A profile of Red Bull’s Dietrich Mateschitz, who wants to make his drink a lifestyle. Mateschitz’s co-founder, Chaleo Yoovidhya, died March 17.

Mary Ellen Johnson, a 48-year-old author, befriends a teenager convicted of murdering his parents.

A profile Hunter Moore,  the founder of the controversial revenge-porn site Is Anyone Up.

In a speech that’s getting a bit of flak for recycling some of his past lines, the stage- and screenwriter says it’s okay to make mistakes along the way:

And make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You're barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they're a-coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

The story of Nicole Davis, a 25-year-old woman diagnosed with breast cancer six months into her pregnancy.

The story of the Norway massacre, as told by the survivors.

Celebrity, bottle service, and Tiger Woods’ unintentional introduction of “halfway hooker” into the American lexicon.

Paul Krugman breaks down the basics of climate change economics, from Arthur Cecil Pigou to Capitol Hill.

How Indians with the surname Patel came to own 1/3 of the motels in America.

The fatal allure of the Golden Gate Bridge and why it doesn’t have a barrier to thwart potential leapers.

The head of the Social Security Administration’s secret life as a respected poet.

Argentina’s Lio Messi, the best soccer player on the planet, stands all of 5’7” and needed growth-hormone injections to get there.

Inside the bleak world of Joe Francis, the man behind the “Girls Gone Wild” franchise.

An emerging school of therapy says that scripting your dreams while awake could eliminate the worst ones. Not everyone thinks that’s healthy.

When members of China’s massive bulletin-board forums perceive wrongdoing, they form a “human flesh search engine” and seek out real world vigilante justice.

Fifty-four days after his group’s Everest climb turned tragic, Krakauer first told the story of what had gone wrong.

A profile of Joe Biden, whose political stock has continued to rise even as his boss’s falls.

The story of two Canadian artificial intelligence visionaries who became bitter rivals and then both committed suicide in the same month.

In Detroit, the aftermath of a reality-TV SWAT raid that killed a sleeping seven-year-old.

A stroll through Tokyo’s Tsukiji, the world’s largest seafood market, and the mecca of the global sushi trade.

A report from Minnesota’s Angle Township, which was put in the U.S. instead of Canada by a map-maker’s error.