Happy End of the World

by Nick Romeo May 18, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

A new book explores the history of mass extinctions and how the human species can survive the next... MORE

Cracking the Knossos Code

by Malcolm Jones May 17, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

It took scholars 52 years to decipher Linear B, a language written on tablets found at the... MORE

My Year Of Not Looking In A Mirror

May 17, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Kjerstin Gruys decided to shun her reflection and focus on inner beauty for a whole year—which... MORE

Big Idea: Our Global Cost

by Andrew T. Guzman May 17, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

How do we measure and predict the human cost of climate change? By Andrew T. Guzman. MORE

WWII’s Artist-Warriors

by Robert Edsel May 16, 2013 12:00 PM EDT

Robert Edsel tells the story of a group of scholar-soldiers tasked with protecting Europe’s... MORE

Dylan Inducted Into Arts Academy

May 16, 2013 8:29 AM EDT

As Michael Chabon delivers keynote address. MORE

Guardians of the Lost Art

by Robert Edsel May 16, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Robert Edsel tells the story of the scholar-soldiers tasked with rescuing Italy’s treasures from... MORE

A Post-9/11 Werewolf Novel?

by Roxane Gay May 16, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Many books have taken up the war on terror, but Roxane Gay reads a novel that deals with the... MORE

Boston Feels the Pain

by Paul Theroux May 16, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Paul Theroux looks at his hometown after the marathon bombing and finds the mood of the city... MORE

Burt Bacharach: How I Write

by Noah Charney May 15, 2013 12:08 PM EDT

The great American songwriter, responsible for 73 Top 40 hits, talks about how he writes a song,... MORE

There Aren’t Enough Olympias

by Lloyd Grove May 15, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Snowe tells Lloyd Grove how she’s working to change Washington hyperpartisanship from the outside. MORE

A Red Azalea on American Shores

by Katie Baker May 15, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Bestselling author Anchee Min pens a second memoir about her long, hard road to success in the U.S. MORE