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Jason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racism

Rachel Aviv on letters, journals, and tape recordings, provided by the Oliver Sacks Foundation, that illuminate the psychology and sexuality of the neurologist, whose books include

An analysis of all nearly 5,000 companies YC has backed to date reveals a surprising truth: YC startups don't have to be unique. Far from it.

A year after OceanGate's sub imploded, thousands of leaked documents and interviews with ex-employees reveal how the company's CEO cut corners, ignored warnings, and lied in his fatal quest to reach the Titanic.

Zach Horwitz came to Los Angeles hoping to make it in the movies. He ended up running a seven-hundred-million-dollar scam, defrauding a sprawling group of investors, starting with his best friends. Evan Osnos reports.

Kyle de Rothschild Deschanel was an instant New York sensation who seemed to live on a 24/7 carousel of mega-dollar deals and raucous parties. Then his best friend found an ID marked

James Grissom says that he met the playwright and his famous muses, and quoted them extensively in his work. Not everyone believes him, Helen Shaw writes.

J. R. Moehringer describes working with prominent figures on their memoirs, including Prince Harry, on

Richard Walter was hailed as a genius criminal profiler at murder trials, at forensic conferences, and on true-crime TV. In reality, he was a fraud. How did he get away with it for so long?

After the Afro-Cuban writer H. G. Carrillo died, his husband learned that almost everything the writer had shared about his life was made up-including his Cuban identity. D. T. Max reports.