Sharon Camp believed in big ideas. After narrowly surviving an illegal abortion, Camp made it her life’s mission to make reproductive medicine safer. From 1975 to 1993, Camp led Population Action ...

According to Publishers Weekly, after two years of declines, print sales rose in 2024 with unit sales of print books up 1%. And in 2025, they rose again — this time 0.5% higher than the previous year ...

On Friday, April 17, legendary oceanographer and marine biologist Sylvia A. Earle took the TED stage in Vancouver, Canada. In her TED Talk, she explained the importance of “Hope Spots,” or global ...

As we celebrate Earth Day this year, may we reflect on the wise words of environmentalists, climate activists, faith leaders, lovers of nature, and the youth of the world. Read these quotes to get ...

Saturday, April 25 is Independent Bookstore Day! This annual celebration is an opportunity to celebrate and support independent bookshops across the United States — both online and in your community.

Can giving homeless people $750 a month to use any way they choose help them move into long-term housing? I am the director of the University of Southern California Homelessness Policy Research ...

In 2005, after Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina devastated the state, then-Alabama Department of Insurance commissioner Jim Ridling was surveying storm damage when a thought dawned on him. Realizing that ...

In April, the Washington State Senate overwhelmingly passed a new law that calls for the installation of anti-speeding technology, known as intelligent speed assistance (ISA), in the cars of drivers ...

Michael Reichmuth, a fisheries biologist for the National Park Service, often snorkels in the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay Area’s national parks and shorelines. Most of the time, he’s ...

In 2003, a man named Rupert Boneham, often seen donning a signature rainbow tie-dye tank top and scruffy beard, first appeared on season seven of “Survivor.” He was such a hit that he returned to ...

On April 1, Taylor Swift dropped a surprise music video for her song “Elizabeth Taylor,” the second track on her twelfth album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” Swift does not appear in the music video, ...

Few things in this world could make people want to leave a tropical vacation early, and one of them is the unbearable pain of missing your dog at home. For tourists visiting Hawaii, several animal ...