Searching for answers after unexplained brain injuries afflicted dozens of American diplomats and spies.

A profile of Lorena Bobbitt.

Does the ubiquitous dance troupe really present five thousand years of civilization reborn?

The history of a sundown town.

Inside a literary Ponzi scheme.

From Kenya to Amsterdam to New Jersey, an industry collapses in a matter of weeks.

Millions of human artifacts circle the Earth. Can we clean them up before they cause a disaster?

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.

How a tattooed video store clerk with a history of drinking and drug use ended up at an Islamic self-help class leading to the birth of ISIS.

He was a shining star of a tight-knit group of rising Black male models in London. Why did he die at the hands of another model?

"I’m not familiar with books on style. My role in the revival of Strunk’s book was a fluke—just something I took on because I was not doing anything else at the time. It cost me a year out of my life, so little did I know about grammar."

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.

The Branch Davidians today, 20 years after the deadly standoff.