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In National Geographic's Genius: Aretha, a closer look at the singer's creative brilliance that propelled her fame

The series doesn’t shy from less savoury details of Franklin’s biography, including difficult relationships and the impact her ambitions sometimes had on loved ones.

Grammy-winning writer Thulani Davis on women writing album liner notes, and the cultural loss that follows their absence

The originality that Davis brought to the notes genre no doubt played a role in her Grammy breakthrough. But it did not open the floodgates to other women writing liners, an ongoing inequity that has largely gone unnoticed in a relatively obscure category.

In ambience rooms, YouTube creators couple serene soundscapes with images for an immersive experience

They are part of a long tradition of audiovisual products and programming designed to make a space feel a little more relaxing, a little nicer.

Space exploration in 2021 to see missions to Mars, the Moon, views from beyond 'deep space'

An eclipse in May overlaps with a period when the moon is close to Earth, in what is known by some as a 'super blood moon'.

New York Times says its podcast ‘Caliphate’ didn’t meet standards, term it an 'institutional failing'

The series had won a Peabody Award, the first ever for a podcast produced by the newspaper, but within hours administrators said The New York Times would return the award

Covid-19 testing: Everything you know about Covid-19 tests, interpreting results, reliability

Tests are useful when used correctly, and when you know the limits of the information they give you.

COVID-19 pandemic: What if ‘herd immunity’ is closer than scientists thought?

Herd immunity is calculated from the epidemic’s reproductive number - an indicator of how many people each infected person spreads the virus to.

Days after a staff-led uprising against racial injustice, Condé Nast faces 'overdue' reckoning

Condé Nast is one of many media organisations, including The New York Times, whose employees have questioned company leaders as people around the world have taken part in protests prompted by the killing of George Floyd.

NYT opinion editor James Bennet, who cleared controversial column which called for US military to quell riots, resigns

James Bennet, The New York Times editorial page editor responsible for publishing a column that advocated using the military to quiet protests over US racial inequality, resigned on Sunday, the newspaper announced.

The New York Times devotes entire front page to 1,000 COVID-19 victims: The project behind long, solemn list of people

Instead of the articles, photographs or graphics that normally appear on the front page of The New York Times, on Sunday, there is just a list: a long, solemn list of people whose lives were lost to the coronavirus pandemic.