Investigative Reporter Kevin Donovan learned that the truth can be an unpopular thing after revealing the dark secret of a city mayor revered by some of his own readers.

Ian Winfield studies fish populations in England’s freshwater lakes, often with Bruce Springsteen blaring in his earbuds. Now he's using the Boss's lyrics to encourage others to take greater care of endangered natural resources.

Dr. Cassandra Quave researches plants hoping to find a cure for the next wave of antibiotic-resistant infections and diseases—some of which she barely escaped herself.

When a client hasn't paid, just tell Julie. Julie Elster's business is dedicated to getting the overdue invoices of freelancers paid with a whole lot of sweetness and a smidgen of sauciness.

Dr. Rebecca Hsu is a freelance forensic pathologist who literally picks people's brains to find the truth.

Lola Augustine Brown wants the career, the kids, and the hen house all at the same time. It requires a very strategic dance and inevitably she sometimes slips.

Maurice Ashley faced off against child prodigies to become the first black international chess grandmaster.

Glenn Martin devoted three decades of his life to inventing a Jetson-like jetpack. Soon after it took flight, he quit the company that was created to bring it to market.

An academic takes a unique job as a Wikipedia editor and consultant for the University of Oxford, using his access to historical texts and data to build the most comprehensive Wikipedia entries online—including the complete guide to everything Brexit.

A football contest backed by a certain cherry-flavored soda empowers a young Mexican-American woman born of undocumented parents to stay in college and fight for immigration reform.