In 1991, the EPA learned that there were toxins in a mountain stream. But nobody told the family who owned the property.
Photos from two days in a sulfurous crater in Indonesia
In 2003, Congress passed legislation to eliminate sexual assaults against inmates. One young man’s story shows how elusive that goal remains.
While it's possible for researchers to study facial expressions, brain patterns, behavior, and more, each of these is only part of a more elusive whole.
Research shows that babies are more sensitive to the prenatal environment than once believed. How should today's stretched-to-the-brink parents respond?
Can a new, professionalized generation of scandalmongers uncover more dirt on the Clintons—without triggering a backlash?
The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.
A unified theory of why political satire is biased toward, and talk radio is biased against, liberals in America.
Nearly a century ago, two Americans led a quixotic mission to get the region’s borders right.
A new report finds that locking up more offenders isn't making people any safer—and may even be counterproductive.
The blockbuster fantasy has become a big movie—and a bigger problem.
When Annie Dillard wrote Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, she didn’t think anyone would want to read a memoir by a "Virginia housewife." So she left her domestic life out of the book—and turned her surroundings into a wilderness.
The author agreed to publish three novels in one year—and then things got weird.
I drove from one of the healthiest counties in the country to the least-healthy, both in the same state. Here’s what I learned about work, well-being, and happiness.
An interactive graphic shows the 1,410 different spots on the globe presidents have referenced in 224 speeches.