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.

From the humble roadside fill-up spot to the modern mecca of fuel and convenience, the gas station had a lot of moms and dads ...

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 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, ...

Maggie and Cal have weathered many ups and downs on Sullivan’s Crossing, but they’re about to face their biggest challenge yet after that surprise husband reveal. The move allows Maggie to have a meet ...

Last month, veteran comic book creators Joe Quesada and Christopher Priest reunited to kick off a new vision of the Marvel Universe in Marvel Knights: The World to Come. After introducing a white ...

Marvel fans are trying to figure out where Ironheart fits in the official MCU timeline. In the first three episodes of the show, there hasn’t been a calendar or anything telling us when it takes place ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. On the first day of a required class for freshman design majors at Carnegie Mellon, my professor stood in front of a lecture hall of earnest, nervous ...

Unforgettable characters, long-held secrets and themes of loss and resilience…dual timeline books have it all. These stories often blend history and the present (or future!) and contain a mystery or ...