Certain books refuse to leave your assumptions intact. They question how democracies survive, how the media shape public ...

When you’re reading a book to your child, it’s no surprise that they are constantly asking the question “why?” Research has now shown that children prefer to read books that explain how and why things ...

Nearly three in four (72%) nine-month-old babies have at least some screen time each day, a study has found. Infants at this age who are only children are even more likely (80%) to experience at least ...

Most babies are watching screens for 40 minutes a day, a study has found. Researchers found that the average screen time for infants was 41 minutes, but a small minority (2 per cent) exceeded three ...

The Kizil Caves, located in Baicheng County, Aksu Prefecture in west-central Xinjiang, are among the earliest Buddhist cave ...

Regular snoring becomes more likely as you age. For me, the condition seems to have emerged about five years ago, in my early 30s, although it’s hard to pinpoint the precise beginning because I was ...

She wrote about postpartum depression when it was an unmentionable like abortion or birth control, and her research on her ...

Spring is high season for book events in. Here’s a roundup of new books and author talks, from Jodi Picoult to Anne Lamott.

“Who he is as an artist, the way that he represents Puerto Rico, the way that that is so central to everything that he does ...

A solar eclipse recorded in ancient China more than 2,700 years ago is helping scientists refine measurements of Earth’s rotation and investigate the Sun’s past behavior.

The Alabama State Board of Education voted to approve new social studies textbooks Thursday after months of debates and ...

Cosmic jellyfish aside, jellyfish are not an animal that you would expect to encounter in space too much. But at one point in the 1990s, 60,000 jellyfish spent time in space aboard the European Space ...