This story might have been titled – as a certain bold and brazen song once was – Take this Job and Shove it. Spa (March 25) opts for a less belligerent stance. “Young people quitting jobs in rising ...

The term “swan song” comes from way back in time and is based on the fable that although mute during their lives, swans will ...

Virunga hosts more than 700 bird species (among them the handsome ... on the Rwindi River—it was Kambale’s job to hook a live worm onto Mobutu’s line. “Mobutu had great respect for the ...

In a crowded room, we naturally move slower than in an empty space. Surprisingly, worms can show the exact opposite behavior: in an environment with randomly scattered obstacles, they tend to move ...

Advice from an English teacher in Massachusetts for guiding teenagers to think critically but not cynically about the information they consume. By David Nurenberg This collection of interactive ...

Jeremy Workman’s documentary looks back at a project that may sound like a joke but had serious underpinnings. By Alissa Wilkinson Jason Statham plays a construction worker who’s as deft at ...

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 ...

This bird is one of the most important when it comes to protecting the environment and decreasing disease, but it is often ...

A baby’s diet typically includes small mammals, reptiles, birds, worms, insects, and fish. The babies can fly out of the nest at around nine to 10 weeks but will still be fed and cared for by the ...

In this scene, Pistol is angry and trying to insult someone with ... “Your tongue outvenoms all the worms of Nile.” It’s a condemnation not just of what he says, but of how he uses language ...

The writer’s latest offering, Dream Count, draws on a powerful true story of a sexual assault. But it’s held back by some odd flaws ...