A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.

"Nature and the Mind" by Marc Berman explores how exposure to nature enhances cognitive, physical, and social well-being. The book emphasizes that even brief interactions with natural or synthetic environments can improve attention, concentration, and health outcomes. It appeals to a wide audience, encouraging city planners and educators to consider nature's benefits.

They arrive in November, some even before Thanksgiving, like the juncos that spend the warm months in the boreal forests and ride the cold north winds to New Jersey’s suburban yards. Some of them sleep by day, like Dracula but unfazed by sunlight. They bear umbilical cords and await the delivery of electrons that will set diodes ablaze, turn fan blades, and maybe set wings flapping or wheels spinning.

It's fall. You can get pumpkin-spiced everything anywhere else; only we bring you an apple picking metaphor to discuss acetaminophen and autism.

It’s peak peach season (say that five times fast!) in northern New Jersey, and the supermarkets, farmers markets, and produce stands are all offering locally grown fruit. Jody and I have become produce snobs in the past decade or so, making weekly trips to the Montclair Farmers Market almost every Saturday all year around, and we usually buy peaches from the stall run by Treelicious Orchards in Port Murray, New Jersey, about 50 miles west of our home.

If you still have space on your summer 2025 reading list and the inclination to read something more serious than a typical summer read, here’s a recommendation. Having been raised by parents who lived through the Great Depression and World War II I observed and picked up practices of using consumer goods, from clothing and shoes to tools and appliances to automobiles, until they wore out and could no longer be repaired.

ANALYSIS: Health Secretary wilfully misreads data that should be celebrated, not feared, writes Eric Garcia

From Russell Moore: Criminals who are in America illegally should be sent away. But the rule of law, though fallible, must be preserved.

The news, science and otherwise, happens fast, but a little patience to get things right is still valuable.

Base Tones of Hope - A Review of I Cheerfully Refuse: A Novel by Leif Enger (Hardback: Grove Press, 2024) Reviewed by Maggie Wills

Fairleigh Dickinson won its 21st straight game on Thursday and clinched a first-ever NCAA Tournament bid in front of an amped crowd in Hackensack.

From Russell Moore: What's at stake is not just the survival of nations. It's the consciences of those who align themselves with what is unquestionably wrong.

From Russell Moore: The gospel is real. The stories are true. Christ is risen, and Jesus saves. Why would we walk away from that?

Adding 8,000 trees to a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, improves health conditions that are linked to heart disease, stroke and some types of cancer.

Trump may have the upper hand now, but how one governs reveals the true character of the president.

Christian partners around the world—suddenly fired, defunded, and without answers—worry that the new administration is done with the development agency.

While it isn’t necessarily an enjoyable read, The Understory is a powerful, moving book that deserves to be widely read and discussed.

...[W]hat troubles me most is how often an overly simplistic and reductive understanding of biology is dragged out in an attempt to refute the validity of some of these [gender identity] categories. M...

How I’m praying for the new president