Extreme adventurer Mark Synnott is out with his third book, chronicling his attempt to sail through the Northwest Passage in ...

In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and ...

In their new book, Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen survey flat Earth theory, fake moon landings and other scientific myths and why people believe them.

Some books do not stay in neat lanes. They wander. They pull heartstrings while crunching numbers. They ask big questions and answer them with ...

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 ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A mother-daughter duo are behind a new series of science books called “Kids on the Move”. It all started when Martha Wiley, a retired teacher, sought to engage elementary ...

A culture of open science has kept this spigot of data flowing with few restrictions ... Warne, then an associate professor of psychology at Utah Valley University, published a book on intelligence ...