The search for the perfect hot dog—by way of haute cuisine.

On the rise and demise of the Segway.

Climate change is giving rise to intermating between previously distinct species. Welcome to a world with “grolar bears.”

Aging, enhancement, and the hormone.

The audacity of Bill Cosby’s black conservatism.

Relying on programmers to map real world social connections is like “hiring a Mormon bartender” and other observations on why our strange urge to document the nodes of friendship is doomed.

But the web is not just some kind of magic all-absorbing meta-medium. It's its own thing. And like other media it has a question that it answers better than any other. That question is: Why wasn't I consulted?

Long considered a punchline, vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstream supermarket shelves.

Why are we still involved?

The neurologist explores the mystery of hallucinations.

A pre-Olympics profile of the now-gold medalist.

On the rodeo.

The precarious existence of NFL placekickers.

Reimagining the sound and slang of Los Angeles.

On living in dark times.

The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.

An interview with the historian Robin D.G. Kelley.

Watching Florida government on the state and local level is like watching two parents bring an alcoholic home after he got kicked out of rehab and deciding that the best course of action is leaving him with $5,000 in an apartment up the street from a dive bar and then going to Cancun for the week. It was on the calendar already, there wasn’t any choice, he looked very healthy at the time!

A profile of Montana Senator Jon Tester.

On living without memories.

The aftermath of a sudden death.

A profile of the Golden State Warriors head coach.

She has convinced her followers she is a pretty-in-pink naïf, an escort, an unhinged ex, an office drone, and, most recently, an expectant mother. None of it is real.

The career of Elton John.

A profile of the youngest Black woman in Congress.