There’s a painting of a house on the cover of “Maine Characters” (Dutton), Hannah Orenstein’s new novel; it’s based on a photograph of the author’s lake house. “It’s my favorite place in the world and ...

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Mel Brooks recalled in his memoir that Gene Wilder had just won request for him, and delivered with “with a big smiles on his ...

Eukaryogenesis occurred suddenly, driven by the growing length of genes and the limitations on producing longer proteins. An ...