A selection of science-based books from the year that together shine new light on who we are and why we think and act as we ...

Getting the most out of a doctor’s visit requires some advance preparation. Even the professionals plan ahead.

Conservatives and liberals alike can agree that all people, and especially children, deserve ethical, evidence-based care.

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to ...

Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...

Her works are made on repurposed textiles: bed sheets and tablecloths, often passed down through generations. “They all ...

Listen: Bon Iver’s “SABLE, fABLE” is one of the year’s top albums—a collection of songs about devastation, self-acceptance, ...

Let us marvel, dear brothers and sisters, at the wisdom of Christmas. In the Child Jesus, God gives the world a new life: his ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, seeking to block ...