-il flush.

The enigmatic life and death of Bruno Zehnder, who obsessively photographed penguins in the ice fields outside of a Russian base in Antarctica.

When (temporary) cities swell; a short history of the Burning Man festival.

Around 60 people in the world share a condition called “highly superior autobiographical memory.” They remember absolutely everything.

How an unassuming bureaucrat outsmarted Jamie Oliver and pulled off a cafeteria miracle in one of America’s unhealthiest cities.

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

The city’s radical pro-democracy movement faces a stiff test from Mainland China.

A dispatch from Anthony Scaramucci’s SALT Conference.

What happened after an unarmed 18-year-old named Ramarley Graham was shot and killed by a New York City police officer.

How Vivitrol, a little-known anti-addiction drug, became the mandatory treatment for opioid abuse in drug courts across the United States.

A profile of Seth Moulton, the junior congressman from Massachusetts.

Last November, A.J. Delgado played a vital role in the presidential campaign. Then everything fell apart.

A visit to the ‘Castle’ where self-driving cars learn.

The legendary stuntman launches a new phase of his expansive career.

A thirty-year-old Tom Petty on the brink of Damn the Torpedoes.

There are just a handful of people using iron lungs in the U.S. And the machines they rely on to live are wearing out.

The town welcomed hundreds of Somali refugees. Then a private militia decided to go “ISIS hunting.”