The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing Genius
Margaret Profet, evolutionary biologist and MacArthur grant recipient, disappeared in 2005. She has neither been seen nor heard from since.
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The Detective of Northern Oddities
When a creature mysteriously turns up dead in Alaska, veterinary pathologist Kathy Burek gets the call.
The Secret Rules of the Internet
On the history of content moderation and what it means for the future of free speech.
The Wrath of Khan (Part 1)
The unlikely ascent of A.Q. Khan, the scientist who gave Pakistan the Bomb, and his suspicious fall from grace.
Encounters with the Calabrian Mafia: Inside the World of the 'Ndrangheta
The profile of a crime syndicate which dominates the European cocaine trade.
The Slippery Slope of Musical Appropriation
Steve Miller had a clear-cut legal case when the Geto Boys used his guitar-hook in their raunchy 1990 single “Gangster of Love.” The racial implications weren’t so simple.
Excerpted from The Geto Boys(Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series, 2016) .
This Week's Most Popular Articles in the Longform App
A murderous grandma, a master counterfeiter, and a notorious teenage drug dealer in Detroit — the most read articles this week in the new Longform App, available free for iPhone and iPad.
The Point of No Return (Part 2)
Did A.Q. Khan sell nuclear secrets on the black market? The fame had unbalanced him. He was subjected to a degree of public acclaim rarely seen in the West—an extreme close to idol worship, which made him hungry for more. Money seems never to have been his obsession, but it did play a role.
Inside the Mansion -- and Mind -- of Kim Dotcom, the Most Wanted Man on the Net
The strange existence of the accused Internet pirate as he battles the U.S. government.
Way Down in the Hole
A report from Camp Hope, the tent city that’s sprung up next to the Chilean mine where 33 men have been trapped since early August.
The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth’s Ancient Rock Record
Our climate models could be missing something big.
In Virginia's Fairfax County, Robbing Banks for the CIA
A captured bank robber makes a remarkable claim.
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
How mental illness reshapes a marriage.
The Darkest Town In America
On light pollution and a place called Gerlach.
The Year in Pivoting to Video
There’s only ever so much you can control at any job.
The Water in May
On losing a brother and trying to get him home.
The Secret World of Fast Fashion
How Korean immigrants in L.A. revolutionized fashion’s production cycle.
The Economics of Serial Dating: A Case Study
What one woman spends in a year.
The Land of Perpetual Revolution
What’s really happening in Kyrgyzstan.
The Mussolini of Ass
How sex scandals have made Silvio Berlusconi even more powerful in Italy.
The Story of Ahmed and Alin
Syrian orphans become child laborers in Turkey.
The Roots of Cowboy Music
Searching for home at a cowboy poetry convention in Elko, Nevada.
The Theory of Everything
At work with the scientists standing on the precipice of a grand unified theory of the universe. Or failure.
The Spectacular Power of Big Lens
The rise of an amazing optical corporation and the future of our eyes.
God & Worshipper: A Rock-and-Roll Love Story, of Sorts
He’s their hero, but he’s also their soulmate, the one person in the world who understands them. That’s why Stephen Wesley and the legions of fans like him can’t get enough of the Mountain Goats. And that burden is crushing Darnielle.
On the passionate relationship between fans and John Danielle of the Mountain Goats.
