How a 20-year-old from the land of fake news tricked Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams, and the BBC.

On photographer Garry Winogrand and the unedited archive of more than half a million exposures he left behind.

A love letter and the jacked up emotions of reality TV.

Most of the fish we eat die by asphyxiation. But there’s a better way, both for the fish and those who eat them.

A comprehensive history of the case against the Menendez brothers, built primarily on secret audio recording made by their self-promoting therapist.

How one man’s imagined discovery of a sex-trafficking camp in the Sonoran Desert gained life online — and in the real world.

The first magazine profile of the actor in more than 20 years.

Two well-liked Twitter employees accessed thousands of users’ private information and illegally passed it to the Saudi Royal Family, per the FBI.

One of the last interviews with the congressman and civil-rights legend, who died Friday.

Sprawling ranches. Rare animals. Rich folks with guns. Welcome to the state’s booming business of stalking wildlife from around the globe.

Birds do it. Bees do it. Learning about the astounding navigational feats of wild creatures can teach us a lot about where we’re going.

Although many Americans see the former police officer’s conviction as just closure, many in Minneapolis view it as the beginning of a larger battle.

At fourteen, Ron Bishop helped convict three innocent boys of murder. They’ve all lived with the consequences.

“When I’m in Nigeria, I find myself looking at the passive, placid faces of the people standing at the bus stops. They are tired after a day’s work, and thinking perhaps of the long commute back home, or of what to make for dinner. I wonder to myself how these people, who surely love life, who surely love their own families, their own children, could be ready in an instant to exact a fatal violence on strangers.”

Rosie grew up in a succession of decrepit houses in South London with one man and a rotating cast of women, who claimed that they had found her on the streets as an infant. The man, Aravindan Balakrishnan—Comrade Bala, as he wanted to be called—was the head of the household. He instructed the women to deny Rosie’s existence to outsiders, and forbade them from comforting her when she cried.

One of the most valuable cars in the world crashes going 200 mph on the Pacific Coast Highway. Its owner claims to be an anti-terrorism officer. In fact, he’s a former executive at a failed software company—and a career criminal. The unraveling of an epic con.

“For much of my life, there was something about my mother I felt almost allergic to. As she approached death, for the first time I found I didn’t merely love her, I actually liked her.”

Born at a barely viable 24 weeks, Owen’s life began as a battle for survival. His future is a test for how far neonatal medicine has come.

“Neil Young is crankier than a hermit being stung by bees. He hates Spotify. He hates Facebook. He hates Apple. He hates Steve Jobs. He hates what digital technology is doing to music.”

In the wake of revolution, Libyans envision their future.

A profile of the almost-president.

The possibilities and pitfalls of massive open online courses (MOOCs).

The Yale professor suspected of murdering his student.

The laundry wars of Silicon Valley.

The story of a call center virtuoso.