A frightening childhood bout of the flu that sent Christina Sarkes to the hospital in the middle of the night sparked an ...

Harry Sword praises the hypnotic atemporal oneness of the post Sleep (minimalist rock) drum & bass classic reissued by Drag City ...

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced Thursday the discovery of massive water reservoirs and cisterns, along ...

From the Tang dynasty’s Li Bai (701–762) to the Song dynasty’s Su Shi (1037–1101), China’s ancient poets are staging an unlikely comeback — as pop stars. Famous poets are increasingly listed as ...

Close to 1,000,000 Coptic Christians of Egypt, who believe themselves to be the world’s oldest Christian sect, celebrated the election of a new pope last week. The man who will also be looked to for ...

Imagine opening your music app only to find classic poets like Li Bai and Bai Juyi from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and Su Shi from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) listed right alongside today's ...

New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

The funerary marker, which surfaced on a New Orleans property last year, once belonged to a Roman soldier who died nearly 2,000 years ago. Officials repatriated the stone in a recent ceremony in Rome ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building was a ...

May 29, 2026 • Boards of Canada. Kurt Vile. Iceage. Host Stephen Thompson chats with Andrew Brown of KUTX in Austin about their favorite albums out Friday, May 29. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers ...

For more detail on these diverse ingredients in traditional Chinese apothecaries go here. Items not to scale. Photographed at Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, Santa Monica, ...

The funerary marker, which surfaced on a New Orleans property last year, once belonged to a Roman soldier who died nearly 2,000 years ago. Officials repatriated the stone in a recent ceremony in Rome ...