Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave talk about the brain benefits of quitting cigarettes, language development in premature babies, and a mysterious imprint in a Chicago sidewalk.

An accomplished scientist says worrying about how much you’re sitting at work is a waste of time. Make these small tweaks to your lifestyle instead.

Social media platforms have exploited our ancient wiring for conflict and alarm to create addictive outrage, leading to ...

After announcing his retirement from acting eight years ago, the performer returns in a drama directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Ronan Day-Lewis makes his directorial debut with a little help from his dad, but it's a woodland two-hander that mostly just sits there. They used to say that Laurence Olivier was such a great actor ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, is known as the Day of Atonement. The holiday is observed with a nearly 26-hour fast and five distinct prayer services. Yom Kippur marks the end of the 10 days ...

National Sons Day was established in 2018 to encourage meaningful conversations with sons. National Sons Day is celebrated annually on September 28th. A second National Sons Day is also observed by ...

Most people have Halloween on their minds during October, but there are two holidays — Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day — that happen first, and both on the same date. Columbus Day has been a ...

It wasn’t just about Doris Burke. Burke Magnus, ESPN’s president of content, spoke highly of the longtime analyst after she was demoted out of the top NBA booth in August and explained the rationale ...

At her very best she's worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. Doris Day was often called America's "girl next door"—friendly, wholesome, relatable, and ...

It's now fall. The nation moves into a stretch of major holidays. One of the earliest — Columbus Day — is a federal holiday that continues to spark debate. Observed in October, it is recognized in ...

When singer Doris Day was photographed in Tamaqua, she was on her way to major stardom and likely knew it. Five years after her passing at age 97, details about her life are putting her local ...