On our Best Fiction of 2025 list, Emma Pattee imagines Portland’s worst Earthquake in her debut novel Tilt ...

An ambitious book challenges long-held assumptions on diet and nutrition and exposes gaps in public-health guidance.

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Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing ...

Fifty years after her death, the German-born political thinker has been enshrined as a prophet for our times. What did she actually say? By Jennifer Szalai The notebooks of Albert Camus, the French ...

In early December 2025, a story about a night janitor, Stanley Okoye, and his "secret tutoring program" helping children ...

What birders well know, fans of “composite organisms” and other creatures can now learn: how to identify obscure species in the wild.

Did the Eight Sleep Pod 5 rid me of chronically overheating at night? Yes. Did I love it? After a few weeks, yes.

The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) announced the release of four new NSTA Kids™ titles designed to build literacy skills and excite young readers and inspire real-world scientific ...

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