If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures

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Researchers in Vermont infected 5,300 American elms with a lethal dose of Dutch elm disease. Those that survive could help them build the most genetically diverse, disease-resistant population yet.

More miles of the country’s rivers were reconnected last year thanks to dam removals than at any other time in history.

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Join us at the Literary Arts Bookstore & Cafe for a celebratory evening of readings from the 2026 Oregon Literary Fellowship recipients. The following fellows will be joining us: Devon

Not long ago, I was reading, in a magazine profile, a physical description of a person “who has a prodigious white beard, wavy gray bangs, and dark, beetling eyebrows.” A photo of the person was inclu...

28 years ago, the team’s nemesis Reggie Miller sunk a shot that dashed their playoff dreams. Here’s what Spike Lee and others sitting courtside remember.

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

For decades, Mariner Books has stewarded The The Best American Series®, a literary institution that began in 1915 with Best American Short Stories, to your bookshelves. But just in case you’re stum…

Readings by Joel Calahan, Giovanna Frene, Hayan Charara, Christie Hodgen, & Charu Sinha. Live music by Alisa Amador.

Fifty-six years ago, after a tense race to save the Apollo 13 crew, the astronauts finally splashed down safely. Here’s what flight directors who got them home remember.

Fifty-six years ago, after a tense race to save the Apollo 13 crew, the astronauts finally splashed down safely. Here’s what flight directors who got them home remember.

The debate over immigration enforcement has crept into a brash and crass entertainment, which is less immune to reality than you’d think.

A literary magazine named after the Vedic fire-god. Transformative. The writer in witness, the imagination in combustion.

Writer Larissa Pham discusses navigating expectations, advocating for your art, and finding balance

With climate change, the skies are becoming bumpier. Can today’s planes still keep us safe?

Days after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Michael Moore used his moment in the spotlight to rail against the war. Here’s what he and others onstage remember.