World War II in Europe ended on May 7, 1945, with the unconditional surrender of the German Reich. The official celebration is normally marked May 8.

How is the modern game of baseball played, and what is expected? How does it differ from past generations of players?

Galileo's struggles with ignorant authorities have eerie parallels in our own age.

Chung Min Lee reveals Kim Jong Un for what he is: A dictator who will use any methods available to stay on top.

Marcia Bjornerud takes the reader on a tour de force of geology that explains how the contemporary earth sciences help with what religiously inclined readers might call the task of theological anthropology: a consideration of the world beyond humans, the world with humans, and the forces far beyond that shape us all.

The new book by the historians Mike Davis and Jon Wiener takes readers on a picaresque voyage around Los Angeles during the “long sixties” (1960-1973).