In David Sedaris’s wry new collection, being alive is as weird, atrocious, contradictory, unfair and funny as ever. By Roddy Doyle Read along with the Book Review this summer: Can you check off five ...

Berkley scores YA author Karen M. McManus’s adult debuts in a massive two-book deal, Montlake takes Sara Field’s lupine romances, and more.

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A new book brings together ethnography, neurobiology and primatology to argue that how much our species sleeps is an evolutionary trade-off, with lessons for how each of us can sleep better.

Move over karyotypes—genetic disorder detection has vastly improved. Researchers are now using array CGH (aCGH), to quickly scan through an entire genome for imbalances. Because aCGH facilitates ...

L-R: Belmont Cameli in 'Off Campus,' Jennifer Garner in 'The Five Star Weekend' and Anya Taylor-Joy Prime Video, Peacock, Apple TV Several best-selling books will make way for returning TV shows and ...