It was Russia, in the cybertubes, using stolen passwords, a secret backdoor, and layers upon layers of false flag cloak work meant to stump security analysts.
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No Time Like the Present
You don’t know what day it is, do you? Robert Burke Warren digs into ‘the Oddball Effect’ and fascinating brain data that may help explain why.
A Race to Claim a Piece of Space: The Out-of-This World Obsession of Meteorite Hunters
Meteorite hunters Mike Farmer and Robert Ward travel to Carancas, a tiny village at 12,000 feet in Peru’s remote altiplano, to examine a crater in the hope to claim precious rock from space.
A Clever New Strategy for Treating Cancer, Thanks to Darwin
Robert Gatenby, a radiologist in Tampa, Florida, is rethinking cancer as a chronic illness: studying the link between cancer and Darwin’s principles and finding a way to “outsmart it rather than carpet-bomb it.”
Evidence Over Intelligence: How Robert Mueller Sought Justice for Pan Am Flight 103
The 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 has had a lasting effect on Robert Mueller and the FBI.
The Devastating Allure of Medical Miracles
Hand transplant patients at the University of Pittsburgh were given new hands — and hope. But the experimental technique has led to side effects.
Fear of Suffering Alone
After separating from her husband and entering quarantine, Anne Liu Kellor faces her ongoing desire for a partner and the necessity of loving herself.
Longreads Best of 2019: Crime Reporting
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year. Here is the best in crime reporting.
The Mad Scramble to Claim the World’s Most Coveted Meteorite
Meteorite hunters Mike Farmer and Robert Ward travel to Carancas, a tiny village at 12,000 feet in Peru’s remote altiplano, to examine a crater in the hope to claim precious rock from space.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Kavitha Surana and Hannah Dreier, Garrett M. Graff, Dani Shapiro, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and Lauren Hough.

