Plausible science fiction occupies a space between imagination and inquiry. It does not promise answers so much as ...

I’m excited to share the best STEM and science books for elementary-age kids. (STEM means science, technology, engineering, art, and math.) The stories on today’s list will make STEM enticing to ...

It’s officially summertime, and the season of reading is finally here! Two science writers and voracious readers have compiled their summer reading recommendations, just for Science Friday fans.

Paul Beckmann's Living Jewels: The Natural Design of Beetles (Prestel, $39.95) is one of the season's happiest marriages of science and art. What a revelation are these extravagantly colored specimens ...

Much of my time this year has been spent thinking about how to create an environment where the world’s most promising students and faculty can come together to solve our most pressing challenges. For ...

It’s nowhere near early enough for those of us in the northern hemisphere to start struggling against winter’s somnolent spell, so there’s no need for excuses as you take to your bed with a pile of ...

A thorough, sometimes frightening examination of the many ways that rising temperatures threaten environments and societies. The author, a climate journalist, tells his story through intrepid ...

Palaces for the People by social scientist Eric Klinenberg was a stand-out book for me. In the context of rapid urbanisation across Africa with significant investment in hard infrastructure like water ...