Food The south's latest culinary trend: inadequate, rotting prison food, supplemented by cattle feed Cory Doctorow
Science Trump's latest senior science nominees are a talk-radio ignoramus and a career poisoner Cory Doctorow
deaths Judge dismisses the manslaughter charges against prison warden and five staffers who let inmate starve to death in solitary confinement Rob Beschizza
cults "Warrior Poet" performs an ode to breasts and bodily autonomy, except when it comes to implants Jennifer Sandlin
inexperienced and off the grid The three "mummified" bodies found in Colorado were ID'd by stepsister who tried to stop them from camping Carla Sinclair
wealth disparity Idle rich baffled by poor people's distaste for dangerous, low-paying jobs Mark Frauenfelder
All-One The story behind Dr. Bronner's, the soap company that's been fascinating people for 75 years Jennifer Sandlin
futility closet Englishman Nathaniel Courthope spent four years defending a tiny island's nutmeg from the Dutch Futility Closet
futility closet Linda Burfield Hazzard's "fasting cure" killed multiple patients in the early 20th century Futility Closet