Novels about queer topics have been pulled from bookstores in Russia under a recent law that bans all mention of LGBTQ life in popular culture. It's part of a regional crackdown against novelists and poets.
Science Friday’s Xochitl Garcia rounded up the coolest books for young scientists ages 0 to 11.
Photographer Art Wolfe has spent 40 years documents the natural world and some of the world's oldest cultures.
Hurricane Sandy gave New Yorkers a taste of a city under water. A new novel imagines a future in which this is the new normal.
From the Dresden Dolls to ukulele covers of Radiohead to becoming a parent, art and life for this performer are inseparable — and public.
Nadja Spiegelman comes from a long line of strong, self-made women. Her memoir "I'm Supposed to Protect You From All This" is the story of four generations of mothers and daughters.
Summer is the perfect time to catch up on your reading — maybe while you're lounging on the beach or waiting in those long TSA lines. PRI’s Science Friday has suggestions for great summer science fiction books to help you escape — and maybe even get you thinking.
Humans and dolphins have a long connection. Myth and literature abound with tales of dolphins rescuing hapless sailors or travelers who have been washed overboard. Dolphins even had a temple in ancient Greece named for them — Delphi. Now they’re the subject of a new book, Susan Casey’s ‘Voices in the Ocean.’
Research has shown that reading books aloud to children helps them become better readers and maybe even better learners. A close look at the text of children's books offers a possible explanation why.
Who needs Disney World when you could visit museums dedicated to locks, magnets, Titan missiles, an experimental nuclear reactor or a Carl Sagan-inspired celestial "walk." Or the place where they confirmed the Big Bang? Here are 12 geek travel suggestions.
Authors Deborah Blum and Annalee Newitz help us put together a list of five of the best science books of the year for kids.