It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the ...

My children were conceived using donated eggs, so you would be forgiven for assuming we share no genetic material. Yet science has proved this isn’t entirely true. We now know that during pregnancy, ...

The Blue Book of China TV Series 2025, launched at the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market by Peking University’s Chen Xuguang and Zhejiang University’s Fan Zhizhong, outlines an ...

In tropical climates, lizards are everywhere. It can be a bit wild to see, and they come in all shapes and sizes. They seem a tad superfluous in such large varieties leaving one to wonder, what ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Those who predict that superintelligence will destroy humanity serve the same interests as those who believe ...

Banned Book Week approaches, and if ever there was a time for a full-throated discussion on censorship and suppression, it’s probably now. The folks at Half Price Books let me know yesterday that ...

Editor’s Note (10/8/25): This podcast was edited after posting to remove some incorrect descriptions of research on crickets in Hawaii. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m ...

Naomi S. Baron does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Copilot Actions promise to take the wheel on your web requests, but at this stage, they're more flash than substance. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, focusing on photo ...

TL;DR: Get lifetime access to summaries of popular non-fiction books for $39.99 with 12min Micro Book Library. Between cooking, laundry, and work, it can be tough to find the time to read as you get ...

"The Look" will feature over 200 photographs and never-before-seen images as Obama shares her fashion journey as an influential figure. From the moment she made history as the first Black first lady ...