An actor whose greatness is defined by the villains he plays.

The U-M alum who developed the iPod turns his attention to a surprising task; an alumna wins the National Book Award for fiction; MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ Tiya Miles goes deep into little-known history; a medical student inspires her Ugandan hometown; a ‘master chef’ shares a recipe; x-rays of mummified mammoths throw scientists for a loop; and more.

During World War Two, a University of Michigan professor joined a plot to take out his best friend and enemy, the Nobel-prize winning physicist Werner Heisenberg.