One of humanity’s most profound questions is whether life exists beyond Earth — and if so, what forms it might take. For ...

Timing is everything. In 1996, a committee of British experts turned down the funding request of their colleague Harold Kroto ...

In Barstow #4, cultists, criminals, cops, and demons converge at Jasper Ridge for an explosive finale that could unleash Hell ...

In the Welsh village of Hay-on-Wye, where sheep outnumber people and books spill onto the streets, a quiet revolution began. Antiquarian and academic Richard Booth inadvertently launched a global ...

A police officer shot a dog in Barstow before the wounded animal fled into the desert and was ultimately found by a rescue organization, drawing the ire of many in the High Desert community ...

I appreciate the history lesson about my history lesson. Barstow lends its name to the title of a current comic book series, reader Mark Kendall of Ontario alerted me recently. Published by Dark ...

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Lansdale’s 2013 Western novel The Thicket begins with the most outrageously tone-setting opening line to a book since Hunter S. Thompson’s “We were somewhere around Barstow” opener ... thankfully have ...

By Brande Victorian The message of found community that undergirds Lessons in Chemistry parallels the ... me when I read Bonnie Garmus’ brilliant book and what I felt like I had some something ...

Barstow city leaders traveled to Sacramento to gain legislative support for construction of Burlington Northern Santa Fe's Barstow International Gateway project. Construction of the $1.5 billion ...

One book that topped many local charts—including New York Public Library’s—was Lessons in Chemistry, a 2022 bestseller. Written by Bonnie Garmus, the novel follows a 1960s chemist who ...

Bonnie Garmus's debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry, is no exception. The book tells the story of Elizabeth Zott who goes from chemist to a 1960s TV icon, hosting her own cooking show — despite ...