At the height of the Cold War, America’s most secretive counterespionage effort set out to crack unbreakable ciphers.

Men have become increasingly infertile, so much so that within a generation they may lose the ability to reproduce entirely.

A professor schemed to get a raise and win his department’s respect. Instead, he wrecked his career.

Bringing a serial killer to justice reveals the country’s other sources of death and suffering.

How an economic war has pushed millions to the brink of starvation.

Two decades after his last deadly act of ecoterrorism, the Unabomber has become an unlikely prophet to a new generation of acolytes.

Tracing an airstrike halfway around the world back to an American bomb factory.

A lifelong runner is hit with a mysterious physical breakdown and forced to begin contemplating the end.

“We are beginning to understand what ails us, and it’s not something an oxygen facial or a treadmill desk can fix.”

A profile of the woman who wants to declutter the world.

Millions of Americans have taken antidepressants for many years. What happens when it’s time to stop?

The U.S. military prison’s leadership considered Mohamedou Salahi to be its highest-value detainee. But his guard suspected otherwise.

A fight that has nothing to do with gun control is ripping through the grieving community.

When Spanish authorities sentenced this provocative musician to prison for “glorifying terrorism,” his dedicated fans helped him make a daring escape across the border.

Daniel Spence used dating apps to scam his way across the U.S. Could he be caught before taking over one of Brooklyn’s hottest media companies?

A Texas con artist made millions promising prisoners’ families the thing they wanted most: to bring their children home.

They’re supposed to safeguard pretrial detainees. But America’s oldest law enforcement agency is suffering from a massive dereliction of duty.

When a brain injury leads to a personality change and then prison time, a neuroscientist wonders if his brother could have been saved.

Gun violence, high school football and what coaches are doing to keep their players safe

The musician visits the Los Angeles of his youth and says goodbye to the past.

An investigation into how police departments can fail to solve rape cases but still get credit.

Dr. Fredric Brandt redefined cosmetic dermatology forever by bringing a smooth, plump, and ageless face to the masses.

On the owner’s 20-year evolution from disruptive force to formidable constant.

The government required him to see a therapist. He thought his words would be confidential. Now, the traumatized migrant may be deported.

Seven years ago, a young Indigenous woman from Tache, BC, went to a party and never came back. Her family won’t stop looking for her.