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Why So Many White American Men Are Dying

The rising mortality rate of middle-age white Americans can be traced directly to the rise in prescription opioids.

World

Twelve Numbers: The Highs and Lows of 2015

A dozen numbers that help describe the year that's quickly coming to an end.
Culture

January in New York: The Time to Shop

Try New York in January if you want to go bargain hunting and avoid the crowds.
Culture

The Real Africa, Through the Lens of African Photographers

A swell of new African photographers are changing how the world views their continent.
Tech & Science

Part Coyote, Part Wolf, Part Dog: Enter the Coywolf

A hybridized canid made up of coyote, wolf and dog genes is expanding across the eastern U.S.
World

War at Burundi's Front Door

Diplomats fear the African nation could be edging toward civil war.
Tech & Science

Wanna Fight ISIS? Weaponize Your Laptop

Hacking might be the best way to protect America.
World

Mexican Journalists Are Being Threatened, Blackmailed and Murdered

Journalists in Mexico have long faced violence and intimidation from cartels and corrupt authorities.
Culture

The Year in Grease

You can now drink a margarita at Taco Bell and eat bacon-wrapped figs at Starbucks. But should you?
Culture

The Year in Fighting

From Random House to Guy Fieri, the best fights we witnessed in 2015.
Culture

The Curated Life: Old-School Ties

The 82-year-old whose doodles inspired the legendary Hermès tie is still designing for the storied Paris fashion house
Tech & Science

Building a Better Band-Aid

MIT researchers have designed a "smart wound dressing" using hydrogel embedded with electronic sensors.
Tech & Science

Paris Was Just a Way Station in the Climate Change Fight

The lesson of COP21 is that we can't wait for COP22 to solve the climate crisis.
World

How A '90s Internet Law Determined a 2014 Rape Case (Exclusive)

Former St. Paul's School student Owen Labrie breaks his silence on his conviction.
World

‘I Wanted to See the Bastards’: The 9/11 Families Travel to Gitmo

Family members of the fallen attend a hearing for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his alleged co-conspirators.
Tech & Science

Using the Human Microbiome to Predict Time of Death

Scientists have successfully tested a "microbial clock" that can accurately gauge how long a dead body has been decomposing.
Culture

The Year in Reading: The Best (and Worst) Books of 2015

From 'City on Fire' to Jonathan Franzen to Donald Trump's poetry to Alexandra Kleeman, it's been a banner book year.
World

Inside the Tortured Mind of Eddie Ray Routh, the Man Who Killed American Sniper Chris Kyle

At his trial, prosecutors said Routh was a cold-blooded killer. His private medical records tell a different story.