Check out these classic covers of The Great Gatsby.
Amidst a sea of titles on World War II and the German army, David Stahel discusses why a careful study on this German campaign in the eastern theater raises new questions about the war we think we know.
Since the middle of the 19th century, the Shakespeare authorship debate has produced over 70 candidates who may have written the canon of English drama and poetry supposedly composed by William Shakespeare. Here are a few of the people that have been considered throughout the debate.
Comet-watchers from around the world submitted their shots of PANSTARRS to our contest back in March. Take a look at their photos!
In honor of Earth Day, we asked a few of our leading experts the following question: This year, Earth Day calls on us to help fight climate change. What is the one critical action everyone should take...
Renée Hetherington, author of Living in a Dangerous Climate, shares how we can make an impact this Earth Day. This year, Earth Day calls on us to help fight climate change. What is the one critical action...
A lot of nonsense has been written about baseball and this is my contribution. I learned to watch the game and played catch with my father who is, in fact, English and schooled in the mysteries of cricket...
This week on the Cambridge Book Club, contributors to the new Cambridge volume Shakespeare Beyond Doubt debate some of history’s most famous non-believers. Read why famous figures from Walt Whitman to Charlie Chaplin doubt the Bard and what Shakespeare Beyond Doubt has to say about their reservations. Don’t miss the debate!
We're kicking off the new Cambridge Book Club a few days early with a sneak peek at Shakespeare Beyond Doubt. Dive in to the authorship debate: did William Shakespeare really write the plays attributed to him? Read on to find out...and don't forget to check back on Wednesday and all month long for new Book Club features as we read Shakespeare Beyond Doubt.
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When “Across the Universe” was transmitted into deep space in 2008, NASA hoped the song’s journey across the universe would bring contact with other beings. The famous Beatles’ tune may have been the first one sent to the aliens, but it’s not the only piece of music influenced by them: musicians from Beethoven to Ella Fitzgerald to Radiohead have all produced acoustic renderings of extraterrestrials.
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” as it’s commonly called, has been touted as a great boon to humanity and at the same time, condemned as a great danger. As usual, the reality lies somewhere in...