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The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle spent the 1990s recording songs solo on low-fidelity equipment like boom boxes. He now leads a full, versatile band, and his songwriting retains capacity to stun.

Surely some evidence is better than no evidence. Isn't it? Commentator Tania Lombrozo considers conditions under which weak evidence is actually worse than no evidence at all. It's all about human psychology.

A blockage was discovered during his annual physical exam this week. The 67-year-old former president had surgery Tuesday. He's expected to be released from a Dallas hospital on Wednesday and to return to his normal schedule Thursday.

One year ago Monday, six people were shot and killed at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek. Members of the temple are marking the anniversary with prayers, meals and public service. Sikhs, federal officials and others say they're striving to build stronger relationships and reduce violence.

Kevin Puts won the Pulitzer Prize for his opera Silent Night. He's written concertos and lots of other music, but he says writing a symphony is a particularly moving experience: "I need a private place where I can express the spiritual, the epic, the heartbreaking without shame or embarrassment."

More than 2,000 of you weighed in with nominations for the best books for young readers. Our expert panel combined audience favorites with their own choices to come up with this curated list of 100 must-reads. Here's a convenient, printable list of the 100 titles.

The Obama administration has vetoed a ruling by the International Trade Commission that would have banned the import of some Apple devices, which the court found violated Samsung's patents.

Hear new tracks from Bill Callahan and Elf Power. A young hip-hop collective samples Carol Burnett and Aloonaluna reminds Lars Gotrich of The NeverEnding Story.

Four-year-old Damai is "being a great mom, and is nursing and grooming both cubs," zoo officials say. There was no immediate word on the sex of the cubs.

The proposed studies would essentially create a recipe for a more contagious bird flu. Some scientists worry these viruses could escape the lab and possibly kill millions. But others think the information gleaned from the experiments is critical for keeping H7N9 from becoming a global threat.