The story of a Pacific Palisades con man named Jeffrey Lash.

A “reckless” fracking company, poisoned springs, and a family forced to buy water at Walmart.

How the tiny town of Roundup, Montana became a hub in Amazon’s supply chain.

Two lawyers, a summer of unrest, and a bottle of Bud Light.

“It is not so difficult to get Paul McCartney to talk about the past, and this can be a problem. Anyone who has read more than a few interviews with him knows that he has a series of anecdotes, mostly Beatles-related, primed and ready to roll out in situations like these. Pretty good stories, some of them, too. But my goal is to guide McCartney to some less manicured memories—in part because I hope they'll be fascinating in themselves, but also because I hope that if I can lure him off the most well-beaten tracks, that might prod him to genuinely think about, and reflect upon, his life.

And so that is how—and why—we spend most of the next hour talking about killing frogs, taking acid, and the pros and cons of drilling holes in one's skull.”

Years from now, we will look back in horror at the counterproductive ways we addressed the obesity epidemic and the barbaric ways we treated fat people—long after we knew there was a better path.

It’s the furthest artificial intelligence has come. And while the supercomputer may get attention for competing on Jeopardy!, Watson could also change everything from customer service to emergency rooms.

In a nondescript office park in suburban Florida, a company you’ve never heard of is making a product that few people have ever seen. And it has $1.4 billion in funding.

Merriam-Webster is revising its most authoritative tome for the digital age. But in an era of twerking and trolling, what should a dictionary look like?

At a South Korean laboratory, a once-disgraced doctor is replicating hundreds of deceased pets for the rich and famous.

Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus got cancer—and then accidentally shared his diagnosis with the public over social media. Turns out getting sick renewed his faith, healed his old friendships, and reminded him what makes life worth living.

Adventures in bartending.

Growing old at the Playboy Mansion.

The golfer at his nadir.

An ethnography.

Investigating the burning of ancient books by rebels in Timbuktu.

Retro, apocalypticism, and our “culture of disaster.”

The story of an intensely creative young artist.

On recommitting to the Knicks after “a decade of dysfunction and delusion.”

A profile of the writer.

The impact, both on researchers and patients, of a radical treatment.

The definitive biographical portrait of a whistleblower.

Inside a school that trains students in an ancient rite: the taking of ayahuasca.

A profile of the piano prodigy.