This Is the Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry
On the rise of alt meat and the decline of cattle.
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Adventures of a Man of Science
On literary manifestos, long-distance reading, and the egg of death.
A Triumph of the Comic-Book Novel
A consideration of Chris Ware.
The Making of Gay Marriage’s Top Foe
A profile of Maggie Gallagher, founder of National Organization for Marriage.
The Curious Case of the Sherlock Pilgrims
In the Swiss town of Meiringen, where an obsessed group of ‘pilgrims’ painstakingly recreate the death of Sherlock Holmes.
On A Norwegian Tragedy and 2083: A European Declaration of Independence
The writings of Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik are a copy-and-paste hodgepodge of “jeremiads against the scourge of cultural theory, lists of atrocities perpetuated by Muslims, and pages of derision of ‘female sluts,’ but also Wikipedia articles about sugar beet farming and investment tips.”
Land of Shadows
On the future of Myanmar.
Sign of the Times
Caliphate and the perils of reporting online.
The Holder of Secrets
A profile of Laura Poitras.
Out of the West
The movies of Clint Eastwood.
State of the Species
The future of homo sapiens.
Varieties of Disturbance
A profile of Claire Danes.
The Curse of Reality TV
On the tortured afterlives of cast members.
The Rise of the Valkyries
The women of the alt-right.
Absence of Answers
Reexamining the murder of James Jordan.
The Face of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, on the eve of the release of The Social Network, believed to be a deeply unflattering portrait of him and the genesis of his company.
Birth of an MTV Nation
An oral history.
Tom Freston: We knew we needed a real signature piece that would look different from everything else on TV. We also knew that we had no money. So we went to NASA and got the man-on-the-moon footage, which is public domain. We put our logo on the flag and some music under it. We thought that was sort of a rock ’n’ roll attitude: “Let’s take man’s greatest moment technologically, and rip it off.”
The Life & Times Of M. Serge Gainsbourg
Gainsbourg decked out his home at 5 Rue de Verneuil in Saint Germain all in black, inspired by a time when he was younger when he'd somehow got the keys to Salvador Dali's house and made love to his first wife in every room while Dali was away. He even stole a small token souvenir in the form of a picture from Dali's porn collection. (Serge was obsessed with Dali and the pair later became friends. The title of 'Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus' - roughly translated as 'I love you, me neither' - was inspired by something Dali was once supposed to have said: "Picasso is Spanish - so am I; Picasso is a genius - so am I; Picasso is a communist - me neither.")
The Rape and Rescue of Kuwait City
Reporting from Kuwait on the week of its liberation, a brutal account of the atrocities committed during seven months of Iraqi occupation.
The Family That Built an Empire of Pain
The Sackler dynasty’s ruthless marketing of painkillers has generated billions of dollars—and millions of addicts.
The Untold Story of Robert Mueller's Time in Combat
To make sense of the Special Counsel, you have to revisit some of the bloodiest battles of Vietnam.
The Remaking of Steve Buscemi
A profile of the actor in the wake of the loss of his wife.
Rise and Fall of the House of Bitcoin
A Buenos Aires hacker haven produced some of Argentina’s most valuable crypto companies. Then it suddenly disappeared.
Power of Suggestion
Why psychologists love “priming.”
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Emergency"
The misadventures of two hospital workers.
