Katy Perry took a short trip into space together with five other prominent women. The pop star took off on Monday in the New Shepard rocket from US company Blue Origin. After roughly 10 minutes, the ...

Earth breathes in us.” ― Matthew Edward Hall “The time to protect a species is while it is still common.” ― Rosalie Edge ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...

Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt pours herself a cup of hot coffee. She takes a look outside at the scenery around her new home ...

With Thursday's decline, the S&P 500 — a proxy for the broad U.S. stock market — has now slid more than 11% from its record ...

National poetry month was started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, and encourages people to pay attention to and ...

Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...

Human activity is reshaping life on Earth in profound and alarming ways ... Microbes and fungi, with their short life cycles and high dispersal rates, show the most pronounced shifts in community ...

It was a joy to read everyone’s work. We have selected five pieces — a personal essay, three poems and a short story — to publish in the Weekender.