For all of his intellectualism and potentially intimidating reputation as one of the most acclaimed writers of the late 20th century, Salman Rushdie's sentences are powered in part by a ...

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Registration is now open for the 2026 edition of Crossword Con on April 10 in New York. I gave a talk about Sunday crosswords at this event last year, and it was remarkably fun to do even though I was ...

Burbot are now hailed as hard fighting and great tasting fish to catch through the ice. Here’s what you need to know about this native fish.

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A feel-good Mars rover story, a deep dive into a sci-fi horror classic, and a punishing travel motorcycle adventure.

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Two oarfish — deep-sea creatures that normally live nearly two-thirds of a mile below the ocean surface — washed into shallow water near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and video of the bizarre encounter ...

Author Andy Weir has single-handedly shaken up how moviegoers imagine astronauts. For a wide swathe of sci-fi movies, from 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Right Stuff, Gravity, Apollo 13, Interstellar, ...