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Commentator Terence Smith visited one of the United Arab Emirates last year. In Dubai, he found a culture so capitalistic and ostentatious that he immediately understands why the U.S. government would be cultivating this rich nation's friendship.

NASA assembles 12 teams of engineers to determine why a fuel sensor failed a pre-launch test on Wednesday. The sensor now seems to be working properly, making it difficult to understand what's wrong. NASA says it will launch the space shuttle no earlier than the end of next week.

Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, focuses on a subject the author knows intimately: Bengali-Americans struggling to make sense of their adopted homeland.

Thomas Bernhard's novel is willfully oppressive and agonizing to read, hilarious and awful by turns, says author Claire Messud. An unflinching, ranting monologue, it couldn't care less about the reader — but it contains bitter truths.

Songwriters Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood discuss the transformative power of arrangement. The power-pop band's new album is titled Sky Full of Holes.

Chewing gum may be a $19 billion industry, but it's not a universally accepted practice. Author Jennifer Mathews examines the cultural history of bubble gum, which stretches from the mouths of prostitutes to the pockets of G.I.s.

Best known in the U.S. for his role as a caddish rocker in the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall , British comedian Russell Brand details his addictions to heroin, sex and performing in his new memoir, My Booky Wook.

Miyake defined an era in Japan's modern history, reaching stardom in the 1970s with his origami-like pleats that transformed usually crass polyester into chic.

With a name like a hardware store, Mumford & Sons is a British folk-rock band with a huge stateside following. For the group, testing out songs on the road is part of the creative process.

Sweat is essential to keeping humans cool and comfortable, but some insects also need our sweat to survive.