Stan Lee — born Stanley Martin Lieber — co-created many beloved Marvel Comics characters, but he became the company’s tireless, beloved figurehead. NPR’s Glen Weldon offers a remembrance.

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Lee gave us over six decades’ worth of superheroes we could identify with, characters like Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk, who reacted to superpowered crises in believably flawed, human ways.

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James Folta writes and illustrates humorous stories behind the Presidential portraits on American currency.

Ecologist Rob Dunn’s new book describes the tiny life forms, helpful and risky, that live in different parts of the home, including on floors and in water faucets, basements and heating systems.

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A charismatic young writer poaches plot points from the lives of established authors in John Boyne’s new novel. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls A Ladder to the Sky “erudite and ingeniously constructed.”

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“This is going to end in tears and death.”

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It’s gonna be turtle-y awesome!

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A wildfire in Northern California has become the most destructive in state history, while another major blaze near Los Angeles has forced hundreds of thousands to flee.

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