The Undercover Fascist
A young Englishman got mixed up in a white-supremacist movement. Then he learned of a plot to kill a politician.
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Shovel, Knife, Story, Ax
When you live with animals, you collect killing stories.
The Wealth Detective Who Finds the Hidden Money of the Super Rich - Bloombe
Thirty-two-year-old French economist Gabriel Zucman scours spreadsheets to find secret offshore accounts.
30 Days Timelapse at Sea | 4K | Through Thunderstorms, Torrential Rain & Busy Traffic
Follow my adventures on Instagram! http://instagram.com/Jeffrey.hk Dropped new timelapse! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JBMpzW_B58 Hi all, i built a 24K resolution 360 camera specifically for upcoming 360 timelapse project. Check it out…
I Played Meat Bingo at a Century-Old Oregon Dive Bar
Founded in 1926 by Russian socialists, Workers Tavern is the perfect place to win bratwursts and talk to whiskey-swilling grandmas.
World's Oldest Terrarium / Sealed Bottle Ecosystem by David Latimer
Checkout one of the oldest terrarium gardens in the world! Read the story of David Latimer's sealed bottle ecosystem from the 1960's.
Nothing But Solitude | Lapham’s Quarterly
When Renaissance explorers went north, they found a lunar landscape here on earth.
The Chinese village that kept a courtesan’s secret for centuries
One of China’s great beauties, Chen Yuanyuan was born to a peasant family, orphaned and sold as a prostitute, later becoming the consort of general and despised traitor, Wu Sangui. What eventually became of her was never known, until now.
I Entered the World’s Longest, Loneliest Horse Race on a Whim, and I Won
Somehow, implausibly, against all the odds, I became the youngest person and first woman ever to win the Mongol Derby. What made me so sure I was ready, when I was totally unprepared?
Joe Exotic
A dark journey Into the world of a man gone wild.
Adventures in the Ransom Trade
On the revolutionaries, highly-paid negotiators, former spies, foreign businessmen and their families, who all played roles in the massive Colombian kidnap and ransom industry during its 1990s heyday.
How the Hell Has Danielle Steel Managed to Write 179 Books?
The author works a 20-hour shift, loves chocolate, and writes best in her cashmere nightgown.
During the Cold War, the CIA Secretly Plucked a Soviet Submarine From the Ocean Floor Using a Giant Claw
The International Spy Museum details the audacious plan that involved a reclusive billionaire, a 618-foot-long ship, and a great deal of stealth
Hundreds of Bodies, One Nurse: German Serial Killer Leaves as Many Question
A nurse, Niels Högel, admitted to dozens of murders but might have killed as many as 300 patients. So what prevented colleagues from stopping one of the world’s deadliest serial killers?
China’s rust belt cities shrouded in uncertainty as exhausted natural resou
As the natural resources that gave rise to heavy industries in China’s northeast run dry, the cities that developed around coal mines are struggling to modernise.
Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail
During a month hiking Muir's "Range of Light," three young women traversed snowy mountain passes, ran out of food, confronted a gendered wilderness, and learned to deal with each other.
An Airplane’s Extraordinary Story Recalls Bygone U.S.-Russian Amity
Abandoned in the Arctic for seven decades, the last remaining Lend-Lease Douglas airplane in Russia is museum-bound, at a time of tensions with the United States.
The Mystery of the Millionaire Hermit
He spent years scrimping and saving. But without a will, where’s his money going?
The Mysterious Disappearance of Sam Sayers
They've spent 8,000 hours searching for Sam Sayers.
How America’s Oldest Gun Maker Went Bankrupt: A Financial Engineering Mystery (Published 2019)
When a secretive private equity firm bought Remington, sales were strong and the future bright. A decade later, the company couldn’t escape its debts.
Giannis Antetokounmpo Is the Pride of a Greece That Shunned Him (Published 2019)
As the son of African immigrants, Antetokounmpo was unwelcome in Athens. Then he showed promise as a basketball star.
Deepfakes for good
These entrepreneurs are playing with fire.
She Hunted History’s Worst Arms Dealers. Now She’s Taking on Rhino Poachers
Kathi Lynn Austin is on a global chase to stop the flow of guns threatening to wipe the rhinoceros off the face of the Earth.
The Raisin Situation (Published 2019)
One man wanted to change the raisin industry for the better. He got more than he bargained for.
Why are so many people getting rare cancers in this small Georgia town?
After multiple rare cancers have been diagnosed in Waycross, Georgia, the city grapples with a profound question: What if the industries that gave us life are killing us?
Just a Spoonful of Siouxsie
Surviving seventh grade with a practically perfect punk nanny.
A Dispatch From the Fast-Paced, Makeshift World of High-End Catering
The unsung heroes of the food world battle against time and chaos, cooking haute cuisine over lit cans of Sterno in the gloomy back hallways of New York's civic landmarks.
The Wild Carnival at the Heart of Skiing’s Most Dangerous Race
The punishing Hahnenkamm downhill brings street-party revelry to a medieval town in the Tyrolean Alps, Nick Paumgarten writes.
The Best 'I Don't Know the Answer' Jeopardy! Answers
A photo essay of delight and despair
Mystery Alaska
Tracing the origins of humanity in the Alaskan wilderness.
The Curious Tale of the Salish Sea Feet
To date, 21 disembodied feet have washed up on the shores of Seattle's Salish Sea. What at first looked like the work of a serial killer turned out to be something even more unsettling: A message from the ocean about who we are.
The amazing rise — and shocking fall — of Indiana's caviar king
An Ohio River sting sends Indiana's caviar king to prison, as wildlife officials crack down on greed to save one of North America's oldest species.
From the archives: Inside the exclusive team dinners that have built the Spurs' dynasty
Over the past 20 years, Gregg Popovich has sliced an exclusive culinary trail across America -- all for a singular purpose. This is the story of his legendary team dinners, and how they have served as a pillar of the Spurs' decadeslong dynasty.
Where Grizzly Bears and Hobby Farmers Come Face to Face
Human hunters moved north into what would become Montana on the heels of the receding ice, coming into the Mission Valley when the land was yet raw and studded with erratics. Only the first scrim o…
“The Big Error Was That She Was Caught”: The Untold Story Behind the Mysterious Disappearance of Fan Bingbing, the World’s Biggest Movie…
She vanished without a trace last year. But it was what happened next that sent a shudder through the Chinese film industry.
Dog rescued after it's found swimming 135 MILES out at sea
The female brown Aspin was found drifting in the Gulf of Thailand on Friday. It is unknown whether the dog swam the astonishing distance from the shore, or jumped off a boat at sea.
Q: Why was it so hard to take a picture of a black hole? What are we even looking at?
Physicist: Black holes and space are both black, so there’s that. But while black holes tend to be very small, space is bonkers big and filled with just enough stuff to give astronomers thin…
The Astronaut Who Might Actually Get Us to Mars – Texas Monthly
As an eighteen-year-old immigrant to the U.S., Franklin Chang Díaz dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Now, decades after tying the record for most spaceflights, he might be the best bet to get us to Mars.
How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World (Published 2019)
Murdoch and his children have toppled governments on two continents and destabilized the most important democracy on Earth. What do they want?
Part 2: Inside the Succession Battle for the Murdoch Empire - The New York
President Trump’s election made the Murdoch family more powerful than ever. But the bitter struggle between James and Lachlan threatened to tear the company apart.
Part 3: The Future of Fox: An Even More Powerful Political Weapon (Published 2019)
The Disney deal left the Murdochs with a media empire stripped to its essence: a hard-core right-wing news machine — with Lachlan in charge.
The dogs that protect little penguins
When foxes nearly wiped out a colony of little penguins, a sheepdog saved the day.
She falsely accused a stranger of trying to abduct her child, police say. S
Mohamed Fathy Hussein Zayan, an engineer from Egypt who was visiting West Virginia for work, was arrested on felony attempted abduction charges before Santana Renee Adams recanted her story.
One night of telescope time rules out black hole/dark matter idea
Black holes formed right after the Big Bang aren’t common enough to be dark matter.
Abigail Disney Has More Money Than She’ll Ever Spend
Abigail Disney, heiress to the Disney fortune, on being raised with wealth.
My dispiriting, infuriating – and illuminating – time as a political telema
The long read: What I learned about politics while phone-banking for the Democrats
A Drug Shows an Astonishing Ability to Regenerate Damaged Hearts and Other Body Parts
A once abandoned drug compound shows an ability to rebuild organs damaged by illness and injury
Every Living Creature – Truly*Adventurous – Medium
When a massive Caribbean volcano erupts, the island’s residents flee, leaving their beloved animals behind. As pets and livestock are…
How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People
Somebody had to foot the bill for Anna Delvey’s fabulous new life. The city was full of marks.
The Day the Dinosaurs Died
A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.