Somerset Maugham, the prolific English author, was diligent about writing between 1,000 and 1,500 words daily. But before sitting down to his typewriter each morning, he took a bath, soaking ...

Somerset Maugham, the prolific English author, was diligent about writing between 1,000 and 1,500 words daily. But before ...

THAT AUTUMN, A RESEARCH VESSEL called the Glomar Challenger sailed over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to drill holes and sample sediment. Fossils within the sediment samples they retrieved gave scientists a ...

Self-assembly is the process by which an organized structure spontaneously forms from individual components, as a result of specific, local interactions among the components. When the constitutive ...

Post-punk icons, Britpop legends, garage rock groups, OG shoegazers, electronic innovators, post-rock pioneers, Sassy Magazine cover stars, and more ...

The Marx Brothers movie marathon, birdwatching at Fresh Pond, Ron Suskind on presidents, and more events from around ...