Children’s Books

Lesa Cline-Ransome’s new novel in verse ... About the Sky,” the National Book Award-winning marine biologist brings her signature sense of wonder to the science of clouds. Read More

The Non-science Behind The New York Times Best Sellers List

They are "compiled and archived by The Best Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News ... Palacio's "Wonder" on the middle grade list alongside "Dragons Love Tacos," 403 weeks on the picture ... Read More

She Dreams of Pink Planets and Alien Dinosaurs

Dr. Kaltenegger’s new book, “Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in ... She spoke with The New York Times about the intense public interest in aliens, the wisdom of trying to ... Read More

Space and Astronomy

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket rolled to the launchpad for a series of tests in preparation for its flight debut later this year. The robot flew 72 times ... to be known as science. Read More

Turns of Phrase

I love how a modern approach (ahem, Python code) facilitated this old-school theme in Spencer Leach’s first Sunday puzzle for The New York Times ... (We all picture the same red root when ... Read More

An Engineering Experiment to Cool the Earth

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio, a new iOS app available for news subscribers ... that would kill coral. But the science is probably too new at this ... Read More

Are ‘Forever Chemicals’ a Forever Problem?

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio, a new iOS app available for news subscribers ... using the best available science, how many of these health problems ... Read More

Tuesday Briefing

Al Jazeera: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said he would use a new law to block the Qatar-based news network in Israel ... of China’s most famous science fiction novels, into ... Read More

The Playwright Who Fearlessly Reimagines America

In her new play, ‘Sally & Tom,’ Suzan-Lori Parks brings exuberant provocation to the gravest historical questions. Suzan-Lori ParksCredit...Arielle Bobb-Willis for The New York Times Supported ... Read More

What Happened When This Italian Province Invested in Babies

Davide Monteleone for The New York Times “If we ... for new parents and picture books. He hopped on his scooter and arrived at the nursery school to pick up his 5- and 4-year-old sons. Read More