Margaret Keane’s husband stole credit for her iconic paintings, basking in fame and fortune that should have been hers for years. Then she told a reporter the truth.

When you’ve never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich because the idea of peanut butter and jelly touching seems like too much, you turn to legendary chef Daniel Boulud for help.

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.

Sixty years ago, a sharecropper’s son invented a technology to identify faces. Then the record of his role all but vanished. Who was Woody Bledsoe, and who was he working for?

Outdated textbooks, not enough teachers, no ventilation — for millions of kids like Harvey Ellington, the public-education system has failed them their whole lives.

A father reflects on his son’s search for employment.

The former editor of the New York Observer, profiled.

David Petraeus, father of the surge and the uncontested “most competitive” man in the military.

Inside the growth of Goop — the most controversial brand in the wellness industry.

An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions.

The Arctic, sailors and scurvy.

Chess in Cuba.

Imagining the alternative.

Why everything is getting louder.

“Good espresso depends on the fourM’s: Macchina, the espresso machine; Macinazione, the proper grinding of a beans; Miscela, the coffee blend and the roast, and Mano is the skilled hand of the barista, because even with the finest beans and the most advanced equipment, the shot depends on the touch and style of the barista.”

He was a convicted felon who found a niche in Seattle’s construction boom. As the region’s fortunes rose and fell—and rose again—so did his. Then a fatal boating accident came for Michael Powers’s fairy-tale ending.

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.