Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. By Jennifer Krauss The protagonists of “A Day With Mousse,” “Little ...

Plenty of the book will appeal to both music fans and science buffs, but Levitin also recognizes that some degree of mystery will always surround music’s ability to move us. He argues ...

Thirty years after the sequencing of the BRCA1 cancer-associated gene, access to genetic tests and awareness about its risks are still too limited.

In this grade-by-grade guide, you'll find math standards, English and language arts standards and tips for social skills and physical development from preschool through high school.

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chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “A Century of Tomorrows,” Glenn Adamson offers a hurtling history of the art, science and big business of looking ahead. A posthumous ...

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November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Droughts in 48 of 50 U.S. states, evidence of microplastics mucking up wastewater recycling and the science of a baseball mud bath in this week’s news roundup.