We should not close ourselves off to the possibility that a fun, charismatic David Foster Wallace fan may theoretically exist, somewhere in the world.

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We look back on Jesse Jackson's 1991 Saturday Night Live appearance reading Green Eggs and Ham in honor of Dr. Seuss. Jackson ...

So, you read the headlines about becoming your own barista and clicked "buy now" on a new espresso machine. Congratulations!

Anton Paar’s Abbemat Pharma refractometers are the ideal solution for laboratories in the pharmaceutical industry, delivering precise refractive index (RI) measurements while ensuring full ...

Every January, many of us resolve to finally read more. A new book appears on the nightstand, an audiobook gets downloaded, or we dust off an old library card. We keep finding our way back to it ...

If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, the population of American readers, Lector americanus, has been declining for decades. The ...

The Lede Reporting and commentary on what you need to know today. This way of perceiving social reality—and particularly a person’s reading life—may seem inane, even deranged. But performative reading ...

Nearly a year ago, when Education Week hosted an online conference about adolescent literacy across the content areas, we got a lot of interested and enthusiastic responses from participants. But we ...

If you would like to try home brewing, you need a refractometer. A refractometer allows you to measure sugar concentration in the wort. You then use this measurement to calculate the beer’s alcohol ...