From demon to danger noodle, human ideas about snakes can be as contradictory as the creatures themselves. In Slither, Stephen S. Hall challenges our serpent stereotypes.

The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, on the ...

Magicians have long exploited quirks in our perception of the world to make us experience the impossible. Now, cognitive psychology is exploring how they do it and revealing fresh insights into how ou ...

The damage the Trump administration has done to science in a few short months is both well documented and incalculable, but ...

As The Tell continues to dominate the New York Times bestseller list, how should we think about the less-than-legal therapy that inspired it and the splashy, concerning revelations that came next? A ...

Known for deep dives into true crime, extremist ideologies and fringe subcultures, journalist Leah Sottile turns her investigative eye toward American New Age culture. Today, tarot cards, astrology ...

China Miéville, known for his "new weird" fiction, said sci-fi is a reflection of the present rather than a road map to be ...

Blazing Eye Sees All,” the second book by investigative journalist Leah Sottile, opens with tectonic shift and continental ...

The IRS Publication 15-B or the Employer's Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits is a document published by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that provides employers with guidance on how to account for ...

Fleming made major scientific discoveries and belonged to the Harvard Computers, a team of women who processed astronomical data at the university.