After days of deluges overfilled rivers to near-record levels across Kentucky, residents are anxious to return to their flooded homes and assess what is salvageable.

Violent storms and tornadoes have torn through cities from Oklahoma to Indiana during what could be a record period of deadly weather and flooding.

Carl Zimmer writes a history of aerobiology in “Air-borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe.”.

Journalist Sarah Jones chronicles the gaps in the nation's health care system and social safety net that were highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic in “Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass.”.

MSNBC Host Chris Hayes explores the evolution of the attention economy in “The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource.”.

“Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life” is a look at how the ancient Greek philosopher's approach can be applied to the thorniest topics today.