The Arc of the Sun
A trip to the South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race.
Science
A Week In The Mysterious Sleeping Villages Of Kazakhstan
What is the sickness that leads inhabitants to sleep for days?
Out of Thin Air
Joe Namath believes hyperbaric oxygen treatment can reverse the brain damage he and others suffered playing football, so much so that a treatment center carries his name. The science, however, doesn’t support his claims.
The Illusionist
Al Seckel held legendary parties in the 1980s and 90s, with attendees ranging from Slash to Francis Crick. He later became a collector of optical illusions and gave a TED talk on the topic. He may have also misled and defrauded many of the people he came into contact with.
Fast Food
Life as a halal butcher in New York.
Killing the Colorado
An investigation into why the West is running out of water.
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Holy Crop
The labyrinth of policies that reward Arizona farmers for growing cotton, which uses six times as much water as lettuce and 60 percent more than wheat.
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The ‘Water Witch’
The woman who found the water to keep Las Vegas growing, for better or worse.
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Use It or Lose It
How a century-old water deal is encouraging waste and worsening the drought.
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End of the Miracle Machines
How the achievement of moving water comes at an enormous cost to the environment.
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Less Than Zero
Ground water and surface water stores are interconnected. But we count them twice.
The Rhino's Last Stand
One rancher has a plan to save the endangered rhinoceros: domesticate them.
The Alphabet of Months
Life with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
How the Potato Changed the World
A short but comprehensive history of solanum tuberosa.
Why Can’t We Stop Cholera in Haiti?
For a time, NGOs thought they’d eradicated the disease. But now it’s back.
This Doctor Knows Exactly How You Feel
On mirror-touch synethesia, the power (or curse) of knowing exactly how others feel.
The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá
Two pairs of identical twins mismatched in a hospital happen upon each other in their twenties.
Boy, Interrupted
A drug derived from cannabis was the only thing that could control a young boy’s seizures.
The Lonely End
Looking after the kodokushi – the elderly who die alone – of Japan.
“SHARK!”
“Irrational behavior has always been man’s reaction to the presence of sharks.”
The article that inspired Jaws.
Metal-Mouths
Eighty percent of North American teenagers are in the care of an orthodontist. On our obsession with perfect teeth.
The Surprisingly Imperfect Science of DNA Testing
Juries trust DNA. But should they?
“I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium”
A life with bipolar disorder.
What's Killing the Babies of Vernal, Utah?
A midwife, a rash of stillbirths and miscarriages, and a town whose economy depends on fracking.
Aneurysm
The intricacies of a delicate operation.
Flight Pattern
Tracking the humble hummingbird down to Belize.
Instagram’s Most Famous Mules
On the man who has turned the grunt work of packing into a social media phenomenon.
How One Brain Came Back From Unconsciousness
Chronicling 1,541 days with a car accident survivor.
Life and Death in Brownback’s Kansas
The plight of the uninsured in a red state.
Off Track
Alberto Salazar is one of the most celebrated running coaches in the world. Is he also a cheater?
