In “Air-Borne,” his detailed and gripping account of aerobiology, Carl Zimmer uncovers the mysteries filling our lungs. By Robert Sullivan In “Stag Dance,” Torrey Peters probes the ...

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The Jungle Book and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Kaa is a type of Indian Python, though according to Kipling ... The snake’s name, “Nagini,” actually refers to the Nāga from Hindu tradition (“Nagini” is a female ...

Here we present the best female drummers of all time. Female drummers have been around since at least the 19th century. Consider the English folk ballad “Female Drummer” (covered by Steeleye ...

Composers who are female are not rare ... at the Los Angeles Opera and was termed “as anarchic and surreal as the book itself”; among her orchestral works, six concertos, including Šu ...

Miller’s “The Last Manager” is a biography of the fiery Orioles skipper who was ahead of his time as a strategist Katherine Stewart’s book attempts to debunk the notion that Trumpism is ...

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One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...

On Sunday, March 2, the world's greatest stars will be honoured at the 97th Academy Awards - and, if past Oscars are anything to go by, it'll be as eventful as it will be emotional. Oscars history ...