Arts & Life

The list of names for the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season are seen on a map at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.

How The Advance Weather Forecast Got Good

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Under the radar (so to speak), predictions have improved dramatically of late. In The Weather Machine, Andrew Blum writes that it's due to an international (and imperiled) alliance of supercomputers.

A James Bond Onesie For Sale

A British clothing brand is selling James Bond-inspired garb, and one item has told out: a blue, terry cloth onesie like the one Sean Connery wore poolside in the 1964 movie Goldfinger.
The Poetry Foundation's Ydalmi Noriega says poetry is more than just "dead men walking by a pond in the 19th century."

Podcasts Are Providing A New Way Into Poetry

by Jeevika Verma

A poem on the page has its appeal — but poetry spoken aloud is a more intimate experience. And a new crop of podcasts are expanding poetry, giving context to poems and drawing in new audiences.