Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

I began a strange and wobbly effort to write a book I tentatively called The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jesus Christ. It ...

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The Handmaid's Tale' author and literary icon Margaret Atwood's long-awaited memoir, 'Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts,' is ...

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

Two new novels riff on fairy tales to explore mothers with unusual hungers and daughters trying to survive them.

With the MCU's X-Men not taking the origin route, the new interpretation of Marvel's mutant heroes should heavily borrow from ...

This fantastic two-minute video, from a guy named Rich, neatly explains why the anger and frustration of Trump’s supporter ...