Stephen Budiansky

A classic text on interrogating enemy captives offers a counterintuitive lesson on the best way to get information

The strange case of the disappearing arias and adagios

The great age of code breaking is over—and with it much of our ability to track the communications of our enemies

Ponds and other water features can be lovely—but they can be stinking, murky eyesores. A primer on what makes the difference

What causes traffic jams? The depressing answer may be nothing at all.

Our hands-off attitude toward aggressive search and seizure arises out of a misreading of the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment doesn't mean what we think

In the sport of fox hunting the first thing to understand is that things almost never go right.

New transcriptions of Fats Waller's pipe-organ and piano solos could ensure that Waller is remembered not just as an entertainer but as a great composer

Detectives aren't what they used to be

Recent explorations into the field of canine genetics are changing the way we think about man's best friend—"man's best parasite" may be more like it—and could help us repair the damage done by a century of inbreeding