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Your First Step Into the World of Angela Carter's Fiction and Nonfiction
Want to read Angela Carter, but not quite sure where to start? We've compiled a beginner's guide to the late author's unique oeuvre. → Read More
Human Behavior: It’s Just Biology After All, People
Signature caught up with Stanford biology and neurology professor Robert M. Sapolsky to talk oxytocin, relationships, and all things human behavior. → Read More
Hail to the Thief: The Case Against Edward Snowden
Edward J. Epstein, author of How America Lost Its Secrets, covers the many clues pointing to Edward Snowden's suspicious ties with Russia. → Read More
Nixon's Presidential Legacy: Is Trump Following Suit?
The timely release of John A. Farrell's Nixon: A Life exposes some uncanny similarities between Richard Nixon and Donald Trump. → Read More
How Darwin's Book 'On the Origin of Species' Changed America
We spoke with author Randall Fuller about Charles Darwin, his groundbreaking book, and our modern relationship with the theory of natural selection. → Read More
The Past, Present, and Future of DARPA, Our Imagineers of War
The government agency DARPA was born in the dawn of the space age and has evolved to meet the needs of America's military future. → Read More
Life Beyond This World: An Interview with Leslie Kean
In her new book, Surviving Death, Kean looks beyond this world to the next. She spoke with us about what she learned and how it has affected her life. → Read More
Michael Finkel on the Extraordinary Story of Chris Knight, the Last Hermit
We spoke with author Michael Finkel about the extraordinary story of Christopher Knight, who survived 27 years in the woods of Maine with no human contact. → Read More
The Brain Defense: A Real-Life Legal Thriller for Science Buffs
In The Brain Defense, Kevin Davis reports on a 1991 murder case that questions the extent to which we can blame our brains for an act of violence. → Read More
The Ongoing Search for the Books Plundered by Nazis During WWII
Anders Rydell, author of The Book Thieves, reveals that the Nazi regime plundered, rather than burned, the contents of private libraries across Europe. → Read More
A Swinging Vegetarian: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Percy Shelley
Percy Shelley was more than a poet: He was an animal rights activist, a naive college dropout, a swinger, and maybe even a victim of piracy. → Read More
Beyond Athens: The Best Books on the Ancient World
Was Athens the greatest civilization on Earth? Maybe. Read through these great books on the ancient world and make your own decision. → Read More
The 5 Best Books on Modern European History
From Brexit to Russian power grabs, Europe is in a state of turmoil. Here are 5 of the best books on modern European history to put things in context. → Read More
Making the Case for a Human Colony on Saturn's Moon Titan
Wohlforth and Hendrix, authors of Beyond Earth, spoke about the challenges and opportunities that might await our first generation of space colonists. → Read More
Read This Rats Book to Confirm Your Worst Fears
Morgan Spurlock’s latest documentary is based on Robert Sullivan’s morbidly fascinating book Rats, which confirms everything you hate about the rodents. → Read More
Bending Mind and Time: 6 of the Best Time Travel Books
As Ian McEwan wrote: "The rules of time travel have been written not by scientists but by storytellers." Here are some of the best time travel books around. → Read More
In Carl Hiaasen's Weird World of Florida Fiction, Anything Goes
Carl Hiaasen and Florida go together like a Gambian pouch rat and the Florida Keys, and his fiction treasures and teases the state in equal measure. → Read More
The 'Decline' of White Christian America, Explained in 4 Books
'Death of White Christian America' is in the running for most common news headline of 2016. Why? These four books help explain the phenomenon. → Read More
How 'Celebrity' Skeletons Tell Us Far More About the Living
We talk about well-known bones with Lydia Pyne, author of Seven Skeletons, who shares the stories behind the stories of famous fossils. → Read More
Beyond the Brat Pack: The Books of Jay McInerney
With the publication of Jay McInerney's Bright, Precious Days, we're looking back on his ouevre, and the ways in which he's grown out of the Brat Pack. → Read More