China's Ministry of Education has published an action plan to further promote reading among students across the nation. With ...

The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets.

While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

Environmentalist and author Paul Hawken speaks to Live Science about the worldview that has led to the mindless exploitation ...

In “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire,” Gee examines the many reasons why the human race finds itself in multiple ...

McKibben's book ignited the modern environmental movement. Now he's acknowledged as the godfather of a worldwide campaign.

T o your personal list of alluring first lines in fiction, please add the opener of “Stag Dance,” the long story at the heart of Torrey Peters’ new collection: “Thirty-fou ...

Ages come and pass, and a new month has dawned — bringing with it new books! It seems like it's always a busy time in the ...

Chester A. Arthur was president and the Civil War was still fresh in the national memory in 1883 when eight women, drawn ...

A new book details how lignin once protected algae from UV radiation, then later in evolutionary time became a structural ...

Happy National Reading Month! The month coincides with the March 2 birthday of author and cartoonist Dr. Seuss who believed reading was a fundamental skill for children. You might be like John ...

Nitrogen was not a limiting factor for early life on Earth, as microbes stabilized nitrogen fixation and hydrothermal vents supplied ammonium, which may also support life on other planets. A new ...