In 2025, our science reporters followed the first confirmed glimpse of a colossal squid and a rare look at dinosaur blood vessels. We watched the odds of a future asteroid impact climb to ...

It’s that time of the year when you’re making your list, checking it twice, for gifts that spark a love of science for the kids in your life. Ira talks with Mahnaz Dar, young readers’ editor at Kirkus ...

Tiffany Taylor, professor of microbial ecology and evolution at the University of Bath in the U.K., recommends the books that shaped her career and her outlook on life. When you purchase through links ...

Nearly 50 years ago, a computer engineer named Paul Baran peered into the future of American media and didn't like what he saw. "With the diversity of information channels available, there is a ...

From a deep dive on a fatal space shuttle disaster to a study of a dozen iconic trees, these are our favorite titles this year Joe Spring, Riley Black, Shi En Kim, Dan Falk, Christian Elliott and ...