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Whether you are looking for some gift ideas or a great read to enjoy on the plane or cozied up over the holidays, consider our carefully curated lists
Our favorite titles this year will make readers feel the power of visual storytelling
The amazing microsleep strategy may be an adaptation to group living and lurking predators in a harsh Antarctic environment
In 19th-century St. Louis, Madam Priscilla Henry earned a life-changing fortune—and scores of enemies vying for her crown
As conflagrations become more difficult to contain, a citizen movement to try to manage them through “prescribed burns” is growing
In the birthplace of Italian sculpture, a powerful automated machine tries its hand at an ancient craft
The Pennsylvanian was one of America’s greatest heroes. Why hasn’t he gotten his due?
The extremely valuable fish likely spawn in a patch of the Atlantic Ocean called the Slope Sea
The Nazis and Soviets sought to erase the mass killing of 33,000 Jews at Babyn Yar, but a new effort seeks to remember the dead even as Russia attacks
On Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, a rare animal is thriving—for now
Curators and staffers satisfied their endless curiosity with novels, short stories, biographies, art collections and journalistic reporting
Bordeaux. Napa Valley. Missouri? This vintner wants to put this once-booming wine region back on the map
The bold journalist, who made a splash on both sides of the lens, is the subject of a new biopic starring Kate Winslet
Untold Stories of American History
The Icarians thought they could build a paradise, but their project was marked by failure almost from the start
This Yuletide mainstay continues to warm cockles and ventricles everywhere
The marsupial frog, which incubates its young in a pouch on its back, was thought to be extinct in some countries
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Inspired by a moment of empathy from President Theodore Roosevelt, the huggable toy had a rocky start before it became the stuff of legend
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