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Breasts are getting bigger and arriving earlier. They're also attracting chemicals and environmental toxins, which are getting passed along in breast milk.

In her new book, Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History, Florence Williams offers her take on why breasts are getting bigger and developing earlier, why tumors seem to gravitate toward the breast, and how toxins from the environment may be affecting hormones and breast development.

<p>Jeffrey Eugenides' 1993 novel, <em>The Virgin Suicides,</em> was adapted for film by director Sofia Coppola, and his 2002 novel, <em>Middlesex,</em> won a Pulitzer Prize. Eugenides graduated from Brown University in 1983. He teaches at Princeton University. </p>

A 'Marriage Plot' Full Of Intellectual Angst

Jeffrey Eugenides' third novel, The Marriage Plot, charts the lives of three young adults as they finish college, fall in love and navigate the real world after graduating from Brown University in 1982. Eugenides, also a Brown alum, based some of the novel on his own experiences directly after college.

Ali Soufan testifies from behind a black curtain and a room divider, right, to protect his identity, on Capitol Hill in 2009, during a Senate Administrative Oversight and the Courts subcommittee hearing to examine Bush administration's detention and interrogation program.

Behind The War On Terror's Dark Curtain

In a new book, The Black Banners, former FBI interrogator Ali H. Soufan reveals secrets about both the operations of terrorists as well as the American operations to locate and bring them to justice.

<p>Chef Jacques Pepin was inducted into the French Legion of Honor, his home country's highest civilian honor, in 2004.</p>

Chef Jacques Pepin Selects His 'Essential' Favorites

From his first cooking apprenticeship at France's Grand Hotel de L'Europe to teaching home cooks how to perfect a cheese souffle on PBS, chef Jacques Pepin's career in food has spanned six decades. He culls his favorite dishes from his years in the kitchen in his new book, Essential Pepin.

A lithograph depicts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, who was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre in 1865. Lincoln's death is the subject of a new book by Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.

Bill O'Reilly: 'Abraham Lincoln Was Our Best Leader'

In Killing Lincoln, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard explore the life, death and legacy of America's 16th president. "I think Abraham Lincoln would be proud of his country today," O'Reilly says.

<p>After adopting the euro, Greece borrowed huge sums of money. The country is now on the brink of a major default. "They're going to default ... it's now a question of how messy it will be," says writer Michael Lewis. His new book <em>Boomerang </em>looks at Greece and four other places affected by the financial crisis.</p>

How The Financial Crisis Created A 'New Third World'

In Boomerang, writer Michael Lewis tells the stories of the countries hit hardest by the 2008 financial crisis. He also profiles some people who bet against European governments and are likely to make millions if and when they default.

<p> 1st Lt. Josh Seefried is the author and editor of a new anthology, <em>Our Time: Breaking The Silence of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell,"</em> a collection of stories from other gay military members. </p>

Out And Proud After 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal

Long before the policy barring gays from serving openly in the military ended, Air Force 1st Lt. Josh Seefried started OutServe, a network of gay troops on Facebook. Seefried and his partner talk about what it's like being a gay couple in the military — and about new challenges facing gay troops.

Black Thought of The Roots performs during Philly Fights Cancer on May 20, 2023.

'Music was there for me when I needed it,' The Roots co-founder Tariq Trotter says

Trotter, aka Black Thought, reflects on his childhood in Philly, his decades-long friendship with Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and his life as a musician. Trotter's new memoir is The Upcycled Self.

Intermountain Residential in Helena, Montana, is one a handful of programs in the U.S. providing long-term behavioral health treatment for kids younger than 10. Administrators recently announced that staffing shortages are forcing them to downsize from 32 beds to 8, and the facility might have to close entirely.

For kids in crisis, it's getting harder to find long-term residential treatment

A Montana treatment center is one of two places in the U.S. offering long-term residential behavioral treatment for kids as young as 4. Now, administrators say it might have to close.

Andrew Caira (left) and Adam Parbhoo (right) star in a performance of <em>Saw the Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw</em> at Manhattan's AMT theater.

A musical parody of 'Saw' teases out the queer love story from a cult horror hit

A love story is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of the Saw franchise, but that's exactly what a new musical is – and then some.

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