Roc Morin
Dead Migrants Are Vanishing at the Texas Border
Bureaucratic obstacles are making it next to impossible for families to find their lost loved ones, or even learn where they died.
'Exit Guides' Straddle the Line Between Freedom of Speech and Murder
An interview with Dr. Faye Girsh about her work helping people die well.
Hvad drømmer pornostjerner om natten?
"Jeg vågner skrigende og grædende op hver nat. Jeg bliver altid jagtet af noget i mine drømme. Jeg er lidt masochistisk, så jeg kan godt lide det."
What Do Porn Stars Dream About?
I went to the Exxxotica convention in New Jersey to ask porn stars and other adult performers about the other sorts of escapades that happen in their beds.
Learning to Read Corpses at the Texas State Body Farm
I talked with Dr. Daniel Wescott, director of the Texas State Forensic Anthropology Center, about how bodies decompose in the wild and what our bones say about us.
The World’s Top False-Memory Expert Explains Why Everything You Know Might Be Wrong
Ted Bundy, O.J. Simpson, Timothy McVeigh, Michael Jackson, Rodney King, Martha Stewart, and Oliver North—Dr. Elizabeth Loftus has testified on behalf of them all.
And the Horse Will Play Your Grandmother: My Day of Equine Family Therapy
Can you heal people by getting them to act out their feelings in front of a bunch of animals and strangers? Sara Fancy thinks so.
A Lawyer Makes the Case That Chimpanzees Should Be Legal People
Attorney Steven Wise of the Nonhuman Rights Project is making the case that an animal sharing 94 percent of our DNA should enjoy the same legal protections that we do.
Dr. James Fallon Makes Being a Psychopath Look Like Fun
"In a sense, we need psychopathy. We don’t need full-blown psychopath dangerous fuckers, but having a prevalence of psychopathic traits is associated with leadership. It’s in presidents, and prime ministers, and in people who take risks."
How a Cat Parasite Affects Your Behavior, Mental Health, and Sex Drive
We used to believe that a healthy human could control the Toxoplasma parasite indefinitely. New evidence suggests the opposite. Through a delicate finessing of the neurotransmitters in our brains, it is us who are being controlled.
Mélodie Fenez Makes Music Using the Secret Sounds of Plants
Mélodie Fenez is a French artist who claims she has figured out a way to harness the sound plants make. I headed over to her home in Berlin to watch her poke wires into leaves and listen to the unique clicks and pops of different flowers.
This Slaughterhouse Wants You to See Where Your Meat Comes From
Danish Crown's policy of transparency is in stark contrast to that of the American meat industry. US slaughterhouses are closed to the public. But Danish Crown wants to show you 100 percent of what happens.