The New Yorker

“Reverse Innovation” Could Save Lives. Why Aren’t We Embracing It?

Tom Vanderbilt writes about “reverse innovation” in medical technology, where solutions devised to overcome the resource constraints in developing countries are then adopted in wealthier countries with the aim of cutting health-care costs.

A Fleet of One

John McPhee writes about his travels across America with a long-haul truck driver who often transports heavy or dangerous cargo.

A Husband in the Aftermath of His Wife’s Unfathomable Act

Eren Orbey on Patrick Clancy navigating life after his wife, Lindsay, killed their children during a postpartum mental-health crisis.

A Loaded Gun

Patrick Radden Keefe on Amy Bishop, a scientist with a degree from Harvard who killed three University of Alabama colleagues two decades after shooting her brother.

A Most Profound Math Problem

To postulate that P ≠ NP is to allow for a world of mystery, difficulty, and frustration—but also of discovery and inquiry

A Murder Foretold

Unravelling the ultimate political conspiracy.

A Professor Claimed to Be Native American. Did She Know She Wasn’t?

Jay Caspian Kang reports on Elizabeth Hoover, a so-called Pretendian who has taught at Brown and Berkeley and who insists that she made an honest mistake. Her critics says she has been lying for more than a decade.

A Star in a Bottle

An audacious plan to create a new energy source could save the planet from catastrophe. But time is running out.

A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld

After Zac Brettler mysteriously fell to his death in the Thames, his parents, Matthew and Rachelle, discovered that he’d been posing as an oligarch’s son, including in dealings with Akbar Shamji and Verinder (Dave )Sharma. Patrick Radden Keefe reports on the case’s many complexities, including an oddly curtailed police investigation.

About Face

In South Korea, which has a booming plastic-surgery industry, a common high-school-graduation gift is an operation. Patricia Marx reports from Seoul.

Absolute Powerpoint

“Absolute Powerpoint” by Ian Parker was published in the print edition of the May 28, 2001, issue of The New Yorker.

Accounting for Taste

Nicola Twilley on Charles Spence, a scientist studying how the four other senses alter our perception of taste.

Africa’s Cold Rush and the Promise of Refrigeration

Nicola Twilley reports from Rwanda on current efforts to establish a refrigerated “cold chain,” meeting with agricultural workers around the country and the African and European experts working for the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain (ACES).

Almost Everything in "Dr. Strangelove" Was True

Eric Schlosser on how Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.

Among the Insurrectionists

Some of Trump’s supporters had been declaring, at rally after rally, that they would go to violent lengths to keep the President in power, Luke Mogelson writes. A chronicle of an attack foretold.

An Essay in Unitard Theory

An essay in unitard theory.

Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse

Heidi Blake reports on how the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women.

Animal Action

Are Ultra-Processed Foods Killing Us?

Studies have linked them to obesity, diabetes, depression, and even dementia. Dhruv Khullar reports on a revolution in nutrition science that aims to fix America’s deadly diet.

Are We Already Living in Virtual Reality?

Joshua Rothman reports on virtual-embodiment technology, which is challenging our understanding of who and what we are.