A new book from Rebecca Solnit, promising to bring us hope in these “difficult times”, is among our pick of popular science ...

This month the Book Club read Juice by Tim Winton, a thrilling tale of climate change retribution amid blistering heat ...

When my children were born, I decided to build them a library. It’s no Alexandria. Just a few white bookcases packed with tattered books. But it contains a multiverse of possible futures for my kids.

One of my closest friends is a neuroscientist, investigating how brain cells develop and how they search for and choose other brain cells to connect with. Her research can sound intimidating, but when ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. When my children were born, I decided to build them a library. It’s no ...

The latest in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time series is out this month, along with a speculative retelling of Moby-Dick and a forgotten classic from 1936 ...