Those little online puzzles are about to get so much more annoying.

If mementos of personal triumphs are starting to make you feel like a has-been, you might be better off without them.

The science of how to stop saying yes to everything—and be happier

Cells can go from wide awake to fast asleep in an instant.

Air pollution is distorting the insects’ sense of smell and memory.

In On Strike Against God, Joanna Russ imagined a freer world while confronting its inequities head-on.

Lily Tuck’s attempt to bring to life a victim of the atrocity turns her into a prosecutor, not a novelist.

Friday was the vernal equinox, the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, despite continued wintry conditions in a few places (I'm looking at you, New England).

Festivals and glimpses of the new season from around the world, as we shake off the winter and greet the spring

After being struck by three major earthquakes in the past month, rescue workers and volunteers across Mexico have been working around the clock, with the help of local and international teams of sniffer dogs and their handlers.