We’ve been demonizing sunlight for years. A new book by Rowan Jacobsen digs into the science—and says we’ve got it all wrong.

Saunas are showing up everywhere lately, from gym recovery suites to infrared blankets marketed as longevity tools. The ...

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, we asked scientists, scholars, researchers, and doctors ...

Last month, two different Uber drivers told the science-communication researcher that they thought trust in science was low in their countries. Have people stopped trusting science? The data tell a ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

An effort to overhaul how children learn to read, known as the science of reading movement, is sweeping the country. Here’s where it stands. By Dana Goldstein During an era of intense politicization ...

Whether or not God exists “is not just one question among others — it is the question,” says one author of a newly translated book about the interplay between science and faith. “It asks whether we ...