Her disclosure of classified documents in 2010 ushered in the age of leaks. Now, freed from prison, she talks about why she did it—and the isolation that followed.

An in-depth history of the most important pop innovation of the last 20 years, from Cher’s “Believe” to Kanye West to Migos.

One cyclist rides west, another rides east. They meet on an empty stretch of road in a Kazakh desert.

How a retired Swiss banker ended up behind bars in Thailand for uncovering a scheme that included the Malaysian prime minister and billions of in laundered money that was spent on everything from parties with Paris Hilton to backing for The Wolf of Wall Street.

“Fear is running rampant in the Curia, where the mood has rarely been this miserable. It’s as if someone had poked a stick into a beehive. Men wearing purple robes are rushing around, hectically monitoring correspondence. No one trusts anyone anymore, and some even hesitate to communicate by phone.”

After two tours in Iraq, the writer returns to a volatile region of Afghanistan as an embedded journalist.

A story of regret and the contemporary art market.

The story of a rookie clinging to his dream, as told by his uncle.

Profiles of people who live in their car after losing almost everything during the Great Recession.

On the enduring appeal, both amateur and academic, of man vs. dinosaur.

People have been having fun with nitrous oxide—often in the name of science—since its discovery more than 240 years ago.

The pecking order of All-Star Weekend sex-with-basketball-player-or-rapper hopefuls.

How the director of Midnight Special thinks strategically about his art and his career.

Dolphins may have the capacity for mourning, and elephants sometimes bury their dead.

Seven months ago, an underdog Brazilian soccer team boarded a plane to play the game of their lives. They never made it.

Haley downloaded the app for fun. Now millions of people watch her videos.

How the Choose Your Own Adventure series began.

On the history of modern food.

There is an alternate definition for meat, one that simply means the thing inside of the thing—i.e., the meat of a coconut or the meat of a problem. My inquiry aimed to understand the living, the dead, and the part in the middle as well, the thing inside of the thing. I’m trying to tell you why I had finally resolved to taste whale.

The Bachelor’s host, Chris Harrison, is now a divorced bachelor himself. It turns out coaching single men is a lot easier than being one.

Black women have been telling the truth about America for a long time. As a Black woman in journalism, my obligation is no less than that.

How “tissue engineering” will change regenerative medicine.

Discovering why we hurt.

A dispatch from North Carolina.

How order collapsed in an American city.