This posthumously published collection of essays by Oliver Sacks further cements the neurologist’s place in the pantheon of science writers.

The author of a new book explains the dangers of orthodoxy in science and beyond.

The authors of a new history of humanity's relationship with the environment detail how climate change fits into the equation.

A new book traces the surprisingly short history of the environment as a shared conceptual construct.

As advanced as humans are, we still don’t have a handle on how to tame our response to a night of drinking.

In Chapter 13, “The Final Assault,” author Venki Ramakrishnan relays the moment when he and collaborators finally solved the structure of a ribosomal subunit.

Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan’s new book recounts the tale of researchers striving to understand an ancient molecular machine that is essential for all life.

In a new book, a vaccine researcher describes the scientific facts and personal anecdotes behind his family’s experience with autism and its comorbid disabilities.

In Chapter 6, “The Elephant’s Graveyard,” authors Hilde Østby and Ylva Østby discuss groundbreaking research into the psychology of forgetting.