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Annie Glenn, Rene Carpenter, Louise Shepard, Betty Grissom, Trudy Cooper and Marjorie Slayton attend a luncheon held in their honor by the American Newspaper Women's Club on April 27, 1962, in Washington, D.C. Mercury Seven wife Josephine Schirra is not pictured.

With Space-Bound Hubbies, 'Astrowives' Became 'First Reality Stars'

On April 9,1959, the U.S. introduced its first astronauts, and then launched their wives into the spotlight. In The Astronaut Wives Club, Lily Koppel looks at how seven women coped with the attention and anxiety that came with being married to the space race.

Quirk Cachet: Why 'Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth'

If there wasn't a spot for you at the cool table in the cafeteria, fear not: In her new book, The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth, Alexandra Robbins argues that the teen losers of today are the adult success stories of tomorrow.

David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills & Nash onstage in Los Angeles in 2010. They're supporting former bandmate Neil Young in pulling material from Spotify.

David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills ask to pull their content from Spotify

The former bandmates of Neil Young say they are supporting his protest against COVID-19 misinformation on the music-streaming platform.

K-pop writer reviews the new BTS album

Journalist and writer Tamar Herman discusses the new songs featured on Proof, the new album from K-pop group BTS.

Kittiwake young ingest food regurgitated by their parents.

The Kittiwake: Winging It, Survival-Wise

Biologist Scott Hatch says the seabirds on an island in Alaska's Prince William Sound show a surprising amount of flexibility in how they respond to the changing environment. Well-fed kittiwakes produced more offspring, while those that didn't breed lived longer.

Mumbai Attack Questions Still Unanswered

It's been less than a month since a band of Islamist militants landed on the shores of Mumbai, India, and set off on a rampage that lasted three days. India says the attackers came by boat from Pakistan and belonged to a terrorist organization based there. Many questions remain about why the attacks happened, and who was really behind them.

Boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter. Ozempic was originally approved by the FDA to treat people with Type 2 diabetes — who risk serious health consequences without medication. In recent months, there has been a spike in demand for Ozempic, or semaglutide, due to its weight loss benefits, which has led to shortages. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Drugs like Ozempic can help weight loss, but not without ethical and health concerns

Bio-ethicist Art Caplan says for some people, these injectable drugs can ultimately cause soaring medical costs and an easy-fix ‘cure’ that doesn’t include healthy lifestyle choices.

Remembering four jazz notables who died in 2023

Bass improviser Richard Davis, trombonist Curtis Fowlkes and saxophonists Charles Gayle and Peter Brötzmann are among the notable musicians we lost this year.

Kinky Friedman — seen here at Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic — ran for governor in 2006, using campaign slogans like, 'How hard could it be?'

Kinky Friedman, performer in music and politics, dies at 79

On July 3, his Facebook page announced that memorial services for Friedman would be held at the Arcadia Theater in Kerrville on Thursday, July 11, at 2 p.m.

Hands on a Hardbody adapts a 1997 documentary about a competition at a Texas car dealership: The last person standing with a hand on the fully loaded truck wins. Keala Settle, Hunter Foster and Keith Carradine each play a character with something to prove.

A Test Of Hearts, Minds And 'Hands On A Hardbody'

The 1997 documentary Hands on a Hard Body followed the contestants in a Texas car dealership competition: Hopefuls had to keep one hand on a brand-new fully loaded truck, and the last person standing kept it. As Neda Ulaby reports, that surprisingly dramatic story is now being made into a musical.

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