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While the love story in Allegra Goodman's latest novel can seem formulaic, she captures the allure of video gaming and the tension between real-world art and literature and the fantasy worlds online.

Jenny Allen's new essay collection is sarcastic, funny and astute, finding humor in everything from her battle with cancer to the indignities of aging to her many, many linguistic pet peeves.

Egan began researching her new novel years before she published A Visit From The Goon Squad. It follows a girl who becomes the Brooklyn Navy Yard's first female deep-sea diver during World War II.

In response to the new changes, set to roll out starting Saturday, moderators expressed a lack of confidence that Reddit's promises to improve accessibility will be substantial in the long run.

If you're planning to throw some meat on the grill this July 4th holiday, here are some ways to save money in the process.

How will the recent Supreme Court rulings affect presidential campaigns? Protests over the police killing of a French teen raged for nearly a week. Elon Musk limits how many Tweets users can read.

The Lone Star State is home to more than a million horses. Some Texans have begun adding to their herds in rather unusual ways: by cloning their champion horses.

Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder has labeled as torture the practice of waterboarding terrorism suspects. Speaking at his confirmation hearing, Holder also said he had learned from the experience surrounding the controversial Clinton-era pardon of financier Marc Rich.

Turns out wireless networks aren't wireless at all. And light pulses in fiber optic cables carry your voice around the world. A new exhibition explains the science you hold in your hand every day.

A new kind of tourist package is being offered in China. Call it the "U.S. Real Estate Bottom-Fishing Tour." The first of 40 Chinese real estate shoppers are looking in the U.S. this week to buy for foreclosure properties and other housing bargains.