In the relaxed days of summer, critic Maureen Corrigan reflexively reaches for a mystery. This year, she’s settling in with The Dime, by Kathleen Kent, and The Death of Mrs. Westaway, by Ruth Ware. (Image credit: Samantha Clark/NPR)

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai succeeded in repealing the 2015 rules for internet service providers. But some states have already acted to keep net neutrality alive on their turf. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

In “The Strange Order of Things,” Antonio Damasio makes a case for the centrality of emotion in our understanding of life on earth and how we came to be.

Carl Zimmer wondered what secrets lurked in his genetic code — so he decided to have his genome sequenced. He writes about the implications of the study of genetics in She Has Her Mother’s Laugh. (Image credit: Westend61/Getty Images)

Dispute deepens a year after UAE joined Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt in embargo

A hack in South Korea added to uncertainties in the virtual currency market, which saw a loss of well over $40 billion in cryptocurrencies’ overall value. (Image credit: Chris Helgren/Reuters)

It’s not just what makes males into males. The sex chromosome also influences health in hidden ways, some experts believe, and may even explain why men have shorter life spans.

Muqtada al-Sadr’s statement comes after a fire at warehouse storing ballots

Using an account with limited powers may help protect the system from malicious software that is looking to dig deep.

Unrest rekindles memories of uprisings that swept across Arab world in 2011