The program called Lean was built to detect bugs in Microsoft’s products. It ended up revolutionizing mathematics.

Our review of Sarah Anderson's debut novel, "Fallow"

Both of Wilbert L. Cooper's parents were cops. In this excerpt from his memoir, Cooper recounts how his mother got into the force—and what the department did to try to keep her out.

Following the acclaimed arrival of her English translation debut, The Remembered Soldier, a National Book Award finalist, Anjet Daanje’s latest novel, The Song of the Stork and Dromedary, is yet anoth...

Are the 30-somethings in Katy Simpson Smith’s “The Maltese Version” in love? That depends on how you define it.

In ‘The AGI Chronicles’ (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Oct.), the journalist tracks the race to develop artificial intelligence that can match or surpass human capabilities.

“A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving,” by Virginia Eubanks, is a memoir of what happened after her partner survived a brutal attack — and her own will to endure.

The acclaimed poet discusses her new book, as well as art, nature and a piece of California history.

With Lost Lambs the Service95 Book Club’s Monthly Read for August, Dua interviews its author Madeline Cash

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Cambridge professor David Tong takes us on an exuberant tour of quantum field theory, our deepest description of the fundamental laws of physics.

“Care is not my nature or purpose. It’s my politics,” writes political scientist Eubanks (Automating Inequality) in this gorgeou...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut about his new book, "Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America."

For-profit companies are buying up the rituals of American childhood and selling them back to parents.