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.

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

Emerging research suggests overusing digital devices can be harmful, especially to mental health. But does being overly online truly rot our brains?

After my husband’s death, I had never been more pliable, tender, open, or raw. It was then that I tried E.M.D.R. therapy.

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, ...

Since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic began three years ago, its origin has been a topic of much scientific — and political — debate. Two main theories exist: The virus spilled over from an animal into people ...

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 ...

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 ...