From the Upside Down through the Devil's Anus and beyond. Here are 6 times these theoretical wormholes turned up in sci-fi ...

Rutzel’s poetry defies convention. Some verses rhyme, others don’t—but all pulse with honesty, humor, and a deep sense of ...

I’m a woman without a calculator. I don’t take off the underwear I was wearing, but I take everything else off. That’s because I’m too dirty to give it to you…. My dad was like that too. He’d give ...

The Poetry Brothel Chicago is starting 2026 with DEVOTION – where our poets will beckon your deepest desires, those held to ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

If aliens are out there, why haven’t we heard from them? That’s the question at the center of Pop Mech’s new story, “Aliens Probably Exist—But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason, NASA Scientist ...

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of ...

Our critic A.O. Scott feels the heat of a wintry lyric by the Nobel laureate Louise Glück. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott A.O. Scott, a critic at large for the Book Review, recorded the poem that ...

As I have every year since 2014, in 2025 I set aside a couple of months to peruse the year’s books of poetry — at least those books I had on hand. In the past, I’ve titled my annual roundup — one ...

Seamus Heaney was a visionary bulwark against small-mindedness. When the Irish poet died suddenly in 2013, at age 74, a benign literary presence was robbed from us. The posthumous publication of his ...

‘Alien: Earth’ will return for a second season. Creator Noah Hawley has signed a new deal with FX. The new season will start shooting next year. As one of the biggest, buzziest TV hits of the year, ...