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In his new book, statistician Ben Blatt loads thousands of books, new and old, into a vast database and uncovers intriguing patterns in how our favorite authors write.

Atlanta has been the center of innovation in hip-hop for at least two decades, but the city has failed to turn musical success into growth for the communities that create it.

"I always considered song parody kind of cheap," the Emmy-nominated lyricist and performer says. "But ... I've gotten [such a] response from others ... that I'm appreciating it as an art form."

The sheer volume of loss felt by the music world in 2020 is almost overwhelming. Here is NPR's tribute to dozens of the musicians — founders and innovators across genres — who died this year.

A scientist from Zambia who loves — LOVES! — chemistry runs a lab in South Africa that is being hailed for "extraordinary" work.

The NPR Music staff spent Friday morning listening to the rapper's new album. Here are eight reactions to what will likely go down as one of the best albums of 2017.

Gems like Game of Thrones and Master of None continued to glimmer in 2017, but don't count out the broadcast networks — NBC's The Good Place is the only show all three NPR critics agreed on.

On Saturday, members of the football team announced they would not play another game until the university president stepped down. These two statements explain some of the feelings on campus.

Yep, it's been one bad, sad year with more than 335,000 lives lost to the global coronavirus pandemic. I could almost fill each letter with this...

A whistleblower filed a complaint about President Trump's conversation with a foreign leader. Here is a redacted version of that complaint, cleared by the House intelligence committee.