One of the most accomplished Himalayan guides works at an outdoor retailer in Lower Manhattan.

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?

Is Russia behind a secret weapon that’s targeted dozens of American diplomats and spies?

Shot and killed just shy of his 18th birthday, Deonte Hoard was one of 489 homicide victims in Chicago last year. How this happened—and how it keeps happening—is both one person’s story and the story of how a community has been forced to adjust to murder as an everyday fact of life.

On reservations, where policing hardly exists, bruiser-for-hire vigilantes are often the first choice for justice.

A mother struggles to cope when a child is born with albinism.

Unpacking a false confession 20 years later.

The Srebrenica massacre, almost 20 years later.

Following a lobster from sea to table.

A bullfighter’s comeback after a brutal goring.

On the troubled, legendary Deschutes River fly-fishing guide.

A move to Los Angeles and a foray into the bourgeoisie.

How Craig Venter’s bugs might save the world.

What happens when top universities focus on careers rather than minds.

A sociobiologist on how we evolved into artists.

The Vice President’s days in Indiana.

A physicist remembers working on the Manhattan Project.

She stumbled into communist circles, and it nearly derailed her career.

The Maryland man who houses antique feminine hygiene products.