“The Melville boom,” the critic Van Wyck Brooks wrote in 1921, is “only a question of time.” By the 1930s the prediction had been borne out; after decades of neglect, “Moby-Dick” (1851) was widely ...
The New Bedford Whaling Museum's 30th annual reading of "Moby-Dick" kicks off on Jan. 3. (Courtesy New Bedford Whaling Museum) "Call me Ishmael” — one of the most famous first lines in literary ...
A new termite species, Cryptotermes mobydicki, was discovered in South America by an international research team. The termite was named for its resemblance to the white sperm whale from Herman ...
Hugh Acheson's golden roasted duck is seasoned with fragrant spices and dry-brined overnight for a showstopping bird with crisp skin and succulent meat. Dry-brining the whole bird with a mix of ...
An escaped bird uncommon to New York has been seen in a private pond in Head of the Harbor, drawing crowds of people — and prompting village officials to step up traffic control and threaten arrests ...
Poudre School District and Colorado State University are expanding their athletic partnership. New events include a district wrestling dual at Moby Arena in December 2025. A district-wide high school ...
Robert Plant and Suzi Dian performed songs from their recent Saving Grace album behind NPR’s Tiny Desk, and it’s impressive to see how they fit all of their instruments behind it. The pair were joined ...
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. For the first time in his second term, President Donald Trump was confronted by his ...
It happens to every president sooner or later — the moment when they are still in power but their influence wanes as politicians and voters look to the future. Last week’s GOP election losses raise ...
Aqua Metals Inc., a Reno, Nevada-based battery recycler, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with MOBY Robotics Inc., a Miami-based critical minerals recovery company, to advance early ...
A Florida woman is suing SeaWorld Orlando after a duck struck her in the face on the Mako roller coaster. SeaWorld's Mako is described as Orlando's tallest and fastest roller coaster, reaching speeds ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — A woman is demanding $50,000 from SeaWorld after her fun, roller-coaster-filled day took a fowl turn. The woman’s lawsuit, filed Monday, said she was riding the park’s Mako roller ...