In high school, I dreaded reading George Orwell's Animal Farm. I remember hearing the upperclassmen complain about how boring they thought it was, and I nodded along. After all, it was about animals, ...

A new children’s book, titled Simple Machines Made Simple, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids as young as a year old. It recently beat its Kickstarter goal by 700%—raising more than ...

Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? When villainy threatens the Saubers family, they fortunately hit the radar of an eccentric trio (also from the first book): Ex-cop Bill Hodges, tech ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Meehan also became a parent, and he says “getting dinner on the table quickly but well became a pretty ...