A slate of new series aim to tap into kids’ shifting interests—and perhaps spark the next generation of scientists, inventors ...

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Based on Andy Weir's science-heavy, dubiously-technical novel of the same name, their film "Project Hail Mary" transports viewers somewhere better than the outreaches of the universe: 2.5 hours in the ...

Center Line Public Library • Baby and toddler play group 11 a.m. Tuesdays. Children up to 36 months and their caregivers participate in stories, songs and play. • Storytime at ...

Programmer-turned-novelist Andy Weir has now cranked out two bestselling sci-fi novels that Hollywood could not resist.

"Grace Rocky Save Stars!!" It's finally here. Rocky and Ryland, space buddies, in a story about saving our worlds. Project ...

A senior House Democrat accused U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday of structuring Washington's $1.58 billion investment into USA Rare Earth ​in a way that gives the government "highly ...

The French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had the wrong idea about the way evolution works. But he helped advance a ...

Christen Civiletto's forthcoming book recounts the toxic history of Niagara Falls — and its personal impact on her and her ...

He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of watching movies and talking about them endlessly, he writes ...

Housing Works Bookstore Café in SoHo is the kind of place that restores your faith in humanity and makes you believe that ...

When people say bookstores are becoming extinct like dinosaurs or common courtesy, they clearly haven’t visited the Tattered Cover Book Store & Café on Colfax Avenue in Denver. This enormous literary ...