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 ...

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 ...

We live in a culture that worships motion. Every hour must be productive, every pause accounted for. Yet science increasingly shows that the brain thrives on stillness. When we rest, daydream, or ...

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 ...