In “The Museum of Lost Things,” a beheading and a late-night visitor lead to the devastating fire at the Library of Alexandria.

In 48 B.C.E., a massive fire ripped through the Library of Alexandria in Egypt, one of the largest and most significant ancient libraries. An estimated 100,000 works of literature were lost.

Turn your leftovers into new soil by building a worm farm to learn about composting, vermicomposting, and how decomposition ...

Scientists used fossil records and AI tools to reconstruct a soundscape of a Jurassic forest. Shorter courses of antibiotics ...

Physicist Carlo Rovelli urges conversations between physics and philosophy in a search for answers about the universe.

In “On the Equality of All Things,” Carlo Rovelli challenges the idea that physical laws can explain everything about the ...

Since January, the Trump administration has made sweeping cuts to science and research at federal agencies, slashing funding, laying off workers and terminating grants. A minority staff report from ...

An evolutionary biologist weighs in on mating and dating in the age of apps. Is pair bonding passé? Is single the new married? Plus, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, or RHIC, has ceased operation.

Food recalls abounded this summer, but was it unusual? Plus, why some modern cars burst into flames, even when turned off.

As black bears return to their historic ranges across the U.S., human encounters are increasing. How can bears and people ...