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The author on writing his new book “Crossings,” about the environmental destruction of roads.

New evidence suggests exposure to microbes in early childhood might not protect against allergies.

I can’t imagine sights, smells, or sounds. What’s wrong with me?

Benjamín Labatut’s latest novel excavates science history to hint at the madness of AI advancement at any cost.

Jupiter’s ice-capped moon has a storehouse of carbon dioxide in its subsurface ocean.

The world’s largest and smelliest flower teeters on extinction.

When sleep doesn’t come on time.

Today’s mammals would not survive the heat of Earth’s next supercontinent. But in evolution, there’s hope.

What happens after a discovery hatches.

Once declared extinct, the world’s largest species of rail is returning to its former range in New Zealand.

Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.

You might not know as much about science as you think.