A new posthumous collection from David McCullough, "History Matters," has just been published. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jon Meacham and Dorie McCullough Lawson about it.

Dystopian fiction is now a firm fixture in our literary landscape. Ian McEwan’s stylish, cunning “What We Can Know” takes a whack at the genre.

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Marvel Comics has several of the smartest people in comics history, and here are the most dangerous of the smartest.

Michael Riordan surveys the extraordinary year of 1964, which saw the birth of the quark model, the invention of the Higgs ...

The groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is the story of our modern age.

The Dragon Age is an era in the history of Thedas, specifically one where nobody on the continent could seem to catch a break. Each mainline game in Bioware’s fantasy RPG series introduces a new ...

The Black Book from hungrymindsart is unlike anything I’ve seen before. It’s packed with alternative inventions and creative ideas that challenge the way we see the world. If you’re into innovation, ...

It started with a friendship bracelet. It ended with an engagement ring. Taylor Swift, the pop superstar, and Travis Kelce, the football champion, are engaged. The fiances, both 35, announced the news ...