You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I’m a rational person. I grew up in a family of scientists. My dad, who studied the brain, told me ...

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In 2014, I decided that for the entire year, I would not read books written by white authors. My goal was to address the reading practices I developed growing up in Australia, where white authors have ...

In the last decade, I've occasionally written pieces that compared what's happening in the world - specifically, in the Trump presidency - to something we're used to seeing on the big screen. Eight ...

As the IRS moves toward digital-only payments under a Trump-era executive order, taxpayers should expect changes in how refunds are issued and payments are made. Here’s what’s changing. The IRS is ...

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Set in early 1930s colonial Australia, in and around the fictional town of Henry, Warwick Thornton's “Wolfram” is divided into four chapters, all taking place in the same tough and sparsely populated ...

King has written more than 60 novels over the course of his career Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for three years. Her work has previously appeared in ...

You can watch the full Wild Card interview here. Can't see the clip above? Watch it on YouTube. Melinda French Gates on Tuesday said that her ex-husband, Bill Gates, needs to answer for the behavior ...

He will have you for dinner: what is it about an unapologetic cannibal that so captured readers and audiences? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Brian Raftery about his new book, "Hannibal Lecter: A Life." ...