Scientific American talked with Gabbott and Zalasiewicz, authors of the book Discarded: How Technofossils Will Be Our ...

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A new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin offers a fresh account of the region as an incubator of ...

Read an excerpt from Mary Anne Hunting and Kevin D. Murphy’s account of overlooked women in the history of Modernism.

Ostriker is responsible for groundbreaking discoveries that forever changed the way astronomers think about what the universe is made of, including the existence of dark matter.

Harron reflects on the controversial film, emphasizing its feminist perspective and critique of toxic masculinity.

Founded in 1996 by a pair of Black poets who felt isolated in predominantly white literary spaces, Cave Canem has become one ...

In our survey about the best books since 1996, a number of authors split the vote — among their own titles. Here are 10 ...

These designers may not have the brand power of the Eameses—but they just might belong on the same shelf. The Postwar design phenomenon known as mid-century modernism has been back—and thriving—for ...

"Prose to the People," edited by Katie Mitchell, chronicles the legacy of past and present Black bookstore's throughout the country. NPR spoke with five booksellers profiled in the vast collection.

When F. Scott Fitzgerald​ wrote "The Great Gatsby"​ at the height of the roaring '20s, he couldn't possibly realize that the book would emerge as one of the very top contenders for "the great American ...

That "intellectual class" has now formed within the new-look Republican Party, thanks in part to New Right figures such as JD ...