Julie Andrews might be known for her memorable turns as Mary Poppins and Maria von Trapp, but the Oscar winner is most proud ...

The end of Stranger Things is upon us. While the show has given fans endless thrills and immense joy, there are some things ...

Joy is not second-hand. Its unpredictability identifies us as precisely as our fingerprints. Let computers have mega-concepts ...

If you’ve heard “Winter Wonderland,” whether sung by Bing Crosby or a youth choir, you may recognize the name: “In the meadow ...

Here’s a thought many of us have these days: if only we weren’t on our damn phones all the time, we would surely unlock a better self—one that went on hikes and talked more with our children and felt ...

The watch of a Japanese hiker killed by a bear has revealed harrowing details about his last moments, including that the animal returned to his body the next day, a newspaper report said. The hiker's ...

Growing up in Portugal, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente stood out for his intellectual potential. In high school, he traveled to national and international physics competitions. He later graduated from ...

A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, reports that Italian bears living in areas with many villages evolved and became smaller and less aggressive. Humans have long shaped the environments in ...

A 20-something “person of interest” in the Brown University mass shooting was nabbed at a local hotel before dawn Sunday — as witnesses revealed he shouted something before opening fire. Detectives ...

Here’s what to know about the Rhode Island university, where a shooting on Saturday killed two people and injured eight others. By Dana Goldstein Brown University, the site of a fatal shooting on ...

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. The Loneliness ...

The shooting at Brown University exposed a major gap for a recently opened "real time crime center" in Providence that costs over $1 million, but didn't include surveillance video from the college ...