Are You Eating What You Think You’re Eating?

Steve Palumbi’s molecular forensics exposes the seedy side of seafood.

Don’t Have Health Insurance? Start Your Own Insurance Company!

How Sara Horowitz created affordable health care benefits for freelancers.

The Grape Whisperer

How Prudy Foxx helps clients make great wines.

The Giant Squid Stalker

Edith Widder uses light to communicate with mysterious animals in the deep sea.

How To Make Dinner Like Theater (but Not Dinner Theater)

A restaurant in Chicago puts on a different show every four months.

How I Finished Barack Obama’s Biography

David Maraniss on the final 40-day push to meet a deadline.

The Optimizer

How Google’s Jeff Dean became the Chuck Norris of the Internet.

The Blind Hiker

How one man used technology to conquer the 2,000-mile Appalachian Trail.

Rob Liefeld’s Sharper Image

An oft-mocked comics artist gives away his characters—and creates something great.

How To Write a Muffin Recipe

Deb Perelman—the wildly popular blogger and author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook­—talks process.

Lutzes, Axels, and Toe Loops, Oh My!

How elite figure skater Brianna Laxson spins, jumps, and somehow lands on her feet.

How To Make a Justin Bieber Song

Producer Ariel Rechtshaid explains every holler and handclap in “Thought of You.”

Can This Man Save Pinball?

An arcade entrepreneur has a plan to resuscitate the dying pastime—with a little help from the Wizard of Oz.

The Best Bike-Sharing Program in the United States

How D.C., of all places, made it happen.

How Jimmy Fallon Gets Such Great Musical Guests

The man who revitalized the sound of late night.

How To Make a Truly Spectacular Cup of Coffee

The best barista in the U.S. reveals her secrets.

The Puffin Charmer

By thinking like a social bird, Stephen Kress brought puffins back to the United States.

The Man Who Saved Tennis

From bad line calls, that is.

Master of the Knuckleball

How Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey saved his career by conquering the most elusive skill in sports.