According to Time and Date, a website that tracks time and time zones, the current record holder for the shortest day on ...

If tomorrow, July 9, feels even shorter than your average day filled with too much to do, there’s a scientific phenomenon that’s to blame, scientists say. This summer, Earth is suddenly spinning ...

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Stephanie Burt discusses the transformative power of queer poetry in her anthology "Super Gay Poems" in an exclusive interview.

The natural world is ever-present, particularly in its smallest, most fragile parts.

Scientists Create 'World's Smallest' Pacemaker. Engineers at Northwestern University in Illinois have developed an ultra-small pacemaker that can be non-invasively injected into the body via a ...

A tiny newsagents kiosk underneath the stairway of a shopping mall in Greater Manchester is to become the world’s smallest listening bar for just one weekend. Taking over the News Rack at ...

New poetry: The Keelie Hawk, poems written entirely in Scots, will delight and puzzle Reviews of new collections by Kathleen Jamie, Claudine Toutoungi, Pat Boran and Gustav Parker Hibbett Expand ...

One of Sanchez’s most politically charged pieces, “An Anthem” is a rallying cry for justice, revolution, and unity among ...

For NPR's series "Picture This," illustrator Carson Ellis talks about working with author Susan Cooper to make Cooper's poem "Shortest Day" into a children's book. (This story first aired on ...