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Oliver James was 32 when he admitted to TikTok followers he couldn't read. In a new memoir, he chronicles his journey from illiterate to booklover.

A newly updated Penn State Extension publication, Beekeeping Basics, is aimed at helping individuals become successful beekeepers by learning about honey bee biology and how to manage bee colonies.

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Philosophers are generally expected to display wisdom and calm in the face of existential questions. I am just not one of those philosophers. I spent 30 years racing away from these thoughts by ...

The year 2025 hasn’t started out great. We’ve seen foreign wars, climate change, racist rhetoric, and political polarization escalate over the last several months, making many of us angry, burned out, ...

Each year around this time, we ask the staff of Scientific American to recommend the best books they read this year. Here are the 67 new favorites and old classics that kept us turning the pages in ...

Birder? Cat lover? Packers fan? Party goer? Brain surgeon who loves science fiction? Our annual list of recommended new books for holiday gifts has something for you. Here is a varied selection of ...

Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America. By Sam Tanenhaus. Random House; 1,040 pages; $40 and £33 A superb biography of William F. Buckley, the most influential American journalist ...

Learning Python is a smart move these days. It’s used everywhere, from making websites to crunching numbers. The good news? You don’t need to spend a fortune to get started. There are tons of great, ...