Dogs are so numerous in New York, indeed, that they have already become a nuisance,” the journalist Charles Dawson Shanly ...

“T he art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass,” said the ancient Greek philosopher Aristippus, “and the keenest ...

Depictions of a quiet, peaceful manger scene miss the point of Christmas.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have found a record-breaking distant galaxy observed just 290 million years ...

Even the camera seems to fear the grunting, shadowy demon in Nosferatu.

I’m typically quiet and mind my own business. But in recent weeks, I’ve been having conflicts with people over minor things.

The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept rising. So why has the law been proclaimed a ...

This new image from the James Webb Space Telescope features the young star cluster NGC 602, surrounded by the varied clouds ...

His politics aren’t predictable, though. He does not, for example, own a gun. Instead, he likes to say that he keeps giant ...

Elizabeth Harris covers books and publishing for The New York Times and is the author of the forthcoming novel How to Sleep at Night.

The protagonists of "Babygirl" and "Black Doves" are stuck in their “perfect” lives—and find illicit fulfillment outside them ...

For centuries, eggnog has been a part of America’s Christmas festivities. George Washington was rumored to have his own ...