(Photo illustration by Josep Prat Sorolla / For The Times; book jackets from Little, Brown, Hardie Grant Books and W.W. Norton & Co) Thankfully, we can still turn to our bookshelves — and podcasts — ...

Science fiction can seem like an intimidating genre for the uninitiated, what with its fantastical tales of advanced technologies, otherworldly beings, and, yes, all that science. But in reality, ...

So: what were the best works of science fiction published this year? I will start with two new books that aren’t actually new, but have only just been published in English. First up is Ice by Jacek ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

It’s been an uneasy year for science. While there were significant milestones, like breakthroughs in gene editing for rare diseases and novel insights into early human evolution (including fire-making ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Thankfully, we can still turn to our bookshelves — and podcasts — to ground us. We tapped science doyenne Alie ...