Humanity is lucky to reside on a planet circling a star with plentiful radiation, illuminating the world around us in ...

In Frank Herbert's epic 1965 sci-fi novel "Dune," those adventurous enough to brave the desert landscapes of the fictional planet Arrakis wear a full body suit called a "stillsuit" that can ...

In “The Forbidden Garden,” Simon Parkin examines the mad, heroic decision during the ... By Deborah Blum Deborah Blum, the director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at M.I.T., is ...

In a new book The Power of Prions, author and scientist Michel Brahic provides ... ailments like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) or mad cow disease. In his new book, Brahic details how the ...

The award-winning comedian and actor hopes her debut children's novel will help 'the next generation of weirdos' feel less ...

By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist It’s All Hallows Eve and the Reader is stuffed to bursting. Spooky stories, Halloween parties and frightful electoral outrage bring ghoulish fright to every page. Ink ...

Let’s just say C.J. Albertson is an unconventional elite marathoner. A handful of years ago, during the pandemic, Albertson ran a 2:09:58 marathon on a treadmill, a feat which makes me exhausted ...

Patra #3 hits stores this Wednesday, bringing supernatural thrills and slasher chills to a small town. Will Patra embrace her ...

A consortium of global scientists and journalists receives an exclusive invitation to participate in the inaugural groundbreaking symposium held within an overlooked foreign nation. Contrary to ...

And there’s so much talk about the trend these days—in books, articles ... of transferring genes between species conjures up mad scientists running amok—and so, two centuries after Mary ...

and he and Mr. Beard previously teamed up in 2016 on the science-fiction novel “Mappalujo.” Perhaps the slightly awkward chapter transitions in this otherwise bewitching book are the result of this ...

Halloween is right around the corner, and with all that spooky built-up excitement, it can be hard to get kids to settle down ...