Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

Here's the main thing you need to know about our ranked list of the 15 best diamond-selling hard rock and metal albums: They're all damn good. Are you surprised? History is littered with platinum ...

We love those classic Christmas recordings. And we cherish the chance to hear Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, the Beach Boys, Darlene Love and other greats sing these standards each ...

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them. Tasha, the O-Gene.Credit...PBH Images, via Alamy Supported by By Emily ...

In industrial pipes, mineral deposits build up the way limescale collects inside a kettle ⎯ only on a far larger and more expensive scale. Mineral scaling is a major issue in water and energy systems, ...

Dogs traveled with humans for 11,000 years, revealing early diversity and deep ties between the species. Credit: Sheila Brown / Public Domain Dogs have been traveling alongside humans for at least ...