Former members of the U.S. drone program expose the hidden price of remote control combat. By Vegas Tenold.

A battle over triplets raises difficult questions about the ethics of the surrogacy industry and the meaning of parenthood. By Michelle Goldberg.

Dear PopSugar, I do not really believe your recent article, entitled, “6 Reasons We'll Always Need Fast Fashion,” warrants a response... However, to promote fast fashion in such a blatant manner without at least making mention of some of the truly atrocious byproducts with which it is so closely associated is simply irresponsible. As a result, I will do just that...

Robots for sexual relations might seem just round the corner, but as Rose Eveleth argues, the reality is complicated.

“The gods of today’s major religions are moralizing gods, who encourage virtue and punish selfish and cruel people after death. But for most of human history, moralizing gods have been the exception. If today’s hunter-gatherers are any guide, for thousands of years our ancestors conceived of deities as utterly indifferent to the human realm, and to whether we behaved well or badly.” By Lizzie Wade.

Kevin Bales’ book, Blood and Earth, explains why slavery in the world's lawless zones is essential to operate mines that pose a grave threat to the environment. With Dave Davies.

Jared Rutledge fancied himself a big man of the “manosphere.” But when his online musings about 46 women were exposed, his whole town turned against him. By Rachel Monroe.

Faheem Qureshi was 14 when a drone attack on his home left him with horrific injuries, several family members dead and his dreams for the future in tatters. By Spencer Ackerman.

A New Essay from One of Our Favorite Southern Writers — Daniel Wallace, Author of “Big Fish” — About an Elemental and Universal Dilemma.

A congressionally-mandated initiative to overhaul U.S. interrogation strategy is bringing to light the frustrations -- and fragility -- of Obama's post-torture legacy. By Ali Watkins.

A conversation with ecofeminist Lori Gruen by Dayton Martindale.

Everyone has at least a few non-negotiable values. These are the things that, no matter what the circumstance, you'd never compromise for any reason...

A radical new approach to generating human organs is to grow them inside pigs or sheep. By Antonio Regalado.

City law requires any of the animals that are captured to be euthanized in a humane fashion, but many exterminators and homeowners aren’t doing it. By Annie Correal.

This year, a Chinese company plans to open a massive factory to clone 100,000 cows. Just how far will this mass reproductive technology go? By Abby Haglage.

On the origins of corporate evil—and idiocy. By Jerry Useem.

Obama blames Republican Congress for stalled efforts to make good on campaign promise, but detainees’ lawyers say fault lies within his administration. By Ed Pilkington.

“Marineland denies the allegations made in this podcast...” By Jesse Brown.

What did the era’s most prominent symbol of humanitarianism think when confronted with the world’s most compelling moral outrage? History records only a question mark. By Jay Winik.

Art makes the world, and it can break us. By Rebecca Solnit.