A Bird’s Brain Holds Clues to the Sounds of Music

The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...
The New Yorker

David Wain’s Wet Hot American Comedy

The comedian and director David Wain talks about the State, making his first film in eight years, and the challenges of ...
Opinion

What have the Americans ever done for us?

For its 250th birthday, it is worth remembering some of the greatest contributions that the US has made to humankind In Monty Python's classic comedy Life of Brian, one of the many bickering ...

Philly finished its July 4th concert and fireworks after a lengthy storm delay; city celebrated nation's 250th in extreme heat

What you should knowPhiladelphia's July Fourth concert and fireworks on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway resumed following a ...